Teri Lawrance
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About me
Difficult emotions don't go away just because they are not acknowledged, often they get pushed down as we try to carry on as normal, until one day we notice we've got a bit lost in it all.
Therapy offers a safe, confidential, caring space to explore whatever has led you off your path and find a way forward.
I am an accredited Integrative Therapist and Clinical Supervisor.
I have had the privilege for many years, of working with people who have been impacted by trauma, including sexual violence, abusive relationships and childhood emotional neglect.
As an Integrative Therapist I weave together several modalities of therapy to create a flexible, holistic approach.
The therapeutic relationship is a vital part of therapy, so it is important to find a therapist that you can feel you can relate to and connect with in some way. My primary aim is to create a secure, genuinely supportive, space for you to process your thoughts, experiences and feelings. A space in which you can speak your mind and experience being heard and understood.
Most of the way we think, feel and behave does actually make perfect sense within the context of our history and life experience, part of my work with clients is around us working together to explore who you are now and redefining who you want to be and what you would like your life to look like
My therapy room in central Reading has a warm, tranquil atmosphere. It is located within a practice that is dedicated to wellbeing and has been set up thoughtfully with client’s experience as a priority.
My way of working very much depends on each individual client.
As well as integrating person centered and Psychodynamic therapy as a framework, In most cases I will at some point be bringing in some aspects of psychoeducation with evidence based practical skills to share with you. This may include coping strategies and grounding skills.
I also have a keen interest in Neurobiology, and I enjoying learning about why our minds work the way they do, sharing this with clients can impact the relationship they have with themselves, as they are able to normalise and make sense of things that have been a source of self criticism.
I may also offer, if the client would like to, some creative approaches to therapy, this can work more directly with the subconscious and 'speak' to a part of the brain that standard talk therapy may not reach as effectively.
Training, qualifications & experience
- CPCAB Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
- Certificate in Counselling Supervision
- CPCAB level 3 certificate in counselling skills
- Diploma in Solution Focused Hypnotherapy and Psychotherapy
- Level 5 OCN in Counselling Supervision.
- Foundation level CPCAB using Sandtray in Counselling and Psychotherapy.
Further training and CPD:
- Acceptance and commitment therapy
- Working with Depression
- Working with Anxiety
- Trauma training
- Working with childhood sexual abuse
- Sexualised trauma training
- Phase orientated trauma model
- Induction training for survivors trust
- Pre trial therapy training
- Working with shame in trauma
- PTSD awareness
- Poly Vagal theory with Deb Dana
- Counselling supervision certificate
- Trauma and the body - sleep and gut health
- cpcab using Sandtray in Counselling and Psychotherapy. Foundation Level.
- TIST training - Janina Fisher
- Working with Boundaries
- Memory Reconsolidation
- Working with core beliefs of ‘Never Good Enough’
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
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Areas of counselling I deal with
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Fees
£60.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
£60 per 50 minute session
I offer a free 15 minute phone conversation for prospective clients, with no commitment, so you can ask questions and get some idea of whether you feel comfortable talking with me, and then afterwards in your own time, decide if you would like to make an appointment. Please email me to enquire about sessions, or to arrange a time to talk on the phone.
When I work
please contact me by email or text in the first instance to discuss availability.
Further information
I work with adults
