Sheila Knight
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About me
Hi there. I am a counsellor and psychotherapist offering a confidential service at the welcoming Lightwell Practice in Skipton as well as online and by phone. I am here to help whether you need support with current issues, feel anxious, unhappy or blocked, or wish to explore your past and its impact on self and relationships. I work integratively, drawing on different theoretical approaches - but always grounding our working relationship in mutual acceptance and trust. This relationship enhances your functional connection to others and to yourself, which in turn promotes understanding, growth and new ways of being in the world - even when times are tough.
Before counselling I was an editor in book publishing, and this informs my practice: together we can make sense of your story, identify themes and patterns, and find creative ways forward.
Initially my practice was with bereaved clients and groups, and loss remains a focus: in a sense we are all influenced by lost or missing experience.
Now I see adults presenting with a range of issues (see list below). Until recently I was also a mental health and autism worker, supporting clients through the practical and emotional challenges of e.g. anxiety, depression, addictions, hearing voices and personality disorders.
I receive regular clinical supervision and am committed to continuing professional development. As a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, I work within their ethical framework. I hold a current enhanced disclosure (DBS).
Training, qualifications & experience
Qualifications
- Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy (level 7), Leeds Beckett University
- B.A. (Hons) in English Studies. This included two years' study of Psychology.
- M.Phil. in Publishing Studies
Experience
I have counselling experience across three settings: Bradford Bereavement Support (individuals and groups), Aire, Wharfe and Craven Counselling (a community charity) and The Lightwell Practice (as a private practitioner).
Selected training
I have completed a number of short courses (1-4 days) on topics including:
- Peer group facilitation
- Loss of a child
- Working with personality disorders
- Trauma: its causes and consequences
- Understanding mental health
- Safeguarding adults
- Transactional Analysis psychotherapy
- Defence mechanisms
- Grief and loss
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
Fees
£45.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I charge £45 for a 50-minute session. Concessions can be discussed for those with a low income.
When I work
My main availability at Lightwell is on Mondays 2.30-8.30pm and Tuesdays 2.30-8.30pm. Online and phone appointments are available on other weekdays.
