Stephanie Carr
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About me
Hello my name is Stephanie and if you are reading this I would like to welcome you in making the first steps in accessing support. I would like to let you know that you are not alone and any anxious or depressive feelings that you may be experiencing will be listened to, heard and understood. If you feel ready to seek support from a professional, I will ensure to put your needs first by offering you the space and time to make sense of what is and has been going on for you.
I am a member with the BACP as a fully qualified integrative counsellor offering a professional, friendly, safe and effective space in Kings Norton. Practicing as an integrative counsellor is a recognition that there is not a 'one size fits all' approach to therapy. I see each client as an individual and treat them accordingly. My aim is to assist in developing enough support and insight to help you find yourself and to support you in making the choices you truly want.
My First Session
An informal assessment will be conducted for our first 50 min session in order to provide the time and space to properly consider what has brought you to therapy. This initial session also provides a chance for us to meet, for me to find out more about what has brought you to therapy, and for us to decide whether counselling, with me, is the best way forward.
Practice description
Sessions take place at The Health and Wellbeing Centre in Kings Norton, which provides a range of health and wellbeing services through qualified and experienced practitioners.
Training, qualifications & experience
My 7 years training, includes a Foundation Degree in Integrative Counselling, an MSc in Integrative Counselling and now currently studying an Advanced Diploma to become a Psychotherapist. My 5 years counselling experience, combined with my own journey through personal therapy has provided me with additional understanding and empathy on how it feels to be in the client’s chair.
Qualifications:
Advanced Diploma in Psychotherapy Studies (UKCP Accredited), 2023-2024
Master's degree Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy Studies MSc (UKCP Accredited), 2020 – 2023 Grade: Distinction
BACP registration, 2020
Foundation Degree Integrative Counselling (BACP Accredited), 2017-2020 Grade: Distinction
Introductory Certificate in Counselling, 2017
The Integrative Counselling Foundation Degree has given me an in-depth understanding into the significance of the counselling relationship, in placing the client at the centre of the way I work. Through a balance of discovering relevant theory, placement practice, personal and group reflection has broadened my understanding of what counselling is for me, in developing my own coherent integrative model.
Studying an MSc Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy Studies was to facilitate my academic and practical professional development further and as part of the requirements for professional registration as a Psychotherapist.
My aim in studying an advanced diploma in Psychotherapy is to enable me to work with the depth and complexity needed for achieving the statues of a registered Psychotherapist.
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 per session
Free initial telephone session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
My first session
First assessment sessions are charged at £25 and if you feel pursuing a therapeutic relationship is right for you, then a £20 deposit will be taken on that day to secure your next session.
Counselling sessions
50 minute sessions are charged at £40
When I work
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Further information
Please email to make an initial appointment - I will return any queries within 24hrs.
I prefer to have a brief phone conversation prior to offering an appointment, in order that I can check if I feel able to help. This is free and without any obligations.
