Tom Stonebridge
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This professional is available for new clients.
About me
If you’re reading this, I’m guessing things aren’t feeling quite ‘right’ in your life at the moment and maybe you’re hoping for something to change. Perhaps you’re struggling with some difficult thoughts or feelings. Perhaps you’ve hit a fork in the road and you’re unsure which way to go. Perhaps you’re not really sure what ‘it’ is that needs to change.
I believe that opening up and sharing your concerns with someone who is trained to listen and respond to you, is the first step in working through them. While counselling can’t remove the challenging experiences that you're facing, it can help to empower you so you can move through them with strength and purpose.
I take a pluralistic, integrative approach to therapy, which means I don't think there is one 'best' therapy that fits all. Instead I stay open to different ways of working and listen to what is important to you. This could include exploring experiences from the past that feel unresolved, or issues that concern you about the present or future. This might also include any thoughts or feelings that arise in the moment.
My aim as your counsellor is to create a warm and understanding environment where we can work together on a common goal, and that goal is to reduce your distress and help you achieve a greater sense of well-being. You can rely on me to be honest with you, and offer you different perspectives and points of view, but ultimately you decide what we explore and the pace that we move.
I understand starting counselling can feel daunting and it may take time to find someone that feels right for you. Why not schedule a free 20-min phone call where we can talk through any questions you might have? If it feels right we can schedule an initial consultation where I will ask some questions to learn more about the context of your issues and you can share any goals and preferences that you have. This session will give you a sense of how we might work together and help you to decide if you would like to continue. We could then meet weekly for as long is beneficial.
Training, qualifications & experience
Qualifications
- Level 5 Diploma in Advanced Psychotherapy
- Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
- Level 3 Counselling Skills
Additional Training
- Dealing with Distress: Working with Suicide and Self-Harm
- Understanding Post-Traumatic Stress
- Addressing Suicidality and Suicide Risk Online
- Shame and Secrecy Associated with Self-Harm
- Working with Children and Young People Online
- Supporting Gay or Gender Questioning Young People
- Support in Coming Out or Not Coming Out
- The Disintegrating Self: Understanding and Working with Adults with ADHD and/or Autistic Spectrum Traits
- Autism Awareness for Counsellors
- The Dissociated Self and Autism
- Goals in Therapy: Actualising Our Deepest Directions
- Relational Depth in Counselling and Psychotherapy
- Existential Contributions to Counselling and Psychotherapy
- Stop Sexual Offending Foundation Certificate
Experience
Prior to becoming a counsellor I had several years experience working in special educational needs settings. Neurodivergent clients may find this background enhances their experience of counselling.
Alongside my private practice, I have worked as a Specialist Mentor for students in higher education, for an Employee Assistance Programme that provides counselling for people in the workplace and for a non-profit that offers counselling to young people and adolescents.
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.
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.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Fees
£50.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
£50 per session paid via card, cash or BACS.
When I work
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Monday: 09:00 - 18:00
Tuesday: 09:00 - 18:00
Wednesday: 09:00 - 18:00
Thursday: 09:00 - 18:00
Friday: 09:00 - 18:00
Further information
I’m an accredited member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). This means I abide to the principles and values set out in the BACP’s Ethical Framework for the Counselling Professions.
If you would like to learn more about what that means, you can read about it here: https://www.bacp.co.uk/events-and-resources/ethics-and-standards/ethical-framework-for-the-counselling-professions/
