Seba Thomson - Spring CPT
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Spring offers:
- counselling and psychotherapy (adults, adolescents and children)
- tutoring for children in Year 2 to Year 6.
The psychotherapy; uses psychoanalytical therapy, person centred counselling and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy to assist in you making positive changes in your life. This could be problems such as :
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Fears
- Phobias
- Self Harm
- Relationships
- Bereavement
- General worries or low mood
She provides training for staff within companies to develop skills in awareness of
- Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties
- Mental Health
Seba volunteered and worked as a Peer Support Worker at Haven.
Seba’s career and life experiences have given her an understanding of various areas of life. She has worked in the equestrian industry, civil service, corporate banking and taught in primary education for over 10 years and now as a psychotherapist and tutor.
Seba has parental and professional classroom experience with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, she is particularly knowledgeable about Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Autistic Spectrum Disorder. She has a realistic understanding of what is expected, what is achievable, yet she works with high expectations as well as empathy and understanding. She is able to gain a fantastic rapport with children and adults which is evidenced by her testimonials.
Training, qualifications & experience
Seba works with her own private clients as a psychotherapist for adults, adolescents and children.
She works with parents at local schools offering Parent Peer Support Groups term time on Wednesday mornings and runs her own Parental Workshops on Saturdays. These parental workshops offer support and advice on Mental Health, ASC, ADHD and related topics.
Seba has personal experience of parenting but also from the perspective as a professional (teacher and therapist) as well as a peer. She has 10 years professional teaching experience in primary schools.
Her sessions with children involve tutoring or psychotherapy and for both very different work she careful plans and reports after each session. She writes reports for clients for Education Health Care Plan meetings and will work with schools to support children’s progress academically or through therapeutic sessions.
She also runs
- weekly Parent Peer Support groups in primary schools and monthly workshops on various topics related to Autism Spectrum Disorder, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties.
- uploads blogs about Mental health topic and uses Facebook Live to discuss Mental Health issues
Spring trains staff in various topics such as Mental Health Awareness, Autism Awareness, ADHD and Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties.
Seba has regular Career and Professional Development; through training, courses, conferences, monthly one to one and group supervision to ensure her skills are up to date and to review her caseload.
BA (Hons) Qualified Teacher Status, Bradford School of Teaching Health and Care. University of Bradford December 2006
Effective Psychotherapy with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Level 5 October 2016
Peer Support Facilitator Level 2 Leeds Mind October 2016
First Aid, December 2018
The ADHD Foundation Conference, Liverpool, November 2018
TES SEN Show, seminars, London, October 2018
The Autism Show, seminars, Manchester, 29 June 2018
Dealing with distress, self harm and suicide, PODS, City Training Services, 9 June 2018
BACP Conference online, watched seminars delivered, 29 May 2018
Understanding GDPR compliance course, Airedale Enterprise Servies, Keighley, 23 April 2018
The ADHD Foundation Conference, Attended seminars in Liverpool, 10 November 2017
Integrating Artwork into private practice, Newcastle, BACP Pauline Andrew, 11 October 17
Seminars at TES SEN Show, Business Design Centre,London, 6 October 2017
Observation of client at Occupational Therapist, Therapy in Praxis, Knaresborough, 21 August 2017
Painting and Drawing Hive 6 June 2017 – 18 July 2017
The Autism Show Making sense of self injury – Angela Stanton, ABA services Cormac Duffy, Psychologically Informed Environment Dr Rachel Worthington, Family Life and Autism Dr Jacqui Jackson, Labelling Dr Caroline Bond - Manchester, 30 June 2017
Nottingham Networking meeting BACP – Buddhism (Mindfulness) 20 May 2017
Understanding Autism Level 2 10 July 2017
Certificate of Proficiency (British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists) 24 March 2017.
Education Show – Working through and around behaviours that challenge pupils with Autism, Why Bother? March 2017
Bereavement and Addiction February 2017
Motivational Interviewing January 2017
Resilience and Attachment (Bradford Council, CAMHS) January 2017
Mental Health First Aid 13 and 14 December 2016
Self Harm and Young People (Bradford Council, CAMHS training) November 2016
Art Therapy: drawing, painting and self-exploration. November 2016
Prevent elearning Department of Education October 2016
Break Away Training Bradford Mind Horton Housing September 2016
Member organisations
Accredited register membership
Areas of counselling I deal with
- Abortion
- Abuse
- Addiction(s)
- ADHD
- Affairs and betrayals
- Anger management
- Anxiety
- Asperger's syndrome
- Attachment disorder
- Bereavement
- Bipolar disorder
- Body dysmorphic disorder
- Bullying
- Cancer
- Career
- Carer support
- Child related issues
- Chronic fatigue syndrome/ME
- Depression
- Disabilities
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Emotional abuse
- Family issues
- Feeling sad
- Gender dysphoria
- Generalised anxiety disorder
- HIV/AIDS
- Hoarding
- Learning difficulties
- Low self-confidence
- Low self-esteem
- Miscarriage
- Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
- Panic disorder
- Passive aggressive behaviour
- Phobias
Therapies offered
Fees
£50 per 60 mins session for adult psychotherapy
Tutoring £45 per 45 mins from my premises
Further information
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/SpringTutoringPsychotherapy/
Facebook profile: https://www.facebook.com/spring.sebathomson
Twitter: https://twitter.com/spring_seba
Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/spring-cpt-seba-thomson-8b227b62/
website: http://www.spring.me.uk/
Maps & Directions
Bradford, BD16 4LX
Type of session
| Online counselling: | Yes |
| Telephone counselling: | Yes |
| Face to face counselling: | Yes |
Practical details
| Sign language: | No |
| Other languages: | None |
Accessibility
| Wheelchair access: | No |
Therapy room is in the attic of a terraced house.
Availability
1pm - 8pm Tuesday to Friday and all day Saturday
Types of client
| Children |
| Young people |
| Adults |
| Older adults |
| Couples |
| Families |
| Groups |
| Organisations |
| Employee Assistance Programme |
