Wayland Gilley
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About me
I am a very experienced Person-Centred Counsellor and Counselling Supervisor. I hope you would find me approachable and respectful if you wanted to discuss having counselling with me.
I counsel individuals, couples and families, either short or long term depending on clients' needs and decisions. My counselling can be of benefit for most psychological and emotional concerns, including anxiety, depression, anger, addiction, bereavement, relationships, identity, trauma and abuse. However, my counselling is designed to work with the whole person, the unique life, culture and circumstances brought by each client.
I offer daytime and evening appointments at Hebden Therapy Centre, Hebden Bridge and the Banyan Weness Center, Burnley. These well managed therapy centres offer excellent facilities and are in my view ideal for counselling.
During an initial counselling session I aim to understand the key concerns which bring you to counselling, what you would like to explore or work on, and to explain some features of the counselling I offer. I would want to check that I am the right Counsellor for you.
My aim is to build therapeutic relationships with clients which create the safety needed to explore painful experiences, concerns and feelings. If you had counselling with me, I would hope to carefully develop and check my understanding of what matters to you, your values, your culture, your relationships and your thoughts about yourself. My attempt would be to openly tell you what I sense from you as you talk through your concerns, and that this may assist your progress towards greater self-understanding and well-being.
I believe that all people have potential for change and healing, although much hard emotional exploration may be needed to benefit from this. I work collaboratively and deeply with clients as they decide what to explore and how to move forward. My counselling is informed by the Person-Centred Approach. This a well respected model supported by a good evidence base for a range of concerns and problems.
If you would like to discuss counselling with me, please call on the number shown or email me on waygil37@gmail.com
Training, qualifications & experience
- Advanced Certificate in Counselling for Depression (Distinction) - NICE approved for counselling in NHS Talking Therapies Services
- Post-Graduate Certificate in Counselling Supervision (BACP endorsed)
- Advanced Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
- Post Graduate Certificate in Education (with qualified teacher status)
- BSc (Hons) Psychology
I am a registered member of BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy).
I have a broad range of experience as a Counsellor gained from both private practice and working within several counselling services. I been a Counsellor within services providing NHS Talking Therapies. I also counsel for several Employee Assistance Programmes.
I have worked as counselling service co-ordinator, managing client assessment and allocation, staff appraisal, policy and service development. I have worked as a counselling tutor on courses from Intoduction to Degree level for 15 years. This includes running practitioner qualifications, enabling trainees to qualify as Counsellors.
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Counselling Supervision
Therapies offered
Fees
£50.00 per session
Additional information
If you are on a low income, I can offer your initial session for £25 to help you make your decisions about counselling. After that sessions are charged at:
£50 per session lasting 1 hour.
or
£75 for sessions lasting 1.5 hours.
These rates apply to both counselling and supervsion.
I can offer a small concession in rate to those on a low income. However, I am only able to offer such a concession to a proportion of my caseload, so concessions will not always be available.
Whilst most clients choose to have weekly counselling, we can negotiate the frequency of your sessions. It would be for you to decide when you are ready to finish your counselling.
I am open to home visits where necessary at the same rates, although a mileage fee may be applied.
When I work
Day and evening appointments available from Monday to Friday.
