Vanessa Mount
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About me
Ex Royal Military Police Officer, now multi skilled therapist! I supported others for years through issues such as trauma, suicide, abuse, domestic violence, depression and the impacts of bereavement that when my army career came to a natural end, I chose to continue supporting others, through counselling.
Life can be tough and filled with challenges. All your experiences will have impacted you, good and bad. These have helped to build your character, view of the world and how you feel about yourself. Such experiences may now be the reasons why you have: - general anxiety, depression, relationship issues, confidence or self-esteem issues, obsessive compulsive behaviour, or unhelpful thinking and behaviours/patterns or why you may self-harm and now seeking support.
I can help you, safely and free from judgement or external influences to explore whatever you choose, at your pace comfortable for you, discussing issues and experiences you wish to to and feel safe to share.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am a qualified counsellor in the modalities of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), (EMDR) Eye movement desensitization reprocessing, Person Centered Counselling (PCT), Trauma Focused Therapy for Adults & Children, Hypnotherapy and Integrative counselling. I have my own private practice 'Look Within Therapy', but also employed as an Assessment Officer & Counsellor at RASA offering support to adults, young people and children who have experienced trauma and sexual violence.
I have extensive counselling experience with veterans, civil servants and their families, working together has been very fluid as I already have an in depth understanding and can relate to their experiences. I also worked in prisons, working with some very complex clients who suffer from PTSD, mental health issues, bereavement, addiction, childhood trauma, disassociation and relationship problems
Safeguarding & Additional Training: -
- Liverpool Safeguarding Children Partnership (LSCP) - 2022
- RASA - Safeguarding Adult & Children
- RASA - Child Sexual Exploitation
- RASA - Rape and Sexual Violence
- Child & Adult Trauma - Attachment, Trauma and Abuse
Fully enhanced DBS certification
Member organisations
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
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Fees
£48.00 - £88.00
Free initial telephone session
Additional information
Person Centered Therapy (PCT) a talking therapy £48.00
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) a directive, solution focused therapy £48.00 - After 5pm £58
Integrative, a combination of PCT & CBT £48.00
Hypnotherapy £88.00
Couples therapy / co-parenting / relational £68
Evening sessions 6pm onwards - £58.00 per session
Saturday appointments £88 per session
Urgent session £88 per session
EMDR £88 - 1 hour or £132 per 1.5 hours
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Further information
Your life experiences, cultural background and upbringing are some of the reasons that make you unique! Therefore anything you wish to work through in therapy will be tailored specifically to your individual needs. There is a vast range of issues which clients may bring to therapy - anxiety, depression, PTSD, emotional, physical or sexual abuse and OCD to name but a few. Maybe you are currently feeling stuck, unable to share things that have happened, with people close to you.
Perhaps you are very self critical, lack confidence or have low self-esteem affecting your happiness and relationships. You may be struggling to move on with your life following the loss of a loved one, pet, job, a relationship breakdown or lonely and just want someone to talk to.
No matter what the problem is, counselling can help you to explore and understand events and relationships, past and present. It will help you to process anything which is preventing you from being happy, enabling you to come to terms with, accept or move forward with your life.
During the first session I will carry out an assessment. This will identify problems that are causing you pain and unhappiness, areas which I can support you through. We will then discuss the options of therapy such as; talking, directive or integrative. If you need guidance choosing which type of therapy is for you I can guide your decision.
