rd-counselling & Supervision
Rebecca Davies
Person centred counselling
Person centred supervision
Counselling is an opportunity to sit with a professional and to talk through your problems. The benefit of talking to a trained counsellor is that the conversation remains focused on you.
Friends and family are good to talk to but our conversations tend to follow an action - reaction pattern.
For example:
A "My cat died yesterday".
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B "Ohh poor you, that's awful, I had a cat once I was devastated when I lost it, but it does get better".
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B has given a kind response, they believe that A is probably upset by the death of their cat and they acknowledge that. They talk about their own experience to show that they understand and they offer a 'making better' statement to help A to move on.
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In counselling the conversation could look more like this.
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A "My cat died yesterday".
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B "Your Cat died?".
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A "Yes, I feel so sad, I've had him for years, I'll really miss him".
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B "I can see that you're sad, it's really painful for you".
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A "Yes it is, we got him when my children were small. Now that they have left home he was all the company that I had".
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This second example illustrates how a counselling conversation of action - reflection keeps the conversation focused on A allowing them to express how they are feeling. B doesn't rush A away from feeling sad but acknowledges and supports those feelings. This allows A the opportunity to expand on their feelings and leads to other areas of potential exploration.
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Laying your thoughts and feelings out in front of another person can be cathartic in itself. Offloading can make space in your mind for new trains of thought, fresh perspectives and different ways of thinking.
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You can find more information about the person centred approach to counselling on the internet, or by reading my page Person Centred Counselling.
Services.
This is for anyone who feels unhappy in their life in some way. Essentially a person will benefit from counselling if they feel something is wrong and they want to explore what that might be. In my experience people who come for counselling are sensitive, intelligent, brave and determined. You may not recognise yourself in that description and yet you are looking for ways to help yourself and improve your life even while you are feeling lost, alone, unworthy, sad or a whole mix of different and difficult things.
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Attuned Eating
If you are struggling with food and eating then attuned (sometimes called intuitive) eating could be really useful to you. It is a programme of techniques, education and self exploration which will help you to become more attuned to your nutritional needs enabling you to feed your body well and to loosen unhelpful habits and behaviours.
Adoption counselling
I have studied counselling for adoption which has given me a lot of insight into the process from multiple perspectives.
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I work with qualified and student counsellors.
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Support for your work
Book a regular session to help manage work stress.
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Supportive conversations
If you are generally happy with yourself but you have something you would like to talk about. A difficult decision, an ongoing situation, spiritual or paranormal experiences. Anything that you would like to talk about that you don't feel able to discuss with friends and family.​
Qualifications
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Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling.
General Certificate in Online Counselling.
Level 6 Diploma in Therapeutic Supervision.
Certificate in Adoption Counselling
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My professional membership:
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I am an Accredited member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. (BACP)
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The Person Centred association (tPCA).
How should I stay in touch with you?
I can give you a ring, send you a text or we can stay in touch through e-mail.
I don't share your details with anyone else.
I use them solely for the purpose of dealing with your enquiry.