"I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence, but it comes from within.
It is there all the time."
Anna Freud
My name is Sandra Fraser, I have lived in Somerset for twenty three years after locating from West Sussex.
Living in Somerset has allowed me to live and work alongside the many walks of life in the city and the countryside gaining a wide knowledge of many diverse emotional situations and issues that arise in our daily lives.
I have worked for thirteen years alongside the Ministry of Defence both within a hospital environment and also within their local community. Along with the MOD I have also worked with Turning Point (www.turning-point.co.uk), providing counselling services to clients of all ages and backgrounds with addiction and substance misuse and the subsequent emotional difficulties that they may face.
I have worked with The Dorset Listening Service with the over fifty age group. Through this work I have realised just how important it is that counselling be accessible for everyone no matter what point in their life they are at. There is a real need for all age groups to be listened to and heard, in particular those who feel they have nobody to talk to due to circumstances in their work or life environment.
After training in Skills and Theory towards becoming a Person Centred Counsellor (PCT). I went on to do a Diploma in Person Centred Counselling.
With PCT at the core of my work, I continued on to do a Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. This form of therapy focuses on the way people think and act in order to help them overcome emotional and behavioural problems, it has a goal-directed and problem-solving approach to resolving emotional issues and, combined with my very person-centred way of working with the client, ensures they are always at the centre of the therapeutic process. I have continued on with my academic journey and undertaken many more qualifications finishing with BA(Hons) in Integrative Counselling and a Post Graduate Certificate in Counselling Supervision to give me with the skills and tools required to support you as the client throughout your therapeutic journey.
As a person, I am described as being very calm and down-to-earth with a warm nature. I have a very easy going approach and do have a very good sense of humour. I am a people person and find great fulfilment in helping others find their way in troubled times.
My counselling work has led me to work with many people with a variety of difficulties in their lives and this has widened my experience of working with people of all age groups, including children with Mental Health issues and the challenges they face. The results and feedback that I have received has allowed me to feel confident in saying that people find me approachable and easy to talk to.
My journey has led me to open up my own private practice in Somerset allowing me to continue the work of which I am so passionate.
Sandra Fraser BA(Hons), MBACP Member of the British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists.
Counselling and Psychotherapy Central Awarding Body (CPCAB) www.cpcab.co.uk
CPCAB Level 5 Diploma in CBT Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
CPACB Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
CPCAB Level 3 Counselling Studies,
CPCAB Level 2 Counselling Skills,
MET - Motivational Enhancement Therapy
Mindfulness Training
KRCS Level 7 Gloucester University Accredited Postgraduate Certificate in Counselling Supervision
KRCS Level 7 NCS Accredited Advanced Diploma in Counselling Supervision
Rewind Trauma Therapy - D C Moss
BA(Hons) in Integrative Counselling, University of Worcester.
If nothing ever changed, there'd be no butterflies
Living in Somerset has allowed me to live and work alongside the many walks of life in the city and the countryside gaining a wide knowledge of many diverse emotional situations and issues that arise in our daily lives.
I have worked for thirteen years alongside the Ministry of Defence both within a hospital environment and also within their local community. Along with the MOD I have also worked with Turning Point (www.turning-point.co.uk), providing counselling services to clients of all ages and backgrounds with addiction and substance misuse and the subsequent emotional difficulties that they may face.
I have worked with The Dorset Listening Service with the over fifty age group. Through this work I have realised just how important it is that counselling be accessible for everyone no matter what point in their life they are at. There is a real need for all age groups to be listened to and heard, in particular those who feel they have nobody to talk to due to circumstances in their work or life environment.
After training in Skills and Theory towards becoming a Person Centred Counsellor (PCT). I went on to do a Diploma in Person Centred Counselling.
With PCT at the core of my work, I continued on to do a Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. This form of therapy focuses on the way people think and act in order to help them overcome emotional and behavioural problems, it has a goal-directed and problem-solving approach to resolving emotional issues and, combined with my very person-centred way of working with the client, ensures they are always at the centre of the therapeutic process. I have continued on with my academic journey and undertaken many more qualifications finishing with BA(Hons) in Integrative Counselling and a Post Graduate Certificate in Counselling Supervision to give me with the skills and tools required to support you as the client throughout your therapeutic journey.
As a person, I am described as being very calm and down-to-earth with a warm nature. I have a very easy going approach and do have a very good sense of humour. I am a people person and find great fulfilment in helping others find their way in troubled times.
My counselling work has led me to work with many people with a variety of difficulties in their lives and this has widened my experience of working with people of all age groups, including children with Mental Health issues and the challenges they face. The results and feedback that I have received has allowed me to feel confident in saying that people find me approachable and easy to talk to.
My journey has led me to open up my own private practice in Somerset allowing me to continue the work of which I am so passionate.
Sandra Fraser BA(Hons), MBACP Member of the British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists.
Counselling and Psychotherapy Central Awarding Body (CPCAB) www.cpcab.co.uk
CPCAB Level 5 Diploma in CBT Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
CPACB Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
CPCAB Level 3 Counselling Studies,
CPCAB Level 2 Counselling Skills,
MET - Motivational Enhancement Therapy
Mindfulness Training
KRCS Level 7 Gloucester University Accredited Postgraduate Certificate in Counselling Supervision
KRCS Level 7 NCS Accredited Advanced Diploma in Counselling Supervision
Rewind Trauma Therapy - D C Moss
BA(Hons) in Integrative Counselling, University of Worcester.
If nothing ever changed, there'd be no butterflies