Rebecca Shannon
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About me
Hello, I’m a person-centred/psychodynamic counselling psychotherapist focused on working with individuals. Counselling is a process that is different for everyone, and I am happy to work with you over the long term or short term, depending on your needs.
I like to work collaboratively, exploring together the challenges you face. We can work together to find ways to address the past, present and move forward into the future in a positive and healthy way. Being able to untangle some of the problems that trouble us can help lead to better relationships with others and ourselves, and ultimately a healthier, happier outlook. These problems and issues can sometimes feel unmanageable on your own, and this is where counselling can help.
When you’re talking about personal matters, it’s important to feel respected and listened to and counselling can offer a safe space that friends and family often can’t. I aim to provide a calming and safe environment where you can feel comfortable opening up and sharing often painful and difficult emotions.
I’m an accredited member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), and I have many years experience working with adolescents and adults with complex emotional and behavioural issues.
I offer face-to-face sessions alongside working online. I am based in the Barnton / Cramond area of Edinburgh with free on street parking, regular bus routes. My room is on the first floor and has accessibility via stairs or lift.
Please get in touch either by phone or email if you have any questions or would like to find out more about working together. I'd love to hear from you.
Training, qualifications & experience
Fully accredited counsellor, registered with the BACP
I completed my counselling training at Edinburgh University, gaining P.G. Dip in Counselling. I have undertaken regular CPD including working online and working creatively with clients.
Prior to training as a counsellor I worked for many years with young people who had experienced early years trauma. This work led me into discovering how powerful and healing a therapeutic relationship can be.
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
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Fees
£60.00 per session
Free initial in-person or online session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
It is important that you find a counsellor, someone who you feel you can work with. For this reason, I offer an initial 30 min free session to get to know each other. This can be done either face to face or online. Going forward I offer 50 min sessions with a fee of £60 this is for both face to face and online work.
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Currently have weekly availability on Friday mornings (either online or face to face) and fortnightly on Monday evenings (online only).
