Stephany Hawkey

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Integrative & Creative Arts Therapeutic Counsellor
Available for new clients
Available for new clients

This professional is available for new clients.

location_on Hemel Hempstead HP2 & Kings Langley WD4
Available for new clients
Available for new clients

This professional is available for new clients.

About me

Do you need a space where you can feel heard, valued and seen? I can off a safe, reflective space whilst building an open and honest therapeutic relationship to achieve your needs, goals and desires from therapy whilst managing your fears and expectations. Creating a therapeutic environment with respect, non-judgement, empathy and compassion, I believe will help support you on your journey of healing from within. For me, the only way to work is embracing your uniqueness and giving you the space and control to work effectively together at your pace, in a way that suits you best. We could work with multiple theories, skills and creative techniques that could benefit your approach to learning and self-development. This means that my approach will mirror your uniqueness so that together we could help you regain confidence, control and power in your life. 

Having therapy, myself, I have recognised the importance of feeling heard and listened to whilst I try to figure out solutions to my problems. I can offer both Integrative and Creative arts therapy (working with image) in the formats of online, phone via voice or video call and face to face. Additionally, I can also offer walk and talk therapy sessions in a suitable and safe location for us both. Walk & Talk therapy is offered seasonally from April-September with one of the other options from October through to March. 

If you feel you would like to make contact, please call or email to set up a free 15-minute phone call and then an assessment session if you would like to continue. Here we will discuss what your goals are for counselling, how you would like to work within the sessions, what counselling may look like for you, if you would like to continue and answer any questions you may have. It's important for me to state here that you may not know how you want this to work or what you need yet and that is ok. The initial session is to have a talk, get to know each other, understand the boundaries of a therapeutic relationship and get to start knowing a sense of you. 

Training, qualifications & experience

I have been working with complex trauma, mainly in the field of sexual assault and abuse for the last 3 years. During this time, I have supported Men, Women and CYP (Children/Young Persons) including working creatively, therapeutic group work, stabilisation and intervention programs and 1:1 counselling. In the last 3 years, I have volunteered at two organisation's and worked in private practice. 

My current qualifications are: 

  • CPCAB Level 4 Diploma Integrative Therapeutic Counselling - Aylesbury College 
  • Higher Education Certificate in Counselling and Counselling Skills - Birkbeck University 
  • BACP Certificate of Proficiency (COP)  
  • APCCA Level 2 Certificate in working with Creative Arts 
  • Working remotely, online and telephone - online: Counselling Tutor 
  • NCFE-CACHE: Level 2 Understanding Autism 

as well as maintaining continual CPD of a minimum of 30 hours annually. 

Member organisations

BACP
British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP)

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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).

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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

British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
Accredited Register Scheme

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British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy

Areas of counselling I deal with

Fees

£50.00 per session
Free initial telephone session

Concessions offered for

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  • check_circle Trainee counsellors

Additional information

Fees: 

15-minute introductory call: £0.00

Assessment session: £25.00

50-minute therapy sessions: £50.00

Some flexibility maybe viable.

When I work

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Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Night

Current evenings are limited, if you would like to send an enquiry, please let me know times and dates that work for you so I can see if I have availability. 

Hemel Hempstead, Other, HP2

Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, WD4

Type of session

In person
Online
Phone

Types of client

Young people (13-17)
Adults (25-64)
Older Adults (65+)

Key details

DBS check info

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Wheelchair user access info
Wheelchair user access

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Under the Equality Act 2010 service providers have a duty to make reasonable adjustments to ensure that individuals with disabilities can access their service. You can read more about reasonable adjustments to help you to access services on the CAB website.

Face to face sessions are completed at the Woodhall Farm Community Centre. The Centre is wheelchair accessible.

Online platforms

Whatsapp
Zoom

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