Richard Miller
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About me
Throughout my working life, I have been involved in enabling people to grow and change. In addition to working as a psychotherapist, I have a background in healthcare. I have worked in a variety of settings (including mental health and psychiatric settings), as a registered nurse and nurse Case Manager for over 25 years. I have recent experience working on the front line as a Nurse and a counsellor during the Coronavirus pandemic and understand the struggles essential staff are experiencing first hand and how this is impacting on mental health and relationships. In addition, I have vast expertise and knowledge of counselling brain and catastrophic injury survivors and their families and have experience working at the Brain injury charity “Headway”.
I provide a compassionate, non-judgmental place where clients can come to learn about themselves and grow. Through the client and therapist working together, meaningful change can occur.
Dedication and excellent training are necessary for psychotherapy to be effective. I use empirically proven techniques, including psychodynamic therapy, person-centred, and cognitive behavioural therapy techniques.
Counselling and Psychotherapy can help not only relieve symptoms like anxiety and depression, it can also truly change a person — allowing one to feel a greater sense of self-esteem and experience more enriching relationships.
I welcome people from all backgrounds and races, genders and sexual orientations, ages, classes, religions, and ethnicities; I strive to be sensitive to all of the issues - both individual and cultural - that people from various backgrounds encounter in this world.
I have sound knowledge of the theoretical counselling approaches and their application to real world settings; having a special interest in Integrative Counselling, CBT, Gestalt, psychodynamic and person-centred approaches.
I am a BACP qualified counsellor and psychotherapist with experience working with clients in a variety of settings and hold an up-to-date clear advanced DBS check.
I am committed to delivering client-centred therapy that gradually empowers individuals and enables them to make informed decisions.
I possess a detailed understanding of the BACP professional conduct and ethical framework and apply such standards in interactions with clients.
In addition to my formal training, I am a SCUBA diving instructor and believe in the healing powers of water. I am currently researching the benefits of combining my therapeutic practice with either being in the sea or being by the sea.
Training, qualifications & experience
Professional Qualifications
- M.A. Counselling and Psychotherapy
- P.G. Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy
- BSc (Honours) Psychology
- BN Registered Nurse
Professional Memberships
- BACP membership: 378600
- Royal College of Nursing membership-Full membership: 9310624s
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Brain Injury survivors and family members
Therapies offered
Fees
£60.00 - £80.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
My charges are on a sliding scale from £60 - £80 for therapy per hour for individuals (50 minutes) Please phone me for an initial chat if you would like to know more.
I have some concessions for individuals on low incomes.
When I work
I am currently only offering online and walk and talk sessions. I have weekend slots available on request.
Further information
I typically work with clients on an individual basis, dealing with a wide range of issues, including anxiety, stress, depression, relationship problems, loss or bereavement, drug or alcohol abuse, and many of life’s other challenges.
The length of time clients work with me can vary according to the needs of each person and includes both longer term psychotherapeutic work and short term solution focused counselling. Short term counselling will usually last 6 - 12 sessions whilst working psychotherapeutically at greater depth will take longer. The number of sessions and approach will be discussed during our introductory session and can be adapted to suit your needs.
