Tessa Gates
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This professional is available for new clients.
About me
Hi, I’m Tessa. I understand how overwhelming it can be trying to choose the right counsellor. I offer a free consultation to help you make your decision. I specialise in working with anxiety, and can help you to cope more easily with your daily life.
There might be several reasons why you’re thinking about having therapy. Maybe you’re crippled by anxiety, and this is holding you back in life.
You might be struggling with a difficult relationship or break up, or devastated by a bereavement or loss.
Maybe you feel like you’re not where you thought you’d be at this point in your life, and you feel panicked that time is running out.
It might be that a traumatic event from your past is still very much on your mind, and you’re struggling to cope.
You might feel like life in general is really stressful, like there’s never enough time to get everything done, let alone have any time to rest.
Or perhaps you can’t put your finger on why you feel so low, but you know you can’t go on like this and you’re at the point where you know you need help.
I hear you, and you are not alone.
Both my own personal lived experience of anxiety, and my professional experience of helping clients through similar experiences, along with my training and qualifications, means that I am well equipped to help you to understand what’s going on for you.
I can offer space for you to talk about and make sense of your experiences, and the effect they have on your everyday life, as well as what you can do about it and make life feel easier.
I can help you to understand the effect that anxiety has on your body and mind, and offer practical tools to help you to cope with your difficult feelings.
I am an integrative counsellor with person centred theory at the heart of the work I do, and I drawn upon other modalities such as ACT therapy and Mindfulness techniques where appropriate.
I believe everybody has what they need within them to live a happy, peaceful and fulfilling life. I am here to help you find your own way of doing this, and offer therapeutic support throughout this process.
It can feel really scary seeking help, but I believe it’s often a courageous first step towards a better life.
Get in touch now to book your free introductory call, and find out more about how I can help.
https://calendly.com/tessa-gates/initial-15-min-chat
I look forward to hearing from you.
Training, qualifications & experience
- CPCAB Level 2 Certificate in Counselling Skills
- CPCAB Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Studies
- CPCAB Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
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).
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Areas of counselling I deal with
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Fees
£50.00 per session
Additional information
I currently offer appointments online, which will be carried out on WhatsApp video platform.
I offer weekday as well as limited evening and weekend appointments – for more information about my availability please get in touch.
Sessions consist of 50 minutes, and my fee is £50 per session.
Feel free to contact me if you have any questions about how counselling works, or to arrange an appointment for a free initial 15 minute consultation call.
If you prefer, you can also book your free 15-minute consultation call using the calendar function by clicking the link below:
https://calendly.com/tessa-gates/initial-15-min-chat
I look forward to hearing from you.
Further information
What next?
When you make initial contact with me, we will then arrange a day and time for an initial chat over the phone, so that we can see if we feel we will be a good fit for each other.
If you decide you would like to work with me, we will arrange a suitable day and time for our regular sessions, and I will send you a copy of my contract to read and sign before our first session.
If you have any questions about anything, please feel free to visit my website to find out more or contact me on 07709 079839.
I look forward to hearing from you.
