Vivien Blackford

Abuse, Addiction to Love and Sex, Addictions, Anger, Anxiety, Assertiveness, Bereavement, Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD), Bullying, Cancer, Childhood Issues, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) (ME), Codependency, Creativity, Depression, Disability, Dissociation, Domestic Violence, Eating Disorders, Faith Issues, Fear, Gambling, Gay Issues, Grief, History of Mental Health Problems, Identity, Infertility, Integration of Experience, Internet Addiction, Internet Gambling Addiction, Lack of Meaning in Life, Loneliness, Loss, Low Self Confidence, Low Self Esteem, Midlife Crisis, Mother and Baby Issues, Personal Growth, Personal Relationships, Pet Bereavement, Physical Illness, Pregnancy, Redundancy, Self Development, Self Harm, Smoking Addiction, Social Phobia, Stress, Transitions, Unresolved Issues, Workplace Issues and Work Relationship Problems

Attachment Based Therapy, Brief Therapy, Client Centred Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Integrative Therapy, Person Centred Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Relational Therapy, Solution Focused Therapy (SFT)

AXA PPP Healthcare, BUPA

Female

I am a British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) Accredited Counsellor. I have over fifteen years counselling experience. I offer a safe, accepting, confidential space for you to bring whatever you need to speak about. My counselling experience is expansive. It includes working with people who might bring issues such as a bereavement, relationship issues, work and personal stresses; a wish for personal change and growth, a change in health, a life transition, depression and anxiety, phobias, addictions, and much more. I have eight years experience working for an employee support association offering appropriate support and crisis intervention to people who present with multiple issues and varying degrees of distress. Additionally, I currently offer my counselling services to a well known mental health charity. Here I see clients face to face for short term and long term counselling. Clients may be referred by their GP or psychiatrist or self refer. I also have eleven years experience working as a smoking cessation counsellor and debrief facilitator so understand and am skilled in supporting people who are wanting to change addictive and unhelpful behaviours. Other counselling I have offered on a voluntary basis has been for a major bereavement charity; a year within a university as a student counsellor; one and a half years as a counsellor within two London Hospitals, working with people referred by their GP or psychiatrist; and within the voluntary sector. Counselling offered has been both short term and open ended.

• British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) Accredited (MBACP Accred) Counsellor since August 2009 (Registered since August 2009)
• Diploma Principals and Practice of Psychodynamic Counselling - Croydon College (UK) 1997

I am committed to Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in Counselling. I abide by the Ethical Framework for Good Practice in Counselling and Psychotherapy of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).

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