Alison Hepworth
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Supervision details
“I have a real commitment and desire to promote and develop the Counselling profession”. Recently a manager of a BACP accredited service , I have worked in the healthcare sector for over 20 years and now have a private practice .
I work with adult clients and have extensive experience with health related issues, anxiety , depression and complex bereavement. I qualified as a Clinical Supervisor at Chester University (2014) and fully meet all the BACP competencies and skills. I currently supervise both experienced counsellors and student counsellors (approved supervisor with Salford University, Bolton University & Bury College) and so I am used to working with different levels of experience & competency.
Your experience with me will be ethical, supportive and educational putting the client at the heart of our work along with your well being and professional practice. I am naturally an encourager and aim to develop you to be the very best you can be. I am able to help you with BACP accreditation application if needed. I believe that the relationship with your supervisor is very important and forms the basis of good ethical practice and support.
I am happy to arrange a free ½ meeting to discuss your supervision needs and to find out if ‘we are a good fit’. I can offer evening, daytime or weekend sessions. Fees £65 for 1 ½ hr session Call me or email me now to book an appointment
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.
