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I am an experienced Relate Certificated counsellor with an additional Post Graduate Diploma in Couple Therapy. I am BACP Accredited. I counsel at a Relate centre and in my private counselling service at my home near Denmead Hampshire

Qualifications
I initially worked in the National Health Service where I achieved an Honours Degree in Public Sector Services before beginning my counselling career. Initial training with Relate led to the qualification of Certificated Relate Counsellor and subsequent study led to a Post Graduate Diploma in Couple Therapy.

Continuing professional development has in included further study in Domestic Violence, Adult Survivors of Sexual Abuse and working with other issues including Mental Health and Affairs. I am also a Member of the Association for Family Therapy and am trained in the use  of EMDR for some types of Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome

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I use an integrated theoretical approach which makes use of two models, the psychodynamic model and the systemic model. The psychodynamic model looks at couple problems through the unconscious interaction of the couple- the process being one of insight, containment and new experience.

The systems model looks at the meanings held by clients that have been constructed through the context of their world. It uses those meanings to explore the interaction between them, significant others and their extended world in order to construct different possibilities.

The focus is interpersonal, and work can be short or long term.

As an accredited member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) I am bound by their "Ethical framework for good practice in Counselling and Psychotherapy" and subject to the Professional Conduct Procedure currently in force. This includes a requirement for all counselling to be subject to appropriate professional supervision that maintains client confidentiality.

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