Sarah Kennedy
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About me
My name is Sarah Kennedy and I am a Qualified Therapeutic Counsellor based in Jersey, Channel Islands. I offer face to face counselling or as an alternative I can also offer online or telephone counselling for those that simply do not have the time due to busy life schedules to be able to visit a Counsellor or feel safer speaking from the comfort of their own environment.
I offer a safe, confidential and non judgemental counselling service based in Millbrook, Jersey. With a therapy room overlooking views of the ocean, this creates a calming and relaxing therapeutic experience for us to a build a trusting relationship together and to explore what you wish to bring to the sessions in a tranquil environment.
Alongside my private counselling practice I also work as Lead Counsellor at a local counselling service for sexual assault and rape supporting survivors with trauma alongside managing a team of trauma informed counsellors and Trainee Counsellors. Leading up to my current position i worked at a local family centre as a Facilitator and Keyworker. My work involved working with families as a means of support and guidance and also Facilitating Self Awareness, confidence and self esteem programmes.
Training, qualifications & experience
About your Counsellor:
Sarah Kennedy
- MBACP (Dip.Couns) Registered Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
- Fully Insured
- Fully DBS checked
- Registered with the Jersey Data Protection Commission
- Registered with Jersey Financial Services Commission
- PFOA approved Counsellor
Qualifications:
- Certificate in Understanding Substance Misuse
- Certificate Level 2 BACP Counselling Skills
- Certificate Level 3 BACP Counselling Skills
- Certificate Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Integrative Counselling
- Certificate for Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Intensive Training - PESI UK
Current up to date Training certificates:
- First Aid with Children Two Day Course (May 2014)
- Coping with Crying at NSPCC (May 2014) Woman's Refuge - Learning in Action (June 2014)
- Divorce a Guide to Non-Family Law Advisors @ Radisson Hotel (12th June 2014)
- Infection Control - Learning in Action (JULY 2014)
- Child Sexual Exploitation - Safe Guarding partnership Boarding at Police Station (July 2014)
- Building Relationships Six Week Course at BF (May-July 2014)
- The Engagement Boot Camp @ The Radisson Hotel (31st July 2014)
- NSPCC Group Work Skills two-day workshop (July 2014)
- Effective Recording& Information Sharing- Safe Guarding partnership (November 2014)
- Child protection Foundation Training- Safe Guarding partnership(October 2014)
- Youth MHFA two day training course (Youth Mental Health First Aid) June 2017
- Mental Health First Aid Youth (MHFA) 2 day course May 2017
- Principles of Infection Prevention and Control - States of Jersey November 2016
- St John Ambulance Paediatric First Aid Course 22.03.17-21.03.20
- Adults at Risk Foundation Course - Safeguarding Partnership Board (May 2016)
- Core Groups- Safeguarding Partnership Board (March 2010)
- Child Protection Conferences - Safeguarding Partnership Board(march 2015)
- Family Mediation Matters- Family Mediation Jersey (March 2017)
- Solution- Focused Training - Guy Shennan Associates (September 2017)
- Sex Discrimination Training - Law at Work (October 2015)
- Early Help Approach - Safeguarding Partnership Board (November 2015)
- Working with Hope and Hopelessness - Chiara Santin - Jersey Association of Family Therapy (April 2015)
- Protecting Families from Domestic Abuse - Safeguarding Partnership Board (October 2015)
- Learning from recent local Serious Case Reviews - Safeguarding Partnership Board (July 2017)
- Mellow Parenting Programme Accreditation - London (March 2018)
- The Cyclical Nature of Trauma (repeat victimization) - Jersey Association of Family Therapy (July 2018)
- Research in Practice - That difficult age (September 2018)
- Sexual Offences (Jersey) Law 2018 - Safeguarding Partnership Board (Jan 2019)
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Government of Jersey - Jersey’s Children First Essentials (April 2019)
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Government of Jersey – Jersey’s Children First Using and sharing Chronologies (June 2019)
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Government of Jersey – Jersey’s Children First Role and Responsibilities of the Lead Worker (June 2019)
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Mental Health First Aid Adult (MHFA) (Oct 2019)
- Child Sexual Exploitation - Safeguarding Partnership Board (Oct 2019)
- Certificate for Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Intensive Training - PESI UK (Nov 2019)
- Suicide Awareness Training (November 2019)
- Zoe Lodrick "Working with Trauma" (February 2020)
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Certificate of completion - Specialist counselling for female survivors of sexual violence and specialist training for counsellor psychotherapists - May 2020
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Certificate of completion – BACP male survivors of sexual abuse, rape and sexual exploitation (and females too) – May 2020
- Certificate of completion – Understanding the sexual abuse and exploitation of boys and men - May 2020
- BACP – Counselling online: a coronavirus primer – May 2020
- BACP - Peter Levine, Releasing trauma from the body: Essential strategies - Sept 2020
- PESI UK (2 day workshop) Women, Trauma and Mental Health, empowering women with the skills and insight to thrive - Nov 2020
- Sexual Violence and Substance Misuse Training - Debbie Woodroffe - April 2021
- Working with Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse with Christiane Sanderson (PESI UK 2 Day Training) - July 2021
- GESTALT Working with Trauma Masterclass (Gestalt Centre London 2 Day Training) - July 2021
- Pre-Trial Therapy Training (LimeCulture) - Oct 2021
- Adult Safeguarding 2022 Safeguarding Partnership Board (Mar 2022)
- Compassion Focused Therapy Training (Christopher Hall) - April 2022
- Healing Trauma with Janina Fisher (PESI UK) - June 2022
- BACP Shame - June 2022
- Working with male survivors of sexual abuse (New Pathways) - July 2022
- The web of shame in the therapeutic space - implications of trauma - Christiane Sanderson (PESI) - Oct 2022
- Working with Complex Trauma - (Dr Thanh Lou, Beyond Trauma) - Nov 2022
- Working with Psychosexual issues after sexual violence (Dr Thanh Lou, Beyond Trauma) - Nov 2022
- CBT for PTSD (Dr Georgina Dyson-Horton) - Mar 2023
- The hidden nature of sibling sexual abuse: Working with adult survivors (Christiane Sanderson full day training) - May 2023
- Certificated programme in advanced Trauma, PTSD & Dissociation (currently ongoing throughout 2023)
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
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Fees
£75.00 per session
Additional information
Rates:
£75.00 an hour face to face
£75.00 an hour Zoom counselling
£75.00 an hour telephone counselling
Opening hours:
Monday closed (available on request)
Tuesday 2.00pm - 9.00pm
Wednesday 2.30pm- 9.00pm
Thursday 2.30pm - 9.00pm
Friday 9.00am - 1.30pm
Saturday 9.00am - 1.00pm
Sunday Closed
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Further information
I am trained in Integrative Counselling, so I can offer a wide range of different counselling methods to suit the client .
My preferred approach is Person Centred. I believe that every being holds their own answers within them. By building a trusting relationship we can journey together to find the answers.
Carl Rogers (Person Centred) believed that there is one human motive in life and that is the actualizing tendency where humans move towards their ultimate self with growth and fulfilment with their own potential.
All sessions are client led and as an integrative therapist I am able to use a variety of approaches, working flexibly to suit the needs of each individual client.
All sessions are confidential and non judgemental
