David Smith

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MBACP (Reg)
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location_on Basildon, Essex, SS13
Available for new clients
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This professional is available for new clients.

Supervision details

My supervision approach is based on the 7 eyed model of supervision. This looks at the relationship that the supervisor has with the client, the work that is carried out and the relationship between the supervisor and supervisee.

I have also completed my online and telephone counselling course.

I am person centred, but my training is integrative. That said, I spent 15 years in the Probation service, so my approach tends to be very relaxed, if a little directive. I am also advanced designated safe guarding lead, a couples and family counsellor, with experience of working with children and teenagers.

BACP
British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP)

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

British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
Accredited Register Scheme

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At this moment I am working online. IF you have difficulty with online working I am happy to offer counselling vie phone.

Type of session

Online

I qualified as a counsellor in 2017 and studied for my supervisor qualification 2022. I was the manager for a counselling charity 2021 /2023.