Our Affiliates
The Counselling Works Now scheme consists of a broad range of counsellors known as "affiliates". The affiliates range from trainees through to the MBACP Senior Accredited Counsellor level. In this way we beleive that we can meet the needs of almost all clients and usually at a cost which almost anyone finds acceptable. We check that the counsellors are working professionally and ethically. As well as general counselling experience (which is suitable for most clients), we can offer specialist areas of help (e.g., sexual orientation, drugs and alcohol abuse, minority issues, job stresses, relationship, bereavement and much more), also offer sessions in home languages (e.g., Urdu, Hindi and Marathi).
We include "Now" in the title because there are no waiting lists. We provide the service when you need it.
What training and experience do Counselling Works affiliates have?
We have five categories of affiliates:
1. Trainees. They will have completed a Certificate in Counselling and are now on a professional training course working toward their Diploma in Counselling qualification. As a part of this they are required to see real clients to build up their counselling experience. They receive "clinical supervised", which means that their work is closely monitored by a very experienced counsellor. The counsellors are not paid, the fee simply pays for the cost of the room rent.
Expect to pay less than £10 a session.
We will ALWAYS tell you when you are seeing a trainee. Some counselling organisations use trainees without telling clients! It is worth checking this important point.
2. Inexperienced counsellors. Will have completed their theory training but are still building up their experence. We regard these counsellors as inexperienced and even though they have completed the training for their Diploma we still see them as trainees.
Expect to pay about £10 a session
We will ALWAYS tell you when you are seeing a trainee. Some counselling organisations use trainees without telling clients! It is worth checking this important point.
2. First year Diploma. A minimum of a Diploma in Counselling,and at least 150 hours counselling experience. They will have completed their training within the last year. They are now building up their experience.
Expect to pay about £20 a session.
3. Second year + Diploma. As category 2 above, but two or more years after qualifying.
Expect to pay about £30 a session.
4. Accredited Counsellors/Psychologists. To be Accredited a counsellor must have completed at least 450 hours training plus a minimum of 450 hours experience with clients. The Accreditation is awarded by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and is completely independent of the counsellor and Counselling Works. The counsellor is required to demonstrate a clear understanding of counselling theory and back that up with case study material.
Expect to pay about £40 a session.
5. BACP Senior Accredited Counsellors and Psychotherapists/Psychologists/UKCP Psychotherapists . To reach this standard the counsellor must have been accredited for at least 6 years (so probably has at least 10 years experience) and have completed at least 1,000 hours with clients.
Expect to pay up to £70 a session.
Our most experienced counsellors far exceed this level of training and experience.
Phone us on 01908 263 800 for Milton Keynes, 01234 860 844 for Bedford or 01292 435 034 for Ayr or
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