Thomas Smithson Dip.Couns (MBACP)
About me
Hello and welcome to my page, my name is Tom, founder of New Horizon Counselling. I am a qualified and experienced Therapist providing Counselling and Psychotherapy. I have been working in private practice since October 2018. I provide a variety of Counselling services to help you with mental health.
I Integrate several therapeutic theories and techniques to offer a bespoke service tailoring my approach to you and your needs. I can support you with common life problems, such as anxiety, depression, stress and life changes. Additionally, I work with relationships, core beliefs and self-worth. I embrace difference and diversity and specialise in working with clients from the LGBTQ+ community.
Our work together will be strictly confidential, giving you the confidence to know you can share what’s on your mind and that your thoughts will stay with me. I am easy to talk to and have a relaxed, yet professional counselling approach. The focus is on you, I am not here to make any judgements.
Monday - Tuesday I work in East Croydon and can offer face to face sessions.
Wednesday and Thursday I work online via Skype, Zoom or FaceTime.
For more information please don't hesitate to call me or send me an email.
My experience
I have worked with both individual clients and couples, ages ranging from 7 years old to above 90. I embrace difference and diversity and have worked with clients from a wide range of ethnic, social and cultural backgrounds. No matter who you are, what you have experienced or what’s happening for you at the moment I am here to listen and provide you with therapeutic support.
My company New Horizon Counselling Ltd is on Instagram, why not have a look to find out more about the service and if it feels like the right place for you.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
- Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Studies
- Level 2 Certificate in Counselling Skills
- Certificate of Higher education in Psychology (Open University)
- Workshops and Continuing professional development:
- HIV Awareness Training
- Bereavement service volunteer induction training.
- Volunteer counsellor induction and safeguarding training
- Hidden harm training
- Working with Metaphors
- Family and Relationships Counselling Course - Level 3 CPD Accredited
Member organisations
British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
BACP is one of the UK’s largest professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy. Therapists registered with the Association fall into a number of different membership categories such as Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP and Registered Member MBACP (Accred), each standing for different levels of training and experience. MBACP (Accred) and MBACP (Snr Accred) members have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by the Association.
Registered members can be found on the BACP Register, which was the first register to achieve Accredited Voluntary Register status issued by the Professional Standards Authority. Individual Members will have completed an appropriate counselling and/or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but will not appear on the BACP Register until they've progressed to Registered Member MBACP status.
All members are bound by a Code of Ethics & Practice and a Complaints Procedure. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
Accredited register membership
Accredited Register Scheme
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
Therapies offered
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Fees
If you decide that I am the right counsellor for you, we can arrange a date and time for your first session where we will discuss our working contract. Sessions would be at the same time each week and I can offer anything from short term to ongoing open-ended counselling.
Sessions are priced at £55.00
For more information please don't hesitate to call me or send me an email.
Concessions offered for
Availability
Monday - Tuesday face to face in Croydon 9.00 - 21.00
Wednesday and Thursday online.
Please get in touch to request a time and day.
Further information
Life can be difficult and in the process of counselling I hope to support your well-being, general upkeep of mental health and for you to get to a place where you feel more able to deal with what you are going through.
Counselling can be an outsource for you to explore feelings in a safe space with someone non judgmental, empathetic and in strict confidentiality.
