Counselling, Supervision and Consultancy
My name is Allison Brown and I offer a range of therapeutic services in West Yorkshire. The service covers individual counselling for adults and young people as well as supervision and service consultancy work.
I have extensive experience including working with bereavement, suicide and self harm as well issues surrounding self development and relationships. I have worked within staff support in large organisations and my MA is in managing change within organisations. I have counselling experience within student services at Universities, hospices and the voluntary sector including the Samaritans.
I adopt an integrative approach to therapy that can be tailored to individual needs ranging from understanding past experiences through to a coaching approach that may help with current issues and planning for future change.
I have experience working as a school counsellor, managing services for children and young people, and as a clinical lead.
I am a fully qualified counsellor, and am a senior accredited member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and work to their code of ethics. My senior accreditation is for my work with children and young people and indicates a level of experience that is recognised by this professional body. I also have Enhanced criminal records bureau disclosures that are required for any person working with children and young people and I hold a full level of insurance to cover my work.
NB: Please contact your provider to check eligibility.
I am a senior accredited member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and this gives you confidence that my work is ethical and offered within safe clinical boundaries. Therapy may be requested to consider the past, as well as current challenges in life and is about empowering and supporting people to understand experiences and to consider choices and make changes in their lives if appropriate.
Therapists do not possess magic wands and good therapy is by no means a passive process. In many cases therapy can be challenging, but challenging in a safe and supportive way where the direction is always taken from you.
If you are interested in arranging therapy sessions please contact me for an initial discussion.
Current fees are £45 per session, or £50 if sessions are required 5:30pm onwards. All my work is governed by the BACP Ethical Framework for accredited therapists.
I offer therapy for young people aged 12 and over, normally with parental consent. I have experience working with young people in school, college and University who have experienced a wide range of difficulties in their lives. I have experience of managing different therapeutic services for children and young people for over ten years. I understand the needs of young people in therapy and am able to offer tailor-made therapeutic solutions that are based around individual needs.
Parents or carers may attend the initial session. Subsequent sessions are usually with the young person alone and remain confidential. Young people are able to request parental involvement and information sharing if required.
Fees are currently £45 per session, or £50 if sessions are required after 6pm. All my work is governed within the BACP Ethical Framework for accredited therapists.
My supervision training is based around a Transactional analysis view of supervision that builds on the Hawkins and Shohet model. I believe that as with good therapy, good supervision demands a quality of relationship where the real challenges of client work can be explored in their full depth.
BACP have put in place a set of core compentencies in specific relation to supervising therapeutic work with children and young people. They recommend that supervisors hold their own experience of working with this client group. I have 8 years experience of supervising therapists who work with adults, couples, children and young people in a wide range of counselling settings. I am senior accredited by BACP for supervision of individuals.
My experience includes many years working as a school therapist in over twelve individual schools, both primary and secondary. I have built up thousands of hours working therapeutically with children, young people and adults. I manage a school counselling service, and work privately with children and young people if requested. I am the clinical lead for a CAMHS service, managing risk and complexity within therapeutic work.
Fees are currently £75 per 1.5 hours, or £50 per hour of supervision. If you are a trainee therapist or are providing therapy in a voluntary capacity and are arranging your own supervision please contact me directly to negotiate a reduced rate.
I offer group supervision on a tailor-made basis dependent on specific service and organisational requirements. Supervision within a group setting can bring together the benefits of strong reflective practice as well as peer discussion and collaborative thinking.
For services, a group supervision approach in conjunction with individual supervision can enhance a service approach to the therapeutic work as well as providing space for peer support around casework. Similar processes can be helpful for groups of therapists who want a facilitated approach to enhance their overall supervision provision. Groups can have a specific client group in mind, for example adolescents, or can be structured around specific group requirements.
Group supervision and reflective practice sessions can also be established in schools or within your own organisations and are not restricted to therapists. Anyone working with mental health presentations and emotional health can request group facilitation which can be provided on site if appropriate.
I offer therapy service setup and development consultancy. I have specific experience setting up counselling services in schools and for children and young people. Consultation can include policy development, service delivery and advice around new services and existing services undergoing change.
Please contact me directly for any proposals and costing required either for group processes or consultancy work.
The following comments are just some that have been kindly given by clients and supervisees for use on this website and I appreciate that people have allowed me to use them in this way - Thank you to you all, Allison.
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