Sally Richards
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About me
I believe therapy to be a beginning, an opportunity for understanding, self-acceptance, personal growth and change. In the fast-paced world where we live, we often do not treat ourselves with the same kindness, compassion and understanding as we treat others. This can often take a toll on how we feel, function and relate to others.
Therapy gives you time for you, to explore what you are feeling and why you are feeling a certain way, this enabling you to understand your needs to move to a more fulfilled and happier way of being.
Therapy can help with easing feelings that you are experiencing in the present but also offer insight into where those feelings originated from, identifying outdated coping strategies and assisting with the self-empowerment to break away from inhibiting patterns of thoughts, feelings and behaviour.
I have a particular interest in relationships and how we are in relationships, as this can have a huge impact on our personal wellbeing.
What to expect
Each session is 50 minutes in length and I offer short term counselling, where we define a set amount of sessions or long term, where the counselling offered is ongoing and we work to an end when it feels appropriate to do so.
Please submit an email using the email button above to find out more information or text 07512 117726. I always offer an introductory telephone chat, so you can find out more about me and the way I work.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am an Accredited Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). To be accredited, a therapist needs at least 3 years working experience and has to have passed an in-depth assessment. Accreditation recognises a therapist's experience and the quality of their practice.
Qualifications
- Advanced Diploma Humanistic Integrative Counselling
- Diploma Humanistic Integrative Counselling
- Certificate Humanistic Integrative Counselling
- Certificate Working with Couples & Other Relationships
- Foundation Course Infertility Counselling
- BA (Hons) Psychology & Education
To further deepen my knowledge and my clinical practice, I am currently undertaking a Masters in Advanced Clinical Practice in Counselling & Psychotherapy.
Member organisations
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
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
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Fees
£40.00 - £50.00
Free initial telephone session
Additional information
Fees are for 50 minute individual counselling sessions for adults:
£40 Online
£50 Face to face
Payment can be made via bank transfer or card.
When I work
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Day and evening times are available. Please do feel free to contact me to discuss your requirements.
Further information
I work from some lovely premises in Northampton and Bedford. Both venues offer free parking which I will talk you through before our first meeting.
I am registered with the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) and hold public liability insurance.
