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Amanda Asserati
Registered Member MBACP (Senior Accredited)
Contact information
- Phone number
- 07790169235
Features
- Flexible hours available
- Concessionary rates
Availability
Practice hours:
Monday - 9 am to 8.30 pm
Tuesday - 10 am to 6 pm
Wednesday - 9 am to 6 pm
Thursday - 10 am to 8.30 pm
About me and my therapy practice
I provide a highly professional, sensitive and confidential counselling Service (GDRP Compliant).
During my 25 years experience, I have achieved Senior Accreditation with BACP & NCPS as a Counsellor/Psychotherapist and 16 years experience as a Clinical Supervisor. I am also registered with Barnardos and Survivors UK.
I am an Associate with Healthcare Insurance Providers (EAP's) including Nuffield Health, BUPA, AXA, Aviva, WPA etc.
Work Experience
NHS - Primary Care and IAPT
Cruse Bereavement Care
Relate - Relationship Counselling
Rape & Sexual Abuse Crisis
NHS Drug & Alcohol and Trauma Support.
Private Practice
Surrey Trauma Support Service
Barnardo's Adoption Counselling
Counselling Student counselling
I offer a 10% discount and further discounts if paying in advance for a block of 4 sessions.
Initial contact
When you contact me for the first time, you can ask for a free 15 minute telephone call, to ask any questions you may have.
If you decide you would like a Consultation, this will be 1 hour long for me to assess your needs. You will be under no obligation to book further sessions.
My commitment to you
I will see you as a unique individual without judgement. My interest is in helping you understand yourself and explore how your life can be satisfying, by taking responsibility for your own thoughts, feelings and behaviour.
Equality
I make a serious commitment to working with issues of difference and equality. I regularly attend workshops focussing on these issues, along with other regular training to inform my practice and enable me to provide a safe and highly professional service.
Supervision
As do all Counsellors, I have ongoing formal consultative support (Supervision) in accordance with professional requirements. This enables me to regularly monitor my work to maintain good practice. During these meetings I will only be discussing what my thoughts were in our sessions, maintaining client confidentiality.
More information on my website: www.amandaasserati.com
Practice description
My Practice is on the ground floor, on the side of my house. There is adequate roadside parking and on my driveway if available.
It is a private room with a toilet available to clients only during my work hours.
My first session
Confidentiality
Confidentiality is important to me, so I will ask you to arrive at the allocated time and, if early, to wait in your car at a discrete distance away from my house. This is so that I can maintain your confidentiality and that of others that I may be seeing before you.
It is important that you feel comfortable working with me. Therefore, after your Consultation, you will be under no obligation to book further sessions.
How does Counselling work?
We will spend most of our time together talking, but it won't be like the conversations you are used to. You will be in charge of the 'agenda', and I will do my best to understand what you want to achieve and help you to do so.
You may find that there are times when you don't really know what to say or you might want to think about something before you say the words. You might even feel like saying nothing for a while which is fine by me. I will be happy to wait until you want to talk.
I will empathically listen to your story, to try and understand how you are experiencing your world. Consequently, I will often reflect back what I have understood you to be saying and how you might be feeling. You will then have an opportunity to check on how well I understood you.
If you change anything at all about yourself it will be because you want to, not because I think you ought to.
If you get upset during a session that is ok with me. Tears are a way of expressing emotion and it is better to cry outwardly than inwardly.
How many sessions will I need?
You are in control of how many sessions you have. However, it is important to note that counselling is not generally a quick fix. It takes time to explore issues and find a route out of them.
What I can help with
Abuse, Addictions, AIDS/HIV, Anger management, Anxiety, Bereavement, Cancer, Child related issues, Chronic fatigue syndrome / ME, Depression, Disability, Health related issues, Identity issues, Infertility, LGBTQ+ counselling, Loss, Menopause, Men's issues, Mood disorder, Personal development, Post-traumatic stress, Pregnancy related issues, Redundancy, Relationships, Self esteem, Self-harm, Service veterans, Sexual identity, Sexuality, Stress, Substance Dependency, Trauma, Women's issues, Work related issues
Types of therapy
Brief therapy, CBT, Gestalt, Humanistic, Integrative, Person centred, Psychodynamic, Solution focused brief therapy, Transactional analysis
Clients I work with
Adults, Couples, EAP, Groups, Older adults, Organisations, Trainees
How I deliver therapy
Long term sessions, Long-term face-to-face work, Online therapy, Short term sessions, Short-term face-to-face work, Time-limited
Languages spoken
English
Features
- Flexible hours available
Availability
Available to qualified counsellors.
At present I do not supervise student counsellors
About me and my therapy practice
I offer a highly professional and ethical Supervision Service, following the Hawkins & Shohet Seven-Eyed Model.
Online and face to face appointments available.
I have been practicing as a Supervisor for over 16 years and I have 25 years experience working in various settings. I am a Senior Accredited Counsellor/Psychotherapist (please see my details under Counselling).
My role as a Supervisor is extremely important to me.
I aim to encourage and enable my Supervisee to explore their experience of the work they are doing with clients, stay open to new learning and aid their self awareness/self development. This process takes care of both Counsellor and Client.
"Good supervision, we believe, should allow for a two-way flow in which both Supervisor and Supervisee are responsive to each other's input. Supervision therefore becomes a dynamic learning and developmental process in which both parties learn and grow together". (Page and Wosket 1994: 40)
I would like my Supervisee to feel received, valued and understood.
Practice description
My Practice is on the ground floor to the side of my house. There is plenty of roadside parking and on my driveway.
A toilet is nearby and available to Supervisees/Clients only during working hours.
My first session
It is important that you feel comfortable working with me, otherwise you will not gain the most from your Supervision.
Firstly, I offer at 15 minute free telephone call, where you can ask any questions you may have.
If you decide to book Supervision, I will send you an Agreement to read prior to the session, so that we can then discuss.
Supervision can be either online or face to face.
My current fee for qualified Supervisees is:
£70 for 1 hour (daytime) or £80 for 1 hour (evening).
£80 for 1 ½ hours (daytime) or £90 for 1 ½ hours (evening).
What I can help with
Abuse, Addictions, AIDS/HIV, Anxiety, Bereavement, Cancer, Child related issues, Chronic fatigue syndrome / ME, Depression, Disability, Health related issues, Identity issues, Infertility, Loss, Men's issues, Personal development, Post-traumatic stress, Pregnancy related issues, Redundancy, Relationships, Self esteem, Self-harm, Service veterans, Sexual identity, Sexuality, Stress, Trauma, Women's issues, Work related issues
Types of therapy
Brief therapy, CBT, Gestalt, Humanistic, Integrative, Person centred, Solution focused brief therapy, Transactional analysis
Clients I work with
Adults, Couples, EAP, Older adults, Organisations, Trainees
How I deliver therapy
Long term sessions, Long-term face-to-face work, Online therapy, Short term sessions, Short-term face-to-face work, Time-limited
Languages spoken
English