Rob Furness
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About me
Life can be hard at times. You might be feeling overwhelmed. Or you might have lost your sense of connection and purpose in life. I offer a supportive relationship where you can talk through your challenges. It could be a difficult life situation, or how you feel day to day. Counselling is a space for you, and we can explore what you need together.
I’m a humanistic counsellor. My approach is collaborative. You would decide what to explore, I’d be alongside to help you make sense of your challenges. I work with openness and empathy, and hope to ease any anxieties about starting counselling.
I work with the whole person. Counselling is a chance to connect more deeply with yourself and how you're living.... to bring awareness to any blind spots that leave you feeling stuck.
You can find out more from my website and I've posted a video below so that you can meet me. If you think I could be the right counsellor for you, please do get in touch. We can arrange an initial session to explore working together.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Postgraduate Diploma in Humanistic Counselling & Psychotherapy
- Registered Member of the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
- A-Z of LGBTQ+ Inclusion (MindOut)
- Trans 101 (MindOut)
- Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)
- Counselling Skills Levels 2 and 3
- Sensorimotor Psychotherapy - with Pat Ogden Ph.D.
I work regularly with LGBTQ+ clients and have worked for a local LGBTQ+ charity for the past 2 years.
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
Photos & videos
Fees
£55.00 per session
Further information
I work one-to-one with adults. Sessions are 50 minutes, weekly.
I work face to face and online.
I offer both long-term and short-term therapy.
I practice from my garden office in central Hove (a minute's walk from Hove train station).
I invite you have a first session to explore working together. Here, we can explore what has brought you to counselling and how you'd like to work. It's also a good chance to experience working with me, so that you can make sure I'm the right therapist for you.
