Hayley Barnett

Due to a pending house move from Surrey to Devon, I am only working online at the moment.

Face to face sessions available.

Thank you for taking the time to read my profile.  Choosing a counsellor can be a bit daunting.  Counselling can be an amazing time of change with precious moments in the process. It works partly because the client feels freer to talk with someone outside their situation.  

I work from a comfortable room in my home in Staines. I use a broadly person-centred approach to counselling which means we look at what the clients is experiencing now and possibly how past experiences influence them now.  I believe the trusting relationship built between myself and my client is key to enabling them to explore troubling issues.

I am able to work therapeutically with individual adults and young people.  I have experience of working with clients who are struggling with addiction, depression, anxiety and relationship problems.  I often use creative interventions during counselling sessions and am comfortable exploring spiritual issues with clients.

I offer an initial 50 minute appointment for you to outline what you are looking for in counselling and to see if you think we can work together.  Future sessions would be for 50 mins and generally at the same time each week/fortnight.

I offer concessionary rates for counselling students.  I have previously been a tutor at Waverley Abbey College on the MA in Counselling.  

Initial counselling sessions last 50 minutes and cost £60.  This session is used by the potential client to gauge how they feel to have counselling with me, to talk about themselves and to begin the counselling process.

I am currently in the process of moving from Surrey to Devon and therefore can only offer online supervision.

I offer a concessionary rate to counselling students.  Please email me to enquire.

I am a qualified supervisor having gained a diploma in supervision at Waverley Abbey College in July 2019.  I use the Seven-eyed Supervisory Model of Hawkins and Shohet, together with the Cyclical Model of Page and Woskett.  

I like to use creative interventions in my counselling work, which I also bring into the supervision work. 

I have previously worked as a tutor at Waverley Abbey College teaching on the MA in Counselling years 1 and 2. 

My foundational training was in the person centred approach.  Since then I have trained in trauma informed play therapy for children and young people.  I then chose to complete a post qualifying master's degree where I focussed on CBT, Trauma, Spirituality, Family Therapy and Supervision.  More recently I have been a tutor with my primary focus being the person centred approach and spirituality in counselling.  I was also fieldwork co-ordinator for 4 years and enjoyed supporting students as they navigated working with their first clients in a variety of agencies.

I offer a free 30 minute session to help us decide if we are a good fit to work together.