Sandra Grant

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Counsellor - PGDip, MBACP (Accred)
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location_on Montrose DD10 & Stonehaven AB39
Accepting new clients
Accepting new clients

This professional is available for new clients.

About me

When you’re finding life challenging, sometimes it can be helpful to speak to someone outside your situation and in confidence to explore how you are feeling and help you find solutions.  

This fits with my counselling approach, providing a safe space to explore concerns and talk about whatever you wish, without judgement and offering an external perspective both to help provide clarity in your situation and to work together to find ways to address difficulties.  

Training, qualifications & experience

I have worked as a person-centred counsellor since 2018, providing a service for GPs referring patients struggling with a wide range of issues such as relationship difficulties, anxiety, depression, chronic illness, abuse, stress and many others until 2024.  Alongside this I have continued as a counsellor for Cruse Scotland Bereavement Support offering grief counselling following my specialist training in bereavement and loss. 

Qualifications:

  • Post-graduate Diploma in Person Centred Counselling (with Distinction)
  • COSCA Specialist Module in Bereavement & Loss
  • COSCA Counselling Skills modules 1-4 (with Merit)
  • ASIST Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training

Member organisations

school Registered / Accredited

Registered / Accredited

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BACP
British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP)

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

British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
Accredited Register Scheme

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British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy

Areas of counselling I deal with

Therapies offered

Fees

£40.00 per session
Free initial telephone or online session

Concessions offered for

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Additional information

£40 per 50minute session (£30 sessions available for trainee counsellors)

I offer a free initial 30 minute introductory session by telephone or Zoom 

When I work

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Morning
Afternoon
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Night

Face to face appointments are in Stonehaven on Thursday mornings.  Online/telephone appointments available at all times shown above.

Please email me to check availability / book appointments

Further information

I offer Zoom video, telephone or face to face counselling on a short or long term basis.

Montrose, Aberdeenshire, DD10

Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, AB39

Type of session

In person
Online
Phone

Types of client

Adults (25-64)
Older Adults (65+)

Key details

PVG Scheme info

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Online platforms

Zoom
Sandra Grant
Sandra Grant