Alison Bean
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About me
I am a professional therapeutic counsellor, committed to improving the emotional wellbeing and mental health of young people and adults. All of my work is private & confidential and carried out in a safe and warm environment in rooms within London.
My prime location for face-to-face sessions is at Harley Street and I also facilitate sessions within other locations within Essex, Kent and London, as well as virtual sessions online.
Topics cover a range of emotional and mental health issues including:
- Understanding Self Harm
- Coping with Stress and Anxiety
- Developing Skills for Self Esteem and Body Confidence
- Bereavement and Loss
- PTSD and Trauma
Training, qualifications & experience
I am a passionate and driven individual, who is professional and highly qualified at higher diploma and degree level, and also am an accredited counsellor with the BACP. I hold individual indemnity insurance, am enhanced DBS checked with the online tracker, and am committed with continuing my ongoing professional and personal development to enhance my practice.
My ethos is to work within the needs of my clients, embracing the difficulties they may be facing and researching where necessary a multi disciplinary approach to address presenting issues, outside established boundaries, therefore reaching healthy adjustment alongside a new understanding of complex situations.
Training includes:
- BSc(Hons) in Cognitive Behavioural Therapeutic Approaches
- Dip HE in Person Centred Counselling
- Certificate in Person Centred Art Therapy
- Play and Sand Therapy
- Solution Focused Therapy
- Transgender and Sexuality
- Bereavement and Loss
- PTSD and Trauma
- NLP
- Eating Disorders and Dysfunctional Eating
- Sexual Abuse
- Self-Harm
- Self-Esteem and Body Image
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
Therapies offered
Fees
£85.00 - £125.00
Additional information
During the initial assessment session you will have the opportunity to discuss your current situation, what you'd like to achieve and the goals for your therapeutic journey. This is also an opportunity for you to see how we can work effectively together and ask any questions about the therapeutic process. Sessions last between 50-60 minutes and there is no fixed amount of sessions, although most clients generally have a minimum of 6-8 sessions to help experience therapeutic change.
The session fees vary according to length and whether virtual or face-to-face. Payments can be made by cash or bank transfer on the day.
For appointment enquiries please call 07860930400 or email alison@uniquemindscounselling.co.uk.
Further information
I am the Managing Director of UniqueMinds Counselling, a counselling service I founded 6 years ago with the vision to support as many individuals as I could who were struggling with their mental health and emotional wellbeing. I have an incredible team of 10 other counsellors and psychotherapists who work alongside me to support young people and adults nation and worldwide, making this vision a reality.
