Stacey Miles
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About me
Hello and welcome, I am Stacey, and I am a fully qualified counsellor with a real passion for improving and supporting our mental health and well-being. Life can present challenges and the turbulence of these challenges can be overwhelming and may impact negatively on our mental health. Counselling with me will offer you a safe space where you will be free to explore these challenges, and hopefully together we can help you understand what's going on for you.
It’s important you feel comfortable and safe with your therapist, therefore I will invite you to a free 15-minute consultation where we can informally discuss what has brought you to therapy and what you hope to gain from our sessions. This will also give you an opportunity to ask me any questions you may have.
Although I am qualified as a person centred counsellor, I will work with an integrative approach with you; drawing on various modalities depending on what issues you are facing. There is no "one size fits all" and each of my clients will experience an individual approach, I offer trust, empathy and gentle understanding whilst withholding your confidentiality. I work with adults and young people from aged 11 in my private practice and am employed in a secondary school as the school counsellor dealing with complex trauma, abuse, grief, anxiety, bullying and day to day stress in work or relationships.
My aim is to support you whilst you release the issues which are affecting your life, in a safe, supportive, and healing environment with an experienced therapist. The process of healing comes when we start to understand ourselves and can make sense of our issues. I will do this by building confidence and trust in our work, showing you warmth and empathy, to enable you to feel empowered to realise your inner wisdom, using your knowledge and insight to make positive choices going forward, leading to a sense of wellbeing.
Training, qualifications & experience
I studied counselling at South Essex College in Southend-On-Sea.
- BACP Certificate of Proficiency Exam
- Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
- Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Studies
- Level 2 Certificate in Counselling Skills
I have undertaken the following training:
- How To Do Counselling Online: A Coronavirus Primer (BACP-Open University)
- Moving Your Practice Online (Kate Anthony Training)
- Suicide Awareness Training (Mind)
- An Introduction to Traumatic Bereavement (Schools In Mind)
- Uncertainty: An Existential Perspective (Ernesto Spinelli)
- Introduction to Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE's)
- Single session Therapy & Therapists Personal Struggles Windy Dryden
- Bereavement and Loss -how to cope after death Mind
- Supporting young people to break the cycle of self-harm – Creative Education
- Understanding and Supporting Children and Young People Impacted by Trauma (Kids Inspire)
During my counselling training, I undertook two voluntary placements; the first was with the most recognised Mental Health Charity -Mind, working with adults experiencing complex trauma. The second was with a local secondary school working with students aged 11-18 dealing with an array of issues from self-harm, suicidal ideation to anxiety and exam stress, my placement was so successful I was offered a job and I am now employed as their school counsellor.
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).
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Fees
£60.00 per session
Free initial telephone session
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When I work
Please check with my regarding availability as this changes all of the time.
