Sally Dawson
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About me
Lots of things may be affecting you – large and small. Causing anxiety, depression, panic, not coping. Or maybe one thing is having a really big impact on your life. Sometimes we can manage a few things being difficult for many years and then one more thing makes everything hard to cope with.
I have been a counsellor for over 20 years and provide a safe, supportive space to work through any issues that may be affecting you - in short or long term therapy. These may be things from your past, what's going on at the moment, or worries about the future. I use the Person Centred approach, to suit individual needs and have very positive feedback.
I describe counselling as a bit like doing a jigsaw together - with lots of pieces, edges and corners and middle bits, but no clear picture on the box. Or like doing emotional archeology. Carefully uncovering layers that may be painful or upsetting, as well as parts that may be positive. Together we would work out and understand more about what the different issues are, how you feel about them, how you cope/don't cope - at your pace in your way.
I believe we are all experts by experience, and with the right support and level of understanding and development of self awareness, we can learn about ourselves and go on to make changes and feel more content and confident in who we are. I have a lot of positive feedback from clients and colleagues around how I support people to process things in a safe and supportive environment.
It's important to build trust so that you feel able to look at the things that you are struggling with, work things through so you can understand yourself more and live a happier, more aware and more fulfilled life.
Training, qualifications & experience
As a counsellor I have supported people for over 20 years, in both short and long term therapy, often dealing with complex issues affecting their mental health and well being.
I have received a lot of very positive feedback from clients, colleagues and supervisors. I work in private practise in the Calder Valley offering counselling to people in West Yorkshire and Lancashire.
I was the manager of The Market Place – a young people's mental health charity in Leeds - for 14 years. Ensuring that young people who used the service had real opportunities to influence the organisation, how it was run and the way it developed, which I think is very important.
- Level III Counselling Diploma Salford College
- Advance certificate in Therapeutic Group Work, Salford College
- Training for Trainers: Mental health and young people
- Complex Trauma and Dissociation: working towards recovery
- Various courses on different aspects of mental health - ongoing.
I am a registered member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)
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
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Areas of counselling I deal with
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I am willing and able to support you with any issues you may have and find that, as none of us fit into neat boxes, it is likely that you may have more than one issue affecting your life.
Therapies offered
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Fees
£35.00 - £50.00
Free initial in-person session
Additional information
I offer a free introductory session. In this session, you will have the opportunity to find out about how I work and how we may work together, talk through what you want to get out of the sessions, check out the room, see how you feel and ask any questions, with no obligation.
Sessions are on a sliding scale between £35 -£50 per hour and are weekly to start with, but I can be flexible with long term work.
When I work
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Please contact me to discuss my availability.
I usually work from 1.30 on Mondays and Tuesdays and from 3 Wed-Fri.
I work some early evenings.
Further information
I use a lovely, discreet room at The Birchcliffe Centre in Hebden Bridge. A 10 minute walk from the train station [up a steep hill] with parking on site.
