Kate Fletcher Counselling Online

About Counselling

A practitioner or therapist is a member or registrant of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy who is providing therapeutically-informed services, particularly coaching, counselling, pastoral care, psychotherapy or using counselling skills. This includes being a supervisor, trainer, educator of practitioners or researcher of any aspect of the counselling professions.
Therapeutically-informed services are developed from and informed by the theory and practices used in talking and listening therapies, typically coaching, counselling, pastoral care, psychotherapy or using counselling skills. Such theories and practices may be drawn from a wide academic and professional base, including neurology, psychoanalysis, psychology, social sciences and other disciplines.

A client is anyone in receipt of coaching, counselling, pastoral care, psychotherapy or counselling skills from a member or registrant of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. All clients are entitled to receive services that satisfy the commitments stated in this Ethical Framework in ways that are appropriate to the type of service being provided and its setting.
(BACP, 2018)

Therapy is a safe place for the client to talk through their experiences, worries or wishes whilst being supported by the therapist. The therapist has undergone training and can show support and guidance for the client if they are experiencing difficulties. Therapy requires an active role from the client, and will be lead with guidance by the client and the issues the client wants to discuss. The role of the therapist is to support and guide the client, with care and empathy to allow the client to explore and reflect on their experiences or difficulties.

The therapist is currently undergoing training and is a member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) which informs the therapist on good working practice and clients’ best interest as well as the code of ethics the therapist must adhere to. The therapist has regular supervisions with a more experienced therapist which is good practice and allows the therapist to support the client in the most effective way. The supervisions will involve discussing clients and the best way possible to help, in a confidential manner.

There must be a legal contract between client and therapist in order to protect both parties, and ensure the client understands therapy and the expectations, and the therapist is working ethically to the code of conduct.


What Conditions Can it Help?

Counselling can benefit people with depression, anxiety, phobias, sleep troubles, low confidence and self-esteem, relationship issues, trauma, bereavement and loss, panic attacks and more!


What Benefits can be Expected?

Increased self-awareness, coping strategies, understanding thinking patterns, making sense of events, raised self-esteem, personal growth.

What is Supervision?

It is a requirement of the BACP for therapists to be supervised, this is where the therapist meets with the supervisor to discuss work with clients. This is done confidentiality, and allows monitoring of the therapists work, is good practise and ensures the therapist is working safely and ethically.

In supervision I can talk about any concerns I have with a more experienced supervisor, they may suggest suitable ways to work with a client. I currently have robust supervision every two weeks.