Sian MacDonald
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About me
With over 20 years of experience I offer a professional and compassionate approach to help my clients enact positive life changes. We all experience turmoil in our lives from time to time and counselling can help you deal with any issues that may arise in a safe non judgemental confidential space.
I began my work as a counsellor over 20 years ago with Relationship Scotland. I set up my private practice Choices Counselling in 2008 and have worked with individuals, couples, young people and families over the years. I bring a wealth of experience to my work and have seen clients from various backgrounds and ages and stages of their lives.
I aim to help you gain greater self awareness and understanding as to why you may react in certain situations which in turn will help you make positive changes by bringing the subconscious into the conscious.
I work face to face, online and by telephone and offer walk and talk therapy.
I work as a counsellor for Quarriers and Arrows and for local businesses.
Training, qualifications & experience
I gained my Diploma in Counselling in 2002 with Relationship Scotland which included training in young peoples counselling and family work as well as counselling couples and adults. This training included 350 hours of heavily supervised counselling with clients before the Diploma could be awarded. My initial training was psychodynamic which involves delving into the subconscious to understand the roots of emotions and behaviours. I would now say that I work in an integrative or pluralistic way drawing on different skills and training making sure that I work in a way that best suits the individual.
During the pandemic, I completed my certificate in Online Counselling, my certificate in Tapping (EFT) and my certificate in Schema Therapy.
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
Therapies offered
Fees
£40.00 - £65.00
Free initial telephone session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Pricing
- Individuals £45 per hour
- Couples £50 per hour, £65 for 1.5 hours
- 18 & under £40 per hour
- Tapping £45 per hour
A sliding scale is offered depending on the circumstances
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