Sharon Worthington
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About me
We are all on this journey through life, many different paths are taken some we choose to take and others that are out of our control, maybe you feel like you have lost your way and want to get back on track.
My philosophy in life is anything is possible, with the right mindset focusing on the positives you can achieve that goal, retraining the mind and thought process shifting the negative over thinking to a positive reality, repeating patterns so they eventually become the everyday normal.
We are all unique each with our own struggles whether it's anxiety, low self-esteem, lack of confidence, relationships, addiction, bereavement or abuse to name a few, it is how we deal with these challenges that may come our way.
I will support and guide you creating a safe confidential environment where together we can explore the difficulties you may be facing in the present moment or experiences from the past that have made you feel you have unfinished business and are seeking closure.
I will aim to sharpen your awareness showing you a new perspective and positive direction.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Qualifications
- Higher Education. Diploma (DipHE) Level 5 Humanistic Gestalt Counselling.
- ABC Diploma (Level 3) Counselling Skills.
- Certificate in Counselling Skills.
Further Training
- An Introduction to Safeguarding Children V8
- Hidden Harm V8.
- Prevent for practitioners.
- Personal Development Creative Workshop for Play Therapy.
- Counselling Young People (11-18) Subject 7 of BACP Curriculum Mental Health and Young People.
- Mental Health Awareness.
- Risk and Safeguarding Adults.
- Spirituality in the counselling room.
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
£50.00 per session
Additional information
I offer a complimentary consultation up to 20 minutes so you can decide if I am the right counsellor for you and to discuss what brings you to counselling.
My fees are £50 per 50 minute session.
Couples counselling £70.
I offer face to face, phone, zoom or walk and talk therapy.
When I work
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Flexible for phone, zoom or walk and talk. Availability for face to face shown on the table above. Feel free to contact me for any queries.
Further information
As well as running my own private practice I have extensive knowledge and experience of working with addiction providing short and long term counselling both pre and post detox. I worked at a drug and alcohol centre supporting people with their addictions.
I have worked with clients who have complex trauma.
I worked for a charity supporting young people, issues including bereavement, addiction, anxiety, gender and relationships.
I currently work in schools supporting children and teachers with a range of different issues, working creatively with the children to make the sessions fun.
I go on regular training courses making sure I am keeping up to date with my continuing professional development.
I am a member of the BACP (British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists) I adhere to their ethical framework for the Counselling Professions (2016) which sets out a code of ethics and guidance for good practice.
I am also a member of the HACP (The Hampshire Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy).
