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Thrive Winchester Counselling and Psychotherapy
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ABOUT ME

Hi, I'm Lucy

A qualified person-centred counsellor and psychotherapist, I am a registered, accredited member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP (Accred)), with experience in the voluntary and private sectors.  I have worked with a well known local counselling charity, a bereavement charity and a sexual and domestic abuse charity and now run a successful private practice.  

I have also worked as a Group Personal Development Facilitator for Diploma Level Counselling Students at Southampton City College.


I have full professional liability insurance and am a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), the largest professional body for counsellors and psychotherapists practicing in the UK.  I adhere to their Ethical Framework.

Qualifications

  • 1st class BA (Hons) Person-Centred Counselling and Psychotherapy, Middlesex University (a BACP accredited course)
  • BSc (Hons) Psychology, University of Southampton
  • Diploma (Dip HE) in Person-Centred Counselling (Distinction), Middlesex University
  • Advanced Certificate in Clinical Supervision 
  • MBA, University of Southampton


  • Certificate in Counselling Skills (Distinction), Southampton City College
  • Certificate in Person-Centred Couples & Relationship Counselling
  • Online Therapy Institute “Moving your practice Online”
  • BACP online and telephone course / COVID-19 Primer


  • Certificates in Safeguarding Training (Hidden Harm; Protecting Children; Young People and Adults at Risk; Safeguarding Adults; Awareness of Child Abuse)
  • Continuing Professional Development courses 

Experience

I have worked with clients on a wide range of issues, including but not limited to:

  • Addiction
  • Affairs and Betrayals
  • Anger Management
  • Anxiety
  • Autism
  • Bereavement, Grief and Loss
  • Childhood Physical and Sexual Abuse
  • Depression
  • Domestic Abuse
  • Eating Disorders
  • Family Conflict
  • Isolation
  • LGBTQ+
  • Low Self-Confidence
  • Low Self-Esteem
  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Pre-Menstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD)
  • Relationship problems
  • Self-Harm
  • Separation and Divorce
  • Sexual Abuse
  • Stress

Membership of Professional Bodies

  • MBACP (Accred) (Registered, Accredited Member of British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy) Membership No. 391674
  • Accredited register of Professional Standards Authority
  • MBPsS (Graduate Member of the British Psychological Society (UK)) Membership No. 437784 
  • Member of the Hampshire Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (HACP)
  • Member of the Person-Centred Association (tPCA)

Insurance and checks

Insurance and checks

  • Full personal indemnity and professional liability insurance
  • Enhanced DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check
  • Registered with the ICO (Information Commissioner's Office)


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Thrive Winchester Counselling and Psychotherapy

thrivewinchester@gmail.com

07776 663392

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