Valerie Long
Registered Member MBACP (Accredited)
Contact information
- Phone number
- 07815 980284
Therapist - ROMFORD
Features
- Flexible hours available
- Concessionary rates
About me and my therapy practice
My initial BA (Hons) training was in Person Centred Counselling but over the years I have incorporated other theoretical models into my work including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness, Solution Focused Therapy, Solution Brief Therapy, SEER Trauma processing/working with dreams and nightmares, I am a registered Adoption Counsellor and provide Attachment Focused Therapy. I have experience and can provide short term and long term therapy. Face-2-Face, telephone and virtual therapy
Practice description
I am a BACP Accredited Counsellor/Psychotherapist with 17 years experience working with young people, adolescents, adults and senior citizens including service veterans and carers. I see patients with a variety of issues including; feeling unable to cope, undergoing major changes; work related issues; pregnancy; health related; infertility, bereavement and loss; depression; anxiety; stress; post-traumatic stress disorder; self-esteem and/or identity issues, mental, emotional and sexual abuse; feeling your responsibilities are almost too great to bear, or just not knowing what is making you feel the way you are feeling, I am a registered adoption counsellor working with those touched by adoption number
My first session
At our initial session you will have the opportunity to meet me and decide if you would like to work with me. we will go through the contract together which explains how I work, my commitment to your data protection and your rights under the data protection regulation. The ethical practice I abide by and the laws under which I practice. I will answer any question you may want to ask. The therapeutic space is for you to be comfortable in a non-judgmental, accepting environment, be it in person, by telephone or virtual meeting. You will have the opportunity to bring to the session the issue you would like to process. At the end of our session, which is 50 minutes, we would then agree a time and day to meet for our next session.What I can help with
Abuse, Anxiety, Bereavement, Cancer, Child related issues, Cultural issues, Depression, Disability, Eating disorders, 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, Spirituality, Stress, Trauma, Women's issues, Work related issues
Types of therapy
Brief therapy, Family therapy, Humanistic, Person centred, Solution focused brief therapy
Clients I work with
Adults, Children, Couples, EAP, Families, Groups, Older adults, Organisations, Trainees, Young people
How I deliver therapy
Long-term face-to-face work, Online therapy, Short-term face-to-face work, Telephone therapy, Time-limited
Supervisor - ROMFORD
Features
Types of therapy
Humanistic, Integrative, Person centred
How I deliver therapy
Long-term face-to-face work, Short-term face-to-face work, Time-limited