Samantha Barnes
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About me
I am passionate about working with individuals, supporting them to live more fulfilled and healthier lifestyles as an Integrative Counsellor, I feel confident that counselling can support individuals in becoming aware and understanding the impact their own thoughts, feelings have on their behaviours and in supporting them to make decisions to change their lifestyles.
I am authentic, have a holistic approach to life and am comfortable working with individuals from diverse backgrounds and age groups. I have excellent empathic listening, verbal and non-verbal communication skills.
I offer a person-centred approach alongside cognitive behavioural therapy techniques to support individuals in a safe setting where you can come and work through your issues or concerns, working together I will support you find a healthier balance to life. Recognising your own anxieties and stress can be difficult to share with others so having a personal and confidential space to explore those feelings are important and necessary.
I provide a safe and confidential space for you to talk, allowing you to work through feelings and emotions that are impacting your everyday life. Recognising which are your problems and others’ problems to decipher can be tricky sometimes. Working together at your pace we can find a way for you to make changes to improve these difficulties.
I have a home-based counselling practice which is both quiet and private, this is easily reachable within a five-minute walk from public transport links.
I do not publish my address on here but after we have had a free 30-minute telephone consultation and we have agreed a first appointment, I will give you all the information you need.
I offer face to face, telephone, email and online therapy to adults and young people on a long/short-term basis dealing with mental health issues.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Level 6 Advanced Certificate in Clinical Supervision including Online and Telephone work
- Advanced Training Course in Child Counselling at QLS Level 6
- Level 5 Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Level 5 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
- Level 4 Diploma in Child Counselling
- Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Skills
- Registered member of British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)
Voluntary work
I have previously been a Volunteer Counsellor at Rochdale and District Mind from 2016 to 2019 offering therapy to adults with mild to moderate depression. I continued to work for them on a paid basis until 2020. During my paid period it included me co-delivering an 8-week Mindfulness Course and supporting student counsellors.
I have worked as a Creative Therapy volunteer at Spring Hill Hospice supporting the facilitation of a range of creative and expressive activities to patients attending and visiting day hospice from July 2018 to September 2019.
I Worked with Rochdale and District Mind for a year from March 2022 until May 2023 as a Counsellor, I worked with individuals who had experienced domestic abuse and young people. I also co-delivered a group to support individuals who hoarded.
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
Therapies offered
Fees
£45.00 per session
Free initial telephone or online session
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
Fees are payable as cash/card or by bank transfer at the beginning of the session.
When I work
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My availability from Monday to Thursday is from 8am to 8pm. I do not work Friday's or weekends.
Further information
Areas of counselling I deal with
- Abortion
- Abuse
- Anxiety
- Bereavement
- Depression
- Health related issues
- Loneliness
- Loss
- Low self-confidence
- Low self-esteem
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationships
- Stress
- Suicidal thoughts
- Work-related stress
Therapies offered
- Person-centred therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Solution-focused Brief Therapy