Valerie Hargrave BA, PG Dip, Registered Member MBACP (Accred)
About me
I qualified as an integrative therapist at Roehampton University in 2012 and have been working as a therapist in private practice since this time.I have worked in a number of settings including a school, an organisation for people with substance misuse issues and a centre for people dealing with domestic violence. I use a number of different counselling models and will use what you and I feel will be most helpful to you. I have experience of working through a wide range of issues including:
- Anxiety
- Generalised Anxiety Disorder
- Relationship Issues
- Depression
- Addiction
- Domestic violence
- Family issues
- Relationships
- Self-esteem
I have undertaken further training in Mindfulness and Life Coaching at City Lit London.
I can offer regular weekly appointments on an ongoing basis. I am also able to work in a more flexible way if you work shifts or are unable to commit to the same time every week for other reasons. My fees are as follows: £50 for the initial assessment which lasts approximately 1hr and 20 mins and £50 for ongoing weekly sessions which last 50 mins to 1 hour. I am able to offer concessionary rates, please feel free to discuss my fee at your assessment should you choose to book one with me.
Training, qualifications & experience
Post Graduate Diploma in Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy. I have worked as a counsellor in many settings including; schools, organisations for people dealing with addictions and a centre for people suffering from domestic violence.
I have undertaken further training in Mindfulness and Life Coaching at City London
Member organisations
Registered / Accredited
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.
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
Fees
First session 1hr and 15 mins - £60
50 minute session - £50
I can offer concessionary rates on an ad hoc basis. Please feel free to discuss my fee at your assessment interview.
Concessions offered for
Further information
I am based in Purley and work out of my home. There is limited parking available directly outside my home and there is also parking available immediately adjacent. I live near Purley railway station and on the 412 bus route.
From 23rd March 2020 I have been seeing clients remotely in line with government guidelines for lockdown during the Covid-19 pandemic.
