Xander Hinkinson
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About me
Xander has been a counsellor for national and regional organisations and a facilitator of identity workshops in schools. They have worked as a LGBTQIA+ young people’s counsellor (ages 13-25); as a school counsellor; and, as a bereavement counsellor for adults. Xander works with adults and young people from all backgrounds and all ages on a range of presenting issues.
Xander is neurodivergent and nonbinary. They recently researched and compiled a detailed analysis and report on the lived experiences of LGBTQIA+ people living and working in Craven, North Yorkshire, as LGBTQIA+ Outreach and Development Worker contracted by Pioneer Projects, to identify needs and promote understanding.
Training, qualifications & experience
BTEC Level 5 in Therapeutic Counselling. TQUK Level 2 Understanding Autism.
Xander has completed the Oliver McGowan Training on Learning Disability and Autism; Multi-Agency Risk Assessment and Domestic Abuse Training; training on Professional Boundaries and Codes of Conduct; Safeguarding Processes; Neurodivergence Training; First Aid Training; Adverse Childhood Experiences and Attachment; Counselling and Psychotherapy with LGBTQIA clients; and, they have attended the National Autistic Society Annual Professionals’ Conference.
They have completed other training as well, including Looking and Listening in Online Therapy; Introduction to Trauma; and, Ethical Non-Monogamy and Emergent Relationship Structures. They attended the 4th Autism and Systemic Practice conference on Revisioning Neuro-Inclusive Therapeutic Services with and by Autistic People in 2024.
Xander’s methods of working have kindness and compassion at their core. Xander has an Enhanced DBS for added reassurance on safety when working with vulnerable adults and young people.
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
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£50.00 per session
Free initial telephone session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Fee reductions are sometimes available for those in receipt of Universal Credit and/or disability benefits, state pension only, and others for whom the cost of therapy can be a barrier. The initial assessment takes about 30 minutes and is conducted over the phone. There is no obligation on you to continue beyond that; it is an opportunity for you to share and find out if you'd like to work with Xander and for them to decide if they're able to help (if not, Xander will always seek to refer you on to other services if that's what you would like).
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Further information
Xander offers daytime, evening and weekend telephone and online counselling sessions, working with all ages, backgrounds and presenting issues.
Xander's areas of focus as a practitioner are many and varied but include relationships, anxiety, LGBTQIA+, neurodivergence, finding ways through impacts and challenges both historical and current, bereavement, and trauma.
