Lucy White

My mission as a person-centred counsellor is to enable you, as the client to feel empowered and comfortable within your own skin.

Little Lodge is a confidential, safe, welcoming space in which you are free to be yourself and talk at your pace. There are no expectations or judgements, just room for you to be you - your space.

 Please look at my website www.littlelodgecounselling.co.uk for more information.

The Person-centred approach was created by Carl Rogers in the 50's.

This approach focuses on the client and their experience, the counsellor is led by the client and does not give advice or direction, the client stays firmly in-control.

The counsellor is the companion on a journey with the client rather than a guide or expert, leaving the client free to explore themselves.

Person-centred counsellors will aim to provide an environment based on the therapeutic conditions of:

Empathy (towards the client)

Unconditional Positive Regard (non-judgemental acceptance of the client)

Congruence (genuineness in communication with the client)

This environment can facilitate an atmosphere of acceptance, leading to the potential of the client finding acceptance for themselves.

The BACP have a 'Explanation of theoretical approaches' page that explains the different types of counselling, this can help you as the client make an informed decision on what type of counselling suits your needs.

This can be found at; http://www.bacp.co.uk/seeking_therapist/theoretical_approaches.php

​​The necessary attitudes to promote a therapeutic counselling supervision practice I will be using are based upon the Person-Centred Approach, and the conditions of: empathy, congruence and unconditional positive regard. I will be holding the relationship as equal, I will be enabling the supervisee, but no telling them what to do. The relationship is paramount and the holding factor of the sessions. These attitudes will set the climate for the supervisee and myself as the supervisor, becoming the foundation of the relationship. This is essential when building trust, and safety which is needed in supervision so you will be able to share your experiences congruently without fear of being judged or belittled.

In conclusion I feel my supervision practice is built on the relationship as the key stone. I will trust in the process and be fluid, in the moment but also able to challenge when needed.

I work with the; normative, formative, restorative model in my practice.

Supervision session is charged at £50 an hour and 1.5 hours is charged at £75