Tina Abbott Counselling
Counselling | Psychotherapy | Supervision | Management Consultations
Welcome...
I am a British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) Senior Accredited Counsellor, Psychotherapist and Supervisor with over 30 years' experience in various settings and roles. I offer my services in Herefordshire and Monmouthshire.
My Therapy Experience
I am a BACP Registered and Senior Accredited Counsellor/Psychotherapist and Senior Accredited Supervisor. I have been counselling and supervising for over 30 years in various settings including: two drug and alcohol agencies where I worked with children and adults on their own addiction or if they were affected by a family member’s addiction issues; two Further Education, and two Higher Education colleges where I worked with both students and staff; in private practice working both short term and longer term with clients, including twice weekly psychotherapy; as a Staff Counsellor in two NHS hospitals; as the Staff Counselling Manager at Cardiff University for 10 years; and currently in full time private practice.
As you can see I have considerable experience in working with a diverse range of clients from young people living in inner cities with physical and emotional deprivations, to consultants working in the NHS, to senior academics facing the challenges of the changing face of academia, to those suffering with depression and anxiety, work life balance issues, bereavement, relationship issues, pain and illness.
I abide by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy Ethical Framework
Confidentiality
Under normal circumstances, nothing you say goes beyond the counselling room unless you want it to, and you say so explicitly.
I may only pass on information in exceptional circumstances:
- Where I have your express consent to disclose the information.
- Where I believe you, or a third party is in serious danger.
- Where I would be liable to civil or criminal court procedure if the information was not disclosed (such as terrorist activity).
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My counselling and psychotherapy approach is integrative.
Counselling and Psychotherapy
I am trained in both short term, Solution Focussed Brief Therapy, and longer- term counselling/psychotherapy work. I offer weekly, and twice weekly therapy.
I work with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, abuse, bereavement and loss, issues of sexuality, relationship problems and more.
Supervision
I offer clinical supervision if you are a qualified counsellor or psychotherapist, or a therapist in training. I am experienced in supervising long and short- term work, and all theoretical approaches.
Management Consultations
I offer consultative support to managers in any business or organisational setting.
How I will work with you
We would start by exploring what has prompted you to come for therapy at this time, and what you hope to gain from therapy. We would then decide together whether short or longer term work may be needed. We would regularly review our work together and whether you were getting what you needed. Sessions last 50 minutes and are usually weekly or twice weekly.
If you/we decided you wanted longer term work or to work in an open-ended way which would allow you to work at your own pace, as well as exploring your current concerns, we would also explore how your past experiences and relationships may be influencing your behavior now- working with the unconscious and using our relationship to inform our exploration.
My counselling/psychotherapy approach is an integration of the person-centred, psychodynamic and psychosynthesis models. I encourage your personal growth through the inclusion of your whole person - the emotional, mental, physical and spiritual (whatever you feel that to be) aspects of yourself.
I am also trained in Solution Focussed Brief Therapy. If you want short term work I can help you to identify a particular area to focus on in the sessions available.
Making the decision to begin counselling/psychotherapy can be a challenging one, if you want to take the next step, after a brief telephone chat or email conversation we would arrange to meet up and discuss what it is you want and see whether I am the right person to support you at this time. If you have any questions at all please do not hesitate to contact me.
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I abide by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) Ethical Framework
I offer clinical supervision if you are a qualified counsellor/psychotherapist or counsellor/psychotherapist in training. I am experienced in supervising long and short term work, and all theoretical approaches. I work in a collaborative way, exploring your own approach and offering alternative hypothesis and ways of working where wanted. I have been supervising counsellors and psychotherapists for over 20 years in a variety of settings with supervisees from extremely diverse settings.
I have worked in FE, HE, the NHS, in drug and alcohol agencies and with an extremely diverse client base including: teenagers; the elderly; victims of neglect and abuse; victims of violent crime; asylum seekers; victims of war; clients who are bereaved; with anxiety and depression; consultants in the NHS; senior academics; those seeking meaning and purpose in their lives.
I am a BACP Senior Accredited Supervisor and have a Post Graduate Diploma in Supervision from Leicester University. I practice the Shohet Seven Eyed Supervisor approach which includes thinking about the client, yourself, my reactions and the context both of the client and where you practice.
I also provide supervision to you if you are not a counsellor, but work in another role which has an emotional impact or is emotionally challenging such as carer, support worker, manager. For more information about my approach please visit my About me page