Rob McIntosh

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MBACP (accred) Counselling, Psychotherapy & Supervision
Available for new clients
Available for new clients

This professional is available for new clients.

location_on St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL3
Available for new clients
Available for new clients

This professional is available for new clients.

About me

By bringing my unique perspective and depth of life experience to the therapeutic encounter, I aim to facillitate an environment where life can be fully eperienced, and connection and vitality can thrive.

Most of my work is online, as I spend my time between Lithuania and the UK, but I find that working online is effective for many clients. I aim to offer a safe space to meet once a week, but it is really the emotional space that is important. My aim is to stay present and witness what you bring, so that together we can explore what needs to unfold to encourage healing. Everyone is unique: there are no formulas.

I am an accredited member of the BACP, and my approach is embodied, relational, experiential. I aim to welcome everything about you, meet your more fully in relationship, and create a safe space for whatever you need to explore, such as…

   •    anxiety
   •    depression
   •    relationship problems   
   •    identity
   •    sexuality
   •    low self-esteem
   •    suicidal feelings
   •    stress or anger
   •    work problems
   •    affects of abuse
   •    bereavement
   •    spiritual emergency

This can sometimes mean meeting with deep seated and difficult feelings, such as anxiety, panic, rage, shame, or despair. Having done a great deal of training and therapy, and having a broad life experience, I am able to make myself fully available to work in these difficult places with you, and help bring healing to what has seemed stuck or hopeless. The invitation is to bring whatever you want to your session, and to let this evolve and unfold as the need arises.

Please get in touch if you would like to meet and explore further.

Training, qualifications & experience

Advanced Diploma in Psychodynamic Counselling, 2006;
Post Diploma award in Psychotherapeutic Counselling, 2007
Certificate in Embodied Relational Therapy, 2014

I’ve been practicing as a counsellor since 2005, and have 20+ years experience of consistently working through my own issues in a variety of settings, because it is my understanding that as a counsellor I can’t go with clients where I haven’t been myself. I consider this an essential part of what I can offer as a therapist.

I hold an Advanced Diploma in Psychodynamic counselling and a post diploma award in psychotherapeutic counselling and embodied relational therapy, and continuing professional development certificates in subjects such as trauma therapy, developmental attachment and issues of separation and loss, relational enactment, spirituality, and supervision. I am an accredited member of the BACP, (British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy), and on the BACP Register, and involved in ongoing professional development.

Member organisations

school Registered / Accredited

Registered / Accredited

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BACP
British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP)

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

British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
Accredited Register Scheme

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British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy

Areas of counselling I deal with

Other areas of counselling I deal with

Somatic awareness, bodymind integration, spiritual emergency.

Therapies offered

Fees

£70.00 - £100.00

Additional information

My hourly fee is on a siding scale, from £70 to £100, payable weekly, or monthly by arrangement.

Couples, 60 minute session, £80 - £120

When I work

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Night

Flexible during weekdays.

Further information

I currently see individuals & couples, but not usually anyone under 18 years old.

I have spaces available on a flexible basis on weekday mornings and afternoons.

All my work is now online.

St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL3

Type of session

Online
Phone

Types of client

Young adults (18-24)
Adults (25-64)
Older Adults (65+)
Couples
Families
Employee Assistance Programme

Supervision

Online
Phone

I will offer a firm but challenging holding experience for you so that you can offer the same to your clients.

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