Thomas MacKie
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About me
Based in Whiteley, I am a BACP registered psychodynamic counsellor with over 10 years experience. I am trained to listen to you and to reflect on what you bring in a thoughtful, contained and non-judgemental way. This can allow you to understand yourself, your relationships and experiences better and to make sense of difficulties you may be facing. I am familiar working with relationship difficulties, low self-esteem, feeling sad, depression, anger, anxiety, stress, bereavement and family issues that may be causing you pain. I also have experience working with Aspergers syndrome.
I offer an initial 40 minute session face to face, online via Skype, Zoom or WhatsApp, or by telephone at no charge that would allow you to explore whether counselling with me may be of assistance.
If we proceed with therapy after the initial meeting our sessions would be once weekly with each session lasting 50 minutes. I conduct all sessions face to face, online or by telephone. I am able to use Skype, Zoom, FaceTime or Whatsapp for video sessions and I can assist with setting this up.
Please contact me via email at tmcounselling@cloud.com or you can call me on 07931 908922. If I am unavailable please leave a message on my answerphone and I will reply as soon as I am available.
Training, qualifications & experience
I have been working as a private counsellor based in Whiteley for the last 10 years. I am a graduate member of the British Psychological Society (GMBPsS), having successfully completed an accredited honours degree (2:1) in Psychology with the Open University in 2000. I completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Social science from the Open University. I then trained at Southampton Counselling, successfully completing their WPF Diploma in Psychodynamic Counselling. This diploma is accredited by the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP) of whom I am a registered member.
I worked as a volunteer for YMCA Southampton Counselling for 4 before moving to my current role. I am trained in client assessment and I have full Public Liability Insurance. I attend courses and workshops on different counselling issues throughout the year as part of my Continuing Professional Development (CPD).
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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Fees
£50.00 per session
Free initial in-person, telephone or online session
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Additional information
I offer an intial 40 minute session at no charge. This will allow you to explore whether counselling with me may be of assistance to you. Ongoing weekly sessions would then be charged at £50 for each 50 minute session.
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Wednesday and Thursday evenings and daytime Friday
