Hilary Linssen
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This professional is available for new clients.
About me
I have been working as a Counsellor and in Social Care for over 25 years in a variety of settings. This breadth of experience gives me additional knowledge and understanding which I can use to help you in counselling sessions. Counselling can offer you the opportunity to explore your feelings and thoughts to understand yourself more clearly. Its a time and space to really change the way you think and feel, helping you to cope more effectively with the stresses and strains of modern life. You may then begin to make effective choices that are right for you and to be able to move forward in your life.
I am a person centred counsellor and believe that all of us have the internal resources we need for growth and my aim is to provide the right environment to help this growth to occur. Through examination of the past, the causes of present day problems are often revealed, allowing us to relate differently to ourselves, our difficulties and to others, and either make changes or find acceptance.
I also use solution focused counselling with people who aim to find solutions to the problems they are experiencing within a short term of time
Training, qualifications & experience
MBACP (Snr. Accred) BACP Senior Accredited Counsellor
Accredited counsellor British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy since 2002
UKRC registered independent counsellor since 2002
Certificate in Marital and couple counselling theory and practice (Relate)
Diploma in Psychosexual therapy (Relate)
CQSW certificate of qualification social work
CSS Diploma applied social studies
ICAS Introduction to Critical Incident Processing and recovery with adults
BSc (Hons) Sociology
Member organisations
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.
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
Although I may not be a specialist in some of the areas above I do feel it is worth asking me any questions you may have. For example, I have supported lots of people with mental health issues of many kinds over the years so may have the skills you are looking for.
Therapies offered
Fees
£45.00 per session
Additional information
£45 a session for individuals.
£55 a session for couples
A session would last for 50 minutes
Further information
The first time we meet is a chance for you to tell me what has prompted you to come and for me to share how I work and answer any questions you may have. We would then decide on what would happen next, with the proviso that you might want to think about it first.
Parking is easy, I am not far from the bus routes and the train station is about 3 miles away.
