Tim Smith
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About me
I believe everyone has the potential for change and personal growth and can gain a better understanding of themselves and have a holistic approach in my work.
Using a client led approach I can help explore current difficulties as well as those experiences which have shaped and influenced current behaviours to find ways in which these might be challenged or changed, and to look towards a more positive future.
For most people there are times in life when we feel a need for help and support and recognition that we are ready to accept help is the start of change and a positive step
Counselling can provide a safe confidential space in which to talk and explore and to be heard without judgement: it is a space to find acceptance and to find ways to move forward.
Training, qualifications & experience
Some of the areas that I have worked include:
- UWE as an Associate Lecturer on the Master's Counselling course.
- UWE as part of the Wellbeing Service (counselling).
- With foster carers and their support networks to support therapeutic placements.
- Private 1:1 counselling of adults and young people and children.
- Therapy for survivors of sexual abuse and rape (adults, young people and children) for Kinergy and IAPT.
- Trainer and consultant for organisations working with people with challenging behaviours and with staff and organisations that care for those presenting challenging behaviour.
- Counselling young people in prison.
- Counselling pupils in secondary, primary and nursery schools.
- Counselling and consultancy in a special school for pupils with ASC, Asperger’s, Tourette’s, ADHD/ADD.
- Counselling for a Housing Association.
- Manager of a Steiner home for adults with learning disabilities.
- Senior leader in special schools.
Qualifications
- Diploma in Professional Studies: Counselling - University of the West of England
- Certificate in Counselling Skills - University of the West of England
- MEd Modules: University of Bristol
- Open University - Child Development
- Post Graduate Certificate in Education - Bristol Polytechnic
- BA - University of Keele
Member organisations
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 National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society
This Not For Profit association of counsellors and psychotherapists aim to support the counselling profession, members and training organisations.
In 2013 the NCS register was accredited by the Professional Standards Authority under the Accredited Voluntary Register Scheme. 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.
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
Fees
£35.00 - £60.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
For individuals: £35 to £60
(£20 face to face or online for 1st 30 minute session which is a chance to decide whether we feel we can work with each other). Regular sessions are normally for 60 minutes.
The lower rates apply if you are on a low income (students, unemployed or in part time employment). Please ask.
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