Sarah Bourne
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This professional is available for new clients.
About me
There are moments in life where we are unable to find a way forward, we can lose sight of who we are, our needs and what's important to us. At times our experiences can be emotionally and mentally overwhelming, trying to find resolution can feel impossible.
I believe counselling can be a place to explore and understand how you engage and interact with the world around you. Counselling can be a place to explore experiences, relationships, values, emotions, fears and loss.
Counselling for me is about giving yourself the time and space to find a way forward, whether it's through developing self-belief, resolution, action or acceptance. Ultimately, I believe the process can be empowering and create better awareness of self, purpose and needs.
How we will work together
Counselling can feel daunting, the concept of confiding in someone that you don't already know can feel strange and at odds. I provide a safe supportive space where hopefully you will feel at ease and able to speak openly.
I will listen carefully to you. I work with immediacy and I will draw on your words, emotions and body language. You can learn a lot about yourself when you give yourself the space and time to reflect.
I will support you as we explore the issues that have been difficult for you to deal with. Your experiences, values and beliefs are unique, together we will find a way forward this is right for you. I believe there is never one approach that fits all and I will tailor the counselling to your needs.
Practice description
I offer a free 20-30 minute initial consultation, where we will talk about what has brought you to counselling. The consultation will also give you the opportunity to see if the counselling service that I provide feels right for you.
Should you wish to go ahead we will have weekly 60 minute counselling sessions. I recommend weekly sessions, however, this can be discussed and tailored to meet your needs. Some clients prefer fortnightly sessions and some clients will opt for less frequent sessions as they draw to an end.
It’s difficult to say how many sessions you will benefit from. We will have regular reviews and talk together about the focus for the counselling and how it is meeting your needs but you can end counselling at any time, it really is about what is right for you.
I offer online counselling via Zoom
Training, qualifications & experience
Qualifications
- 2020 BACP Certificate of Proficiency
- 2020 CPCAB Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
- 2016-18 CPCAB Level 1-3 Certificate in Counselling Studies
From 2018-2021, I worked with Northamptonshire Mind and CABS - Child & Adolescent Bereavement Service, NGH, NHS Trust in a voluntary capacity.
Additional development and training include:
- Nature as Co-Therapist, Rachel Hewitt-Hall, 2022
- Calming the Anxious Brain: Using Neuroscience to End Anxiety, Panic and Worry, 2021
- Child Sexual Abuse: Hope for Healing, Carolyn Spring, 2021
- Dissociation and DID: The Fundamentals, Carolyn Spring, 2021
- A Short Guide to What Every Therapist Should Know About Working with Psychiatric Drugs, BACP, 2020
- Certificate in Online & Telephone Counselling, Counselling Tutor, 2020
- Trauma Defined: Bessel van der Kolk on The Body Keeps the Score, 2020
- Working at Relational Depth – Mick Cooper, Counselling Tutor, 2020
- Child Sexual Abuse – An Honest Look, provide by Nick Dwyer – NGH, NHS Trust, 2019
- Suicidal Ideation – NGH, NHS Trust, 2019
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
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
Therapies offered
Fees
£50.00 per session
Free initial online session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
£50.00 per 60 minute session
I offer a free 20-30 minute initial consultation.
Concessions: I offer a concessionary rate of £35 to trainee counsellors & students.
