Simon Spence - Counselling, Psychotherapy, & Supervision
About me
I am a registered and senior accredited member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, and have over twenty years experience of offering individual and group therapeutic support in varied settings, including private practice, palliative care, voluntary organisations, education, and NHS primary care. I am also a supervisor and occasional trainer of counsellors, counselling students and health & social care staff.
My work is grounded firmly in the person-centred approach, also benefitting from the insights of other ways of working.
I have a particular interest in issues relating to illness, death and dying; for those facing death, and for those facing a life changed by loss. Questions of meaning and spirituality are important to me. My website offers more information about me and my way of working.
I work in a quiet, purpose-built consulting room among trees beside the sea on the Black Isle. Chanonry Point (and the possibility of seeing the Moray Firth dolphins) is a short walk away. Before or after meetings you can take the opportunity to have time for yourself in beautiful surroundings.
Fortrose is about a twenty-five minute drive from central Inverness and is well served by public transport (Services 26 & 26c from Inverness Bus Station).
Training, qualifications & experience
After studying literature and philosophy and then living and working in community with adults with learning disabilities, my early professional life was in the worlds of education and social work. In the early 1990s I began my formal training in counselling and psychotherapy, first in Edinburgh and then in Glasgow. Ongoing training and education supports my practice.
If you would like to view the details of my training, please visit the 'About Simon' pages on my website.
Member organisations
Registered / Accredited
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
BACP is one of the UK’s largest professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy. Therapists registered with the Association fall into a number of different membership categories such as Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP and Registered Member MBACP (Accred), each standing for different levels of training and experience. MBACP (Accred) and MBACP (Snr Accred) members have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by the Association.
Registered members can be found on the BACP Register, which was the first register to achieve Accredited Voluntary Register status issued by the Professional Standards Authority. Individual Members will have completed an appropriate counselling and/or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but will not appear on the BACP Register until they've progressed to Registered Member MBACP status.
All members are bound by a Code of Ethics & Practice and a Complaints Procedure. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
Accredited register membership
Accredited Register Scheme
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
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Fees
£45.00 per hour session
Availability
Generally available on weekdays except Thursdays. First appointment 9.00am, last appointment 4.30pm. Very limited evening and weekend appointments.
