Vanessa Fearon
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About me
I am a qualified and experienced Counsellor, Psychotherapist and Psychologist specialising in Neurodiversity, Behaviour and Communication. My therapeutic process is integrative, using aspects of a variety theoretical models to best suit your individual needs. My client work is grounded in Person centred theory which embodies nurture and empowerment of my clients.
My area’s of expertise are therapeutically supporting neurodivergent children and adults both in school’s and in my therapy studio. This includes Austism Spectrum Condition, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Anxiety and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, this list is not exhaustive. Often these conditions are undiagnosed or on the pathway.
Couples Therapy which is a proven and effective communication based model which I have developed.
I offer set term and open ended counselling to adults and children including; Couples Counselling, working with children and adults with Autism Spectrum Condition and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Domestic Abuse including, Emotional, Sexual Violence and Controlling and Coercive Behaviour, Depression, Anxiety, Low Self Esteem, Shame, Dualism and Conflicting Roles, Panic Disorders, Trauma, Exploring Sexuality and Communication Difficulties.
I provide a warm, professional and non judgemental space so we can together safely explore what has brought you to seek out counselling.
My style of working is to facilitate a warm, safe, non-judgemental space and I believe that the lived experience of you my client and myself will inform our work together to bring about change. I also utilise a variety of imaginative therapeutic tools to assist the counselling process.
The first step is to make contact. I offer a free initial consultation.
“In working with clients strive for connectedness above all else.” - Yalom
Training, qualifications & experience
Training and Experience
Qualified Counsellor, Psychotherapist & Psychologist.
Specialising in Communication, Behaviour and working therapeutically with Neurodivergence.
Experience working in a Special Educational Needs school offering therapeutic interventions.
Experienced in delivering cooperate training and workshops in the workplace on topics such as Neurodivergence, Professional Burnout, all Aspects of Mental Health First Aid in the workplace and Emotional Intelligence.
Devised and Facilitated successful Communication workshops for couples.
Safeguarding and Risk Assessment Specialist with 17 years experience.
I am fully trained in the Pictorial Exchange Communication System.
I am a qualified facilitator of a Domestic Abuse Programme on behalf of the Local Authority and have successfully delivered 12 week workshops with Adults and Children recovering from Trauma and Abuse.
Skilled in using Drawings in Assessments & Therapy.
Skilled in Therapeutic Sand Play.
Skilled in developing and implementing Visual Storyboards & Social Communication stories as successful behavioural and communication interventions.
I am passionate about understanding and developing successful interventions as well as actualizing new strategies and techniques to grow emerging skills and build confidence in the areas of emotional regulation, communication, movement and play for children and young adults with autism and special educational needs.
I am familiar with the Non statutory guidance for the Early years foundation stage and the factors that influence development; interactions, emotional health and well being, physical health, individual pathways, child as an active learner, experiences of the world and culture and community. I am mindful that the nucleus of this theory is the basis that every child is unique and I feel very passionately about that and I embody that ethos in my therapeutic work.
Member organisations
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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
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Children and Adolescents
This age range experience emotional distress for many reasons without the vocabulary to articulate and appropriately express what they are feeling. They may be exhibiting behaviours such as anger, withdrawal and anxiety as well as signals of depression. This may be a result of a change in family dynamics through, divorce, separation or bereavement. Coping with adjustment and the transition into and through adolescents or as a result of experiencing or witnessing domestic abuse, sexual abuse or controlling and coercive behaviour bullying or low self-esteem.
I facilitate a counselling process which enables the young person to sort through and express feelings and emotions that may feel overwhelming to them and that they are unable to verbalise utilising a range of therapeutic tools in a safe, nurturing environment.
Self Esteem and Self Image
You may feel “stuck” in negative repetitive cycles of behaviour or experience low self esteem which holds you back from fully experiencing life in the way you would wish to. This may manifest in unhealthy controlling relationships with food, intimate or family relationships, lack of self-confidence or anxiety. It maybe you feel you give all your “power” away to unhealthy relationships, become co-dependent repeating unhelpful self-sabotaging cycles of behaviour and want to better understand what drives this?
Through nurture and self-reflection, we can move in the direction towards understanding and self-acceptance to making changes to reclaim your power.
Dualism and Conflicting Roles
Conflicting roles at work and at home can leave you feeling split and fragmented with difficulty in maintaining balance. In many professions there is an expectation that you put on your professional mask or work persona to deal with highly emotive, violent, distressing and stressful circumstances and then metaphorically take it off at the end of your shift and revert back to your home persona. In my experience this can lead to feelings of vulnerability, anxiety and leave you feeling exposed. In these circumstances defences are constructed or existing ones reinforced. This may feel to you and the loved ones around you as an emotional shut down.
These masks or conflicting aspects of ourselves can be explored and the emotional impact can be better understood and managed by employing coping strategies
Fees
Additional information
Please contact me to discuss prices.
Further information
Contact me to discuss prices. Concessions available for Blue Light Card Holders and flexibility of session times for shift workers.
I work in person, on the telephone and video call. I have clients worldwide and am happy to accommodate this where possible.
Mobile: 07956346010
Excellent transport links and parking.
Nearest Train stations are; Feltham, Hampton and Teddington. Also accessible from Hounslow Underground stations.
Nearest Bus Links
111 Hounslow Central to Kingston upon Thames
490 Richmond to Hounslow
285 Heathrow Central to Kingston upon Thames
If driving very close to M3, M25, A316
