Sandrine Webster
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About me
Whether you need time to stop and reflect, or a place to talk about problems that burden you, it can help to share thoughts and feelings with someone outside of friends and family.
I see counselling as a joint exploration of your concerns, a collaborative effort towards helping you make sense of your experiences, feelings and behaviours. As an integrative therapist, I draw from different theoretical models to inform my reflection on our work and best suit the issues that you bring. I specialise in bereavement and, more generally, loss and its surrounding issues, whether recent or from the past. I work with a diverse range of adult clients struggling with relationships, low mood, anxiety and self-esteem.
I provide a calm, confidential and supportive environment where you can safely unpack your worries, explore issues that are bothering you or holding you back and look for a way through. I offer therapy in English or French.
My practice is a short walk from West Wickham station, with bus routes from Beckenham, Bromley, and Croydon. Confidential messages can be left on the phone number provided.
Training, qualifications & experience
I trained as an integrative therapist at the Minster Centre in London, an organisation validated by the UKCP and BACP and affiliated with Middlesex University. I hold a Diploma in Integrative Counselling, an Adanced Diploma and Masters in Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy. Prior to this, I completed a foundation certificate in Psychodynamic Counselling at WPF and a Humanistic Skills and Studies certificate at the Metanoia Institute, two other UK leading training organisations.
I have volunteered as a bereavement counsellor for several years at St Christopher's Hospice in Sydenham and prior to this, for the charity Cruse Bereavement Care. In the Mental Health charity sector, I have worked with adults struggling with anxiety, depression, abuse and issues of culture and identity.
Member organisations
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The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) is a leading professional body for the education, training and regulation of psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors. Its register is accredited by the government's Professional Standards Authority.
As part of its commitment to protect the public, it works to improve access to psychotherapy, to support and disseminate research, to improve standards and to respond effectively to complaints against its members.
UKCP standards cover the range of different psychotherapies. Registration is obtained by training or accrediting with one of its member organisations, or by holding a European Certificate in Psychotherapy. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
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).
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