Sarah Bingham

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Alcester, Warwickshire, B49 5ET
Available for new clients
Available for new clients

This professional is available for new clients.

About me

What is counselling?

At times in our life, we may all feel the need for someone to talk with; to feel heard, listened to and understood, with no judgement, and to work through personal challenges or concerns. Counselling offers a confidential and supportive space for you to explore your feelings, and helps you to develop understanding and an insight into your behaviours and feelings to overcome difficulties.  Counselling can help you develop better ways of coping, allowing you to move forward and get the most out of life.

A counsellor is not there to give you advice, tell you what to do or judge you in any way. The aim of counselling is to help you to come to your own decisions as only you really know how you feel in any given situation.

About me

I am a qualified integrative counsellor, with a person-centred emphasis, which enables me to draw on a variety of different approaches and I use a range of counselling techniques to tailor the therapy to you as an individual. I endeavour to offer you a warm, safe, supportive, non-judgemental and private environment where you will be heard and understood; for you to share and explore any concerns or challenges you may be facing.

I have supported a variety of clients with a wide range of issues; for example anxiety, trauma, abuse, general life problems, lack of confidence and depression. In addition to my private practice,  I also work as a volunteer counsellor with a charity called The Parenting Project, working with and supporting parenting issues,  and I am an Accredited Member of BACP (British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy) working under the BACP Ethical Framework, and an Accredited Member of The NCS (National Counselling Society).

Contact and appointments

If you would like an initial conversation about how counselling could help you, please contact me to arrange a free, no-obligation talk and we can decide together the best route for you. I aim to reply to emails within 24 hours so please check 'spam' if you do not receive a prompt reply.

Appointments are for 50 minutes and cost £50. I offer reduced rates for counselling students. Flexible appointment times are available, including evenings and weekends. I offer both long and short-term therapy. Appointments are offered on-line (Zoom) or over the phone, and face to face appointments are also available in Alcester (B49) at Minerva Mill.

Training, qualifications & experience

  •  Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling (Integrative) (CPCAB)
  • Level 5 Diploma Counselling Children and Adolescents (CPCAB)
  • Transactional Analysis TA101 (UKATA)
  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) Diploma
  • Grief & Bereavement Counselling Diploma
  • Anxiety Management Diploma
  • Psychotherapy Diploma

Other courses and CPD

  • Counselling On-Line and Using Telephone Methods
  • Understanding Your Own Grief
  • Breathwork for Anxiety & Trauma Recovery
  • Trauma and the Body : Dissociation & Somatisation
  • Working with Attachment Styles
  • The Teenage Brain
  • The Circle of Security - Secure Attachment for a full-functioning family
  • Couple Relationship mapping using TA
  • Relational Methods in TA Psychotherapy and Counselling
  • Women & Gambling Related Harms

Member organisations

Registered / Accredited

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.

NCPS
National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society (NCPS)

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.

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

National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society
Accredited Register Scheme

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.

National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society
British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
Accredited Register Scheme

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.

British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy

Fees

£50.00 per session

Concessions offered for

  • Low income
  • Students
  • Trainee counsellors

Health Insurance/EAP

  • BUPA

Additional information

Sessions last for 50 minutes and cost £50.

When I work

Flexible appointment times available, including evenings and weekends.

Minerva Mill, Station Road, Alcester, Warwickshire, B49 5ET

Type of session

In person
Online
Phone

Types of client

Young people
Adults

Key details

DBS check

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Wheelchair user access
Wheelchair user access

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You can contact the Counsellor to discuss the options available.

Under the Equality Act 2010 service providers have a duty to make reasonable adjustments to ensure that individuals with disabilities can access their service. You can read more about reasonable adjustments to help you to access services on the CAB website.

Online platforms

Zoom

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Sarah Bingham
Sarah Bingham