Ruth Day
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This professional is available for new clients.
About me
Welcome.
People seek psychotherapy and counselling for many reasons. You may be coming with a very clear sense of what is troubling you, or you may be experiencing a more generalised feeling that life has lost its meaning. I work with adults of all ages, cultural backgrounds and sexualities who are facing a broad range of challenges. For me, therapy is not about categorising people using labels or diagnoses. Instead, it allows the opportunity to stay with, and make sense of the unique experience of a person’s suffering.
Although psychotherapy and counselling can not provide you with a ‘quick fix’ or a ‘cure’, it is my belief that by gaining a clearer understanding of your situation and sense of what you want in your life, new choices and possibilities often emerge and the practical steps to realise these changes can be embarked upon.
I offer a confidential and non-judgemental space where, should we work together, we could reflect on and explore your situation: how things are for you now and have been in the past, what is important to you, and how things might be going forwards. A therapeutic relationship built on trust, care and honesty provides the foundation to my practice.
I have experience of working with individuals on an open ended basis, as well as for short-term, or time-limited periods.
Training, qualifications & experience
I undertook my training at the School of Psychology and Psychotherapy at Regent's University, London. I initially studied a postgraduate diploma in integrative counselling and psychotherapy before going on to further my training in the existential approach.
I am an accredited member of the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) and a registered member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). I am also a member of the Society of Existential Analysis (SEA).
I have experience working with clients in a variety of settings including a women’s centre, a mental health charity, and a community hospice.
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
Fees
From £60.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
- Sessions are 50 minutes long and take place on a weekly basis.
- I operate a sliding scale with fees starting from £60 per 50 minute session for online work and from £70 for face-to-face sessions. I do have a limited number of places that I offer at concessionary rates for people whose circumstances mean they are unable to pay the full fee.
When I work
I currently have daytime and evening availability.
Further information
An initial consultation offers us the opportunity to meet with one another, without obligation, to explore the possibility of working together. We can discuss what has brought you to therapy, as well as the hopes and expectations you may have.
If you have further questions or would like to arrange an initial session, please do not hesitate to get in touch with me either by phone, or using the 'message me' button on this page. If I am unable to take your call, please do leave a message and I will get back to you.
