Susan Batten

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MBACP (Accred)
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St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL1
Available for new clients
Available for new clients

This professional is available for new clients.

About me

Making the decision to come to counselling is a positive step towards feeling better. You may be experiencing anxiety, feeling depressed or struggling with issues, past or present, that seem hard to resolve by yourself. At this time, counselling can be a way of helping you through and can provide great relief at a time when life feels overwhelming.

I offer a safe and non-judgmental environment where we can explore difficult feelings together and look at past and present experiences in order to identify what is causing you problems. Through increased self awareness comes the ability to challenge unwanted behaviours and make positive changes to improve your mental and emotional well being.

I am a qualified BACP registered counsellor with many years experience of working with a wide range of clients with a variety of issues. I offer individual therapy to adults, within a confidential and therapeutic setting, either open-ended or a shorter more focused approach, depending on need.

At the initial appointment we can look at what has brought you to counselling and I can also let you know more about how I work, what counselling involves, and answer any questions you may have. 

Training, qualifications & experience

I have a Post Graduate Advanced Diploma in Psychodynamic Counselling and am a registered member of the BACP. I have many years experience working for a counselling agency providing both open ended counselling and short term therapy for those with GP referrals, and being part of the assessment team within that setting.

I work with a range of issues but my specialist areas are:

Anxiety, depression, low self esteem, trauma, abuse, relationship issues, post-natal depression, stress, loss and bereavement.

As a registered member of the BACP I am bound by its Code of Ethics and Practice. I am committed to ongoing professional development and receive regular clinical supervision.

Member organisations

Registered / Accredited

Registered / Accredited

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BACP
British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP)

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

British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
Accredited Register Scheme

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British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy

Fees

£60.00 per session

Additional information

I charge £60 for a 50 minute session. Sessions are usually weekly and are on the same time and day each week.

When I work

Weekdays

Further information

I work in Harpenden, in premises conveniently located just off the High Street.

St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL1

Type of session

Online

Types of client

Adults
Older Adults
Susan Batten
Susan Batten