Sharon Burton
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About me
I am a highly experienced and highly qualified registered and accredited Person-centred and Experiential Counsellor, IPT Practitioner, Couples Therapist for Depression and Person-centred Experiential Counselling for Depression Supervisor. I have extensive experience working with individuals, helping couples where depression is impacting on their relationships and working with adolescents aged 16+, covering a wide range of issues.
I work collaboratively with my clients and provide a safe therapeutic space for them to talk about and process their feelings and emotions and help them to make sense of their world and move forward more positively with more self-awareness and skills to overcome the obstacles that life sometimes delivers to us.
Training, qualifications & experience
Registered and Accredited by the British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists.
- Masters Degree in Counselling Psychology - December 2012 Keele University
- BA Hons in Psychology with Counselling 2011 with University of East London
Additional qualifications:
- Person-Centred Experiential Counselling for Depression - July 2016 Keele University
- IPT UK Practitioner May 2018
- Person-Centred Experiential Counselling for Depression Supervision Qualification December 2020 Nottingham University
- Couples Therapy for Depression, May 2022 with Tavistock
Member organisations
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Accredited register membership
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£50.00 - £80.00
Free initial telephone or online session
Additional information
- free initial telephone/video session up to 30mins
- Individual Counselling - £50 for 1 hour
- Individual Supervision - £60 for 1 hour (£50hr for trainee Counsellors)
- Couples Therapy for Depression - to be confirmed
When I work
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Availability from 8-9am or 4-5pm Mondays, Wednesdays 4.30pm-6.30pm, Thursdays 4.30pm-6.30pm or Saturdays 8-10am and 1.30-3.30pm
Further information
I have worked for NHS Organisations and with NHS patients since 2012.
Recently started to work in private practice additional to NHS Talking Therapies.
