Zoë Welsh
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About me
Hello, I am Zoë a UKCP registered Certified Transactional Analyst (CTA) psychotherapist and psychotherapeutic counsellor offering short-term and open-ended counselling and psychotherapy within an inclusive practice which supports and affirms cultural and identity diversity. A safe, non-judgemental, confidential space for you to "come and be as you are". Somewhere for you to explore whatever is troubling you and prompted you to consider therapy.
I believe everyone has value and worth and deserves to be treated equally and fairly with dignity and respect. That's why the therapy I offer is grounded in "OKness" achieved through a relationship of empathic, trusting and respectful connection. In my experience to feel connected to another person, perhaps for the very first time, is to feel seen, heard and understood. A chance to give voice to the hidden part(s) of you, to (re)connect to a more authentic self and to a freer way of living and being.
Training, qualifications & experience
I have a Master of Science (Level 7) and Clinical Diploma in Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy (Level 7) from Middlesex University and the Metanoia Institute. I also hold a Post Graduate Diploma in Transactional Analysis Psychotherapeutic Counselling (Level 6) from the Metanoia Institute.
I have experience working with a wide range of emotional and relational issues in the NHS and charitable settings. Including but not limited to generalised anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, relationship breakdown, stress, trauma (including developmental trauma, PTSD, Complex PTSD and racialised trauma), abuse, bereavement, loss, chronic illness, and disability.
I am particularly interested in questions of identity and how we come to experience sameness and difference; our own and each other’s. How does our sense of who we are impact our relationships; those we have with others and the relationship we have with ourselves? How in relationship with each other, can we navigate towards being able to be differently different together?
Professional Memberships
I am a registered member of the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP)
and the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and a member of the International Association of Relational Transactional Analysis (IARTA), the European Association of Transactional Analysis (EATA) and The Metanoia Institute. I abide by and am bound by their respective ethical codes.
I also belong to the Black, African and Asian Therapy Network (BAATN).
- Full DBS certificate
- Registered with the Information Commissioners Office (ICO)
- Public liability insurance
Member organisations
school 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.
The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) is a leading professional body for the education, training and regulation of psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors. Its register is accredited by the government's Professional Standards Authority.
As part of its commitment to protect the public, it works to improve access to psychotherapy, to support and disseminate research, to improve standards and to respond effectively to complaints against its members.
UKCP standards cover the range of different psychotherapies. Registration is obtained by training or accrediting with one of its member organisations, or by holding a European Certificate in Psychotherapy. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
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.
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
£60.00 per session
Free initial telephone or online session
Additional information
I offer a free 20 minute Zoom or telephone consultation as an opportunity to discuss what you might be looking for from therapy. A chance for us to find out a little more about each other and for you to get a feel for how I work and what it might be like for us to work together.
When I work
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Further information
My practice is located in the heart of Central Milton Keynes a short walk from the centre MK shopping centre.
