Ria Eames
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About me
Have you lost a loved one, a relationship breakdown/ job, or lost yourself?
Do you question where your life is going and worry about it flashing before your eyes, urgency to find value in your life again?
Do you think about suicide, as things are too much to cope with?
I offer counselling to adults and young people from 10 years upwards who experience these thoughts and feelings. I also work with autism and ADHD. As well as working with families.
Clients report having therapy with me means they are more able to acknowledge the difficulties in their life, find more meaning and offer compassion to themselves as a result of talking to someone.
We create a road map and start to navigate together, learning how to navigate on your own again - you may not know where to start and together we can work this out.
Having worked a lot with suicide, there can be fear of upsetting others which may hold someone back from talking about their feelings. If this is you, you are not alone.
What Counselling can do is acknowledge and validate thoughts and feelings, you may want to use words or channel this through creativity such as writing, music, drawing - anything that fits who you are.
You may be considering counselling as your life has paused or you are stuck - not knowing where to turn.
What happens next? I invite you to get in touch by email……and we can start the journey of rediscovering yourself and getting your life back on track. I offer a 30-minute session either face-to-face or online.
Making that first step is the hardest part, I am here when you are ready.
Training, qualifications & experience
- BSc (Hons) in Person-Centred Counselling (University of Brighton)
- FdSc in Person-Centred Counselling (University of Brighton)
- Experience of working with young people as a school counsellor aged 10-16 years within a secondary school and part of Eggtooth in Hastings, and previous experience in a secondary school in Bexhill. Also working with ADHD and Autism.
- Currently working as a youth counsellor with Sweet Circus in Eastbourne, supporting tweens and teens within a group setting.
- Working with a range of complexities, including suicidal ideation, self-harm, bereavement, bulling and relationship issues. This list is not exhaustive.
- Previously with Holding Space in Eastbourne, working with young people from 9 years plus.
- Bereavement support worker with St Michael's Hospice and St Wilfred's Hospice, working with grief and bereavement.
- Previous counsellor with the Sara-Lee Trust in Bexhill-On-Sea, with clients who have a life changing illness such as cancer and palliative care or a long term illness. Supporting clients to come to terms with this.
- Previous volunteer counsellor with CGL in Eastbourne, working with substance mis-users.
- Previous volunteer counsellor with survivors of suicide through a community-based counselling service - Sussex Community.
Member organisations
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
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
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Fees
£50.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
I offer a 30 minute initial consultation for £20, or a free telephone consultation for 10 minutes.
When I work
If you would like further details about my availability, please get in touch - as this is changeable.
Further information
My room is located a short walk from Bexhill station, there are stairs leading up to my room. Parking is limited outside. I also work online via zoom or phone.
I work with young people from 10 years in school and from my room in Bexhill and adults.
My way of working is client led, working with your values and helping to bring meaning back into your life.
I can offer long term and short term counselling.
