Silvia Maguire
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About me
AVAILABLE COUPLES COUNSELLING SESSIONS NOW!!!(Evening and Daytime)
Individual and Couples Counselling - Face to Face, Telephone and Online
Hello and welcome to my profile.
You have recently been struggling to make sense of what is going on for you. You wake up most mornings having feelings of dread for the day ahead. But you move on with your day carrying the heavy load of your worries and feeling confused about your feelings. You might have lost a loved one and find it difficult to come to terms with your loss and, although it might have been a few years back, the pain is still raw. Perhaps you have experienced sudden and radical life changes like divorce, job loss or financial crisis and it has left you experiencing feelings of helplessness, hopelessness and low self-worth and you ask yourself: 'Who am I now?' 'Where do I go from here?' 'Is there a point?'. You want to understand why you are feeling like this because you want to feel better and live a full life. You have been considering talking to someone about your difficulties. You've heard that 'counselling' works. But where do you start? Taking the first step feels daunting... Would it help if I explained what counselling is and how I can support you through this process?
Through counselling, I can offer you a safe, secure and confidential space where you will be able to talk about your difficulties. By creating a trusting and open relationship we can work together to focus on your concerns, explore what they mean to you and their impact on your life and find more creative ways to manage them more efficiently, because I believe that you own the potential for personal growth and you will be able to unlock it in order to achieve self-fulfilment and wholesome wellbeing.
I'm qualified in Integrative Humanistic Counselling, mainly using a Person-Centred approach focusing on your internal frame of reference and connecting with your personal experiencing, concerns, feelings and needs. By working integratively, I'm able to bring to my work other supporting counselling techniques depending on your presenting issues like CBT and Attachment-Informed therapy to mention some. I'm also qualified to conduct Couples Counselling where we can work together on areas like conflict resolution, communication and attachment amongst others. I bring into the sessions the knowledge and skills learned and the experience gained from my on-going work as a counsellor.
I work from my own private practice at home. I offer long-term, as well as solution-focused counselling which might require a shorter amount of sessions. Online and telephone counselling are available alternatives to help you to benefit from therapy.
I work with a wide range of concerns, my specialised areas are bereavement, loss and grief, anxiety, panic attacks and depression, low self-esteem and low self-confidence, relationship/s issues and dealing with life changes.
If you wish to ask further questions about counselling and my services or arrange an initial session you can email me or call and leave a message on 07882052339.
Thank you for your time and have a wonderful day.
Silvia Maguire
Training, qualifications & experience
I’m qualified in Diploma in Integrative Humanistic Counselling by Buckinghamshire College Group – University Campus Aylesbury Vale.
I hold an Advance Certificate in Couples Therapy accredited by COSRT, The College of Sex and Relationship Therapists.
I hold a Certificate of Competence in Counselling for Depression (PCE-CfD) - IAPT Licensed by the University of Nottingham
I’m an accredited member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and I abide by their Ethical Framework for the Counselling Professions. I’m committed to my continuous professional development and I attend regular Supervision sessions in order to offer the best ethical and professional standards of service. I carry full professional liability insurance and an up-to-date enhanced DBS clearance.
Alongside running my private practice, I work for The Counselling Foundation in St. Albans as Counselling for Depression counsellor within the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme (IAPT), set out by the NHS.
My counselling experience also includes working as a volunteer bereavement counsellor at The Counselling Foundation in St. Albans, volunteer counsellor at Hertfordshire MIND Network in Watford, and volunteer telephone support for the Counselling and Bereavement department at the Peace Hospice Care in Watford.
Member organisations
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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
£60.00 - £85.00
Free initial telephone session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
My fees are:
£60 per 50 minute individual counselling session.
£70 per 1 hour couples counselling session.
£85 per 1.5 hours couples counselling session.
I offer a free telephone consultation.
When I work
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Flexible counselling appointments.
Further information
- I can also hold counselling sessions for Spanish speakers.
- Day and evening counselling appointments available.
