Stephen Thompson

 I have availability for new clients.

I can offer early and evening appointments from 8am MONDAY TO FRIDAY with my last appointment being 8PM.

I also offer SATURDAY morning appointments up to 12 noon.

I offer counselling tailored to your needs, I work creatively to enable you to explore you difficulties enabling you to explore your thoughts and feelings and current circumstances to be able to make the desired changes you feel you want to make (this may mean giving home tasks to help you embed any new changes you have made at this present time). I offer a "no rush"  experience were I offer empathic and non-judgemental listening with a focus on what you are finding difficult - counselling is confidential but their are some occasions were  a mental health profession - may need to be contacted in the interests of your safety- this would be discussed with you before this was discussed - say for example with your GP. - I am bound  by the ethical code of BACP to work safely and keep you safe at all times.   

the counselling sessions I  offer are via ZOOM or SKYPE or TELEPHONE.  the counselling session will usually last for 50 minutes (the counselling hour)  - I endeavour to respond to emails or telephone call messages within 24 hours.  

I offer a free twenty minute, session ZOOM or telephone (call) to see if I am the right person to support you - to help you see if we are the right fit to work together. this will be an introduction were you can ask any questions you may have about counselling. I may offer you a self assessment form to help you identify the issues you want to work on in order of priority. I can offer short or long-term counselling. at a time that suits you. (within my working hours) 

have space for new clients/ SUPERVISEES, I offer sessions from MONDAY-FRIDAY 8am-7pm 

SATURDAY 8am-12noon.

will be on holiday from 8/9/2023- till 20/9/23 

emails can be left - I will contact left emails starting 21/9/23 all enquires will be followed up.

I work from an integrational perspective - what that really means is I use different counselling modalities/ insights  e.g. CBT.  GESTALT, CREATIVE THERAPIES e.g. SANDTRAY WORK , ART THERAPIES, PSYCHODYNAMIC, SOLUTION FOCUSED APPROCH and PERSON CENTRED APPROCH  in order to look at issues from different perspectives - to give a person more choice in exploring their circumstances and personal feelings in regard to their SPIRITUAL FAITH/BELIEFS so that they can put their beliefs from their FAITH CONTEXT in to a personal meaning in their daily lives.

A place to explore your personal religious beliefs /FAITH in the context of SUPERVISION - where as a counsellor managing your own faith -as well as the faith of your clients. I offer supervision using the THE SEVEN EYED PROCESS MODEL -with insights from the IDM MODEL looking at REFLECTIVE SUPERVISION - how FAITH/BELIEFS- are played out in a FAITH /BELIEF CONTEXT  in the SUPERVISORY/ CLIENT work relationship.

pre- SUPERVISORY SESSION will be putting a contract in place to explore your client work from a FAITH perspective not exclusively-  but space is made to explore SPIRITUALITY.

ATM I am offering  FREE FAITH SUPERVISION sessions BACP 1.5 hours per 8.5 hours per month while doing a CPCAB LEVEL 6 in advance SUPERVISION SKILLS  starting in OCTOBER 2023 ( I  have spaces available NOW - on a first come first served basis. (offered free while training -I would normally charge £60 for 1.5 hours of FAITH SUPERVISION) - all enquires answered.