Sian Baker
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About me
Hello and welcome,
I work on a one to one basis with adults. I am a qualified and experienced therapist and anxiety coach and a registered member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy. Working with clients in short and longer term therapy. I offer sessions in person or by Skype, Face-time, Teams, Zoom or over the phone.
I understand that by the time many people seek a therapist, they are feeling close to their limit, I aim to see you within two weeks of you contacting me whenever possible.
I am based in central Havant in Hampshire but also work nationally and internationally online.
I have had the privilege of working with clients with a vast range of issues. I have also created a coaching program for individuals experiencing anxiety with bespoke strategies, teaching you how to understand your anxiety and working with you to stop it escalating and then to reduce and eliminate the symptoms. The aim is for you to understand your anxiety within 8 sessions and be start to reduce it by around 12 sessions and restore your confidence. I will teach you strategies and how to use tools that you can continue to take through life and for you to be able to understand and deal with your own anxiety if and when it arises.
I invite you to review the therapy every six weeks (or sooner if required) to ensure that you are getting the most out of your sessions.
I work creatively, and also with humour (when appropriate).
Please note that the anxiety coaching currently is not for clients experiencing OCD or those in dangerous situations such as domestic abuse etc.
I also work with businesses whose employees are experiencing stress, anxiety and or overwhelm or those returning to work. - prices are available upon request.
Training, qualifications & experience
Qualifications:
DipHE Counselling (with merit) - University Of Winchester
Level 3 & 4 Coaching - Sheffield College BTEC
Level 2 - The Theory of Counselling/AQA
Level 1 - Certificate in introduction to Counselling skills/AQA
Additional Training:
Mindfulness in bereavement - The Rowans Hospice
The art and science of Play - A study of play in context of therapeutic relationship
Attachment history, consequences and new research - Sir Richard Bowlby
Domestic Abuse training Level 2 - Portsmouth City Council
Celebrating Diversity - Clinical Forum
Mental Health and Risk Training
NLP Theoretical Principles and Useful Interventions
Solution focused Counselling
Working creatively within therapeutic practice
Sand Tray Therapy
Working with Shame
Child sexual abuse therapy.
Dealing with distress, suicide and self harm.
Working with trauma during time of trauma.
Working with trauma that has become stuck.
Experience:
I have worked at local counselling services and have had the privilege to work with clients with a wide range of issues including:
Anxiety, Stress (including work related), domestic abuse, bereavement and loss (including animal loss), loss of work, loss of good health, feeling overwhelmed, PTSD, relationship issues (with partners, family or friends etc), divorce, separation, legal battles, feeling stuck, demotivated, sad, feeling lonely, low confidence and low self worth or esteem, suicidal thoughts, difficulties with keeping boundaries (for example someone who may often say "yes" even when they want to say "no"), life changes (children leaving home, mid life, new baby, change of circumstances etc), stress of running or starting a business, patterns of bad relationships, wanting to achieve goals and potential but don't feel able to, parenting issues, anger management issues, historical events or issues that you try to ignore but keep resurfacing, patterns of behaviour that affect day to day living and many more.
I also create coaching programmes for people suffering with anxiety who want to use coaching to reduce or overcome anxiety and gain control of their lives. Often by focusing on solutions and goal setting we learn to take our control back of our present and our future.
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
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Fees
£85.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
£85 per hour or £70 per 50 minutes. I offer concessions when possible for lower incomes.
I work with employers and/or with employees who maybe experiencing crisis in confidence, anxiety or overwhelm.
I also offer group work for anxiety, confidence and self esteem/self worth to individual groups or companies. Prices are available.
When I work
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Counselling and Psychotherapy sessions are
Tue 9am - 8pm
Wed and Thurs 9am - 8pm
Friday 9am - 4.30pm
Sat - 9am - 12 noon
Further information
My logo represents 3 things:
The mathematical symbol of "greater than or equal to": My aim is to help you reach your full potential and for you to feel equal to and not less than others.
It also represents talking and smiling
And a yacht - enabling you to reach a better place.
