About me
I am a UKCP Registered Psychotherapist and a Senior Accredited member of the BACP with many years experience in supporting people with a wide range of presenting issues. I am passionate about people and helping them to live happy and fulfilling lives. If you would like to make contact and discuss in confidence what is troubling you and how I can help, I offer a free 15 minute phone consultation. My practice covers Sevenoaks, Tonbridge and Oxted. I look forward to meeting you.
How I Work
I see our work together as a collaborative process. From the moment we meet I will be listening and working to understand you and finding a way to relate that helps you get to know yourself. The therapeutic relationship is an open and honest forum from which to explore yourself and in turn understand how you relate to others. I invite an open dialogue about what is going on in the therapy at all times, how you feel and what you are needing as the therapy progresses. This approach facilitates us navigating bumps along the way and invites you to hold onto your own autonomy in how we are working together. It also ensures that I am tracking the changing states of what you might need from me in the therapy and for you to increasingly feel more comfortable in communicating what you are needing as these needs become known to you over time. Therapy isn't always easy, and looking closely at how you interact in the moment can feel uncomfortable. But as we build a strong, equal relationship, you will naturally start noticing how these patterns play out and improve in your day to day life.
Every person that comes into therapy is unique and so in describing how I work neither of us will know what this looks like until we meet. You will be met with empathy and understanding and it will be an opportunity for you to listen to how you feel with me and decide whether I am somebody you feel you can open up to. This is the starting point and from there we continue to build a road map of where we are going in our work together. It is ok not to know what this looks like and for some people they feel that something isn’t right in their lives, but know they need some help in working this out. Whatever is bringing you to therapy you will not be alone in making sense of yourself, and with this understanding and growing compassion towards yourself, helping you to experience a more fulfilling life.
Sessions
The number of sessions will be discussed between us. I work with individuals and provide short, medium or long-term therapy. I offer both Counselling and Psychotherapy. The difference being that Counselling tends to be working short to medium term with less complex issues. Psychotherapy is medium to long-term and involves working in greater depth with more deep rooted and complex issues. We will naturally transition between the two different levels of relating in our work together.
Codes of Ethics
I am a Registered Clinical Member of UKCP, Registered Senior Accredited Member of BACP, member of UKATA (UK Association for Transactional Analysis), EATA (European Association of Transactional Analysis) and the ITAA (International Transactional Analyst Association. I work in accordance with the Codes of Ethics and Professional Practice of these professional bodies. As a part of my continuing professional development I have regular supervision with other experienced professional UKCP psychotherapists and engage in regular training.
Training, qualifications & experience
UKCP Registered Psychotherapist
Certified Transactional Analyst (Psychotherapy) - an internationally recognised qualification validated and awarded by EATA (European Association of Transactional Analysis).
Senior Accredited Member of BACP
UKATA Diploma TA Practice
Four years Post Graduate Advanced Clinical Training in Transactional Analysis.
Certificate in Clinical Assessment
Certificate in Couples Counselling
Completed Trauma workshops as follows:
- Foundation for the Introductory certificate in Trauma Therapy
- Attachment, Attachment and Disorder Trauma and Recovery
- Severe and Complex Trauma and Dissociation
- Treating Traumatised Children
Other workshops:
- Animal Assisted Therapy
- Treating Generalised Anxiety and Panic Disorders
- Working with Victims of Domestic Abuse Based on The Freedom Programme
Member organisations
school 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.
The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) is a leading professional body for the education, training and regulation of psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors. Its register is accredited by the government's Professional Standards Authority.
As part of its commitment to protect the public, it works to improve access to psychotherapy, to support and disseminate research, to improve standards and to respond effectively to complaints against its members.
UKCP standards cover the range of different psychotherapies. Registration is obtained by training or accrediting with one of its member organisations, or by holding a European Certificate in Psychotherapy. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
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.
UKATA (formally the Institute of Transactional Analysis) is the national UK Transactional Analysis organisation representing all fields of TA theory and practice. TA can be used as an effective tool in a wide range of contexts such as: personal development, management, coaching, counselling, psychotherapy, teaching, education, parenting and more.
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.
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
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Therapies offered
Fees
£75.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Please contact me to arrange a free, no obligation 15 minute telephone conversation on 07876 571659 or email tarajlongworth@gmail.com
The initial call is an opportunity to explore what has brought you to therapy. The next step is booking an Assessment session. In this session I will learn more about you and your background and you will have an opportunity to experience what it is like to be with me in a session and how we both feel about working together. If you decide you would like to commence therapy with me we will find a day and time to meet weekly and I normally suggest an initial 6 sessions with a check-in at session 5 to see how you are getting on and whether you would like to continue on an open ended basis or end in session 6.
All sessions, including the Assessment session, are £75 for a 50 minute session.
When I work
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Further information
My practice covers Oxted and Sevenoaks.
