About me
Hello, my name is Sally, I have 17 years experience as a counsellor, I am a qualified mentor and clinical supervisor.
I specialise in Relationship Issues such as with Family, Partners, Friends, Neighbours, Colleagues, Managers or Staff at work, Teachers, Pupils and Peers at college, Customers/Service Users or Pets.
It is not always easy to ‘have that awkward conversation’, look at painful or misunderstood communications, whether it's with ‘in-laws’, over wedding plans or whether or not you actually like them. Cultural clashes, sexuality, race, religion, traditions, customs, beliefs or class issues sometimes play a big part in disagreements.
There may be a power dynamic such as in a place of Work or College where there can be a competitive atmosphere between staff and managers or students and tutors or maybe it brings up a fear of authority figures.
Unresolved family arguments, or disagreements such as people's choice of partner, religious or political beliefs. Family expectations such as going to university, getting a professional job, marrying into the faith, becoming an unpaid carer. Feeling loss or abandonment from a parent/parents or a child may bring up anger, rage, resentment, and sadness.
A partner may have betrayed you or you wish to end a relationship but don't know how. They may wish to start a family, but the time is not right for you?
Loss of a loved one, or anticipatory grief is often a lonely and misunderstood time for people. Has someone died as a result of a tragedy, a log drawn out illness or suddenly .Diagnosis of a terminal illness may be hard for others to hear about.
Abuse or historic abuse and incest can be a delicate area for communication as it brings up painful, often traumatic events and memories, sometimes combined with a sense of shame. The same with suicidal thoughts or feelings or being bereaved to suicide.
It could be challenging to confront your neighbour on an issue that’s been bugging you, as they are in close proximity. What could the fallout be?
That ‘friend’ who you feel you have grown apart from or has betrayed your trust.
Losing a pet can be overlooked by others as to the deep impact it has on you. This is often a forgotten area of grief, along with immense sadness at losing them.
Sibling rivalry is a sensitive issue that is not always an easy conversation as it's again one that is often overlooked due to the impact it may have upon the wider family.
Alongside these issues and many others this may create feelings of anxiety, depression, low mood, low self-worth, shame or anger which can be explored in therapy in a relaxing, non judgmental atmosphere at your own pace.
Former Counselling Service Manager for 12 years in an agency setting (now closed) providing a dependable, trusted and award winning (from SEC college) placement for local counselling students.
I have experience working with EAP clients globally, and in the UK.
Regular reviews and goal setting to reflect the therapeutic process can help to build trust and structure if required.
I am a registered member of the BACP and an accredited member of the NCPS and ICO.
I am fully covered with Professional Liability Insurance.
I receive regular clinical supervision and attend ongoing CPD courses.
I have over 2600 counselling hours.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am trained in Psychotherapeutic Counselling, Therapeutic Counselling, Humanistic Counselling, CBT, Psychodynamic Counselling , Solution Focused Brief Therapy, T.A. and Inner Child work.
Further Training : -
ACAS, Acceptance, Addiction, Adult Abuse, Advocacy, Aggressive behaviour Management, Anger Management, Anxiety, Apologising, Assertiveness, Attachment, Autism Awareness,
Bereavement, Bias, Boundaries, Business Planning,
Carers Issues, CBT, Child Abuse and Neglect, Child management Child Protection, Clinical Wills and Digital Legacy, Coaching Skills Awareness, Coercive Control, Conflict Resolution, Contingency Planning, COPD, Counselling Placement Training, Covid Awareness and Post Covid, CPCAB Assessment Training,
DBT Skills, Deaf Awareness, Debt Management, Dementia Awareness, Diet and cancer risk, Domestic Abuse, Drug & Alcohol, Dying Matters,
EDI, Ego Defence Mechanisms, Emotional Intelligence, End of Life training, Equality, E Safety, Ethical Dilemmas, Ethics,
Family Dynamics, Fire Safety Training, First Aid, First Aid Mental Health
Gaslighting, GDPR, Goal Setting, Grief, Grounding Techniques,
Hate Crime, Health & Safety, Helplines training,
Identity, Inner Child, Internal Family Systems,
Leadership & Management,Loss
Manual Handling, Measurement Based Care, Menopause, Men's issues, Mental Health, Mentoring, Metaphors in counselling, Mindfulness,
Neglect, Niche training, NSPCC Training, Nutrition,
Online working
Pain and Somatic Perception, Peer Supervision, Personal Safety, Physical Health & SMI, Political & Cultural Dynamics, Presentation Skills, Private Practice, Procrastination, Psychology, PTSD
Racism, Reframing, Relationships, Record Keeping, Resilience, Risk, Routine Outcome Measures
Safeguarding Children, Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults, Seasonal Affective Disorder, Self Care, Self Compassion, Self Harm, Shame, Sleep Issues, Social Prescribing, Solution Focused therapy, Stoisism, Suicide Prevention, Suicide Workshop, Supervision,
Team Leading, Technology & Mental Health, Toxic Positivity, T.A. Transgender training, Trauma
Validation, Veterans and Mental Health, Volunteer retention and recruitment,
Qualifications
Education and Teaching Award Level 3
Level 6 Counselling Supervision
Level 5 Psychotherapeutic Counselling
Level 4 Therapeutic Counselling
CBT Certificate
Qualified Mentor
OA Dip - Grief and Bereavement Counselling
Experience
Supervision
Mentoring
G.P.’s surgery
EAP Counsellor
Qualified and experienced Counselling Service Manager including placement
Therapy Group Facilitator
Telephone and online therapy
End of Life Project Manager
Private Practice established 2012
Clinical Supervision at Wandsworth Carers Centre
I am a member of :-
Counselling and Support Services Southend (CASSS)
South Essex University Counselling Stakeholder steering group
Information Commissioners Office
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
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.
The National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society This Not For Profit association of counsellors and psychotherapists aim to support the counselling profession, members and training organisations. In 2013 the NCS register was accredited by the Professional Standards Authority under the Accredited Voluntary Register Scheme. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
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.
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Relationship issues a speciality - whether it's Partners, Friends, Family, Work Colleagues or Managers, Neighbours, College Tutors, Peers or Pupils, Pets
The impact of the past upon the present.
Therapies offered
Fees
£65.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
Supervision - £75.00 per hour - (Trainee Counsellors - £37.5)
Supervision - £112.50 per 1.5 hour session - (Trainee Counsellors - £56.25)
Supervision for trainee supervisors - £70.00 per hour
Supervision for supervisors -£80.00 per hour
Counselling - £65.00 per 50 min session - (Trainee Counsellors - £32.50)
When I work
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Further information
Close to public transport links and town centres.
Open ended therapy and short term available.
Single Session therapy available.
