Meavy Bourne
YELVERTON
YELVERTON
devon
PL20 6AR
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Mrs. Juliana Hopkins
Juliana Hopkins MBACP (Snr.Accred)
Counselling, Psychotherapy, Supervisor in YELVERTON, TAVISTOCK, PLYMOUTH and EXETER
Meavy Bourne
YELVERTON
YELVERTON
devon
PL20 6AR
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Billing and Insurance
Fees:
Counselling: £45/session
Psychotherapy: £45/session
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Member Organisation(s): BACP
Insurance: Towergate
Therapy Provides:
Counselling, Psychotherapy
Member Organisation(s): BACP
Insurance: Towergate
Therapy Provides:
Counselling, Psychotherapy
About Juliana Hopkins MBACP (Snr.Accred)
An intelligent, positive and warm person who works with a great deal of integrity.I work with couples and individuals.
A highly experienced counsellor/psychotherapist dedicated to finding the best ways of working to be most helpful to clients.
I am a BACP Senior Accredited Supervisor.
I work in Yelverton in a large, light and airy room (see photo above). I also work in Plymouth on Tuesday evenings at the Waterloo Wellbeing Centre: http://www.psychotherapyplymouth.co.uk. I sometimes work from Tavyside Health Centre in Tavistock.
Humanistic/Person Centred orientation as well as trained in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT).
Accredited Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).
I see myself primarily working from a Person-Centred Approach. I have training and experience within primary care working as a Cognitive and Behavioural Counsellor, which I integrate into my work. I use ideas, techniques and skills from many approaches if it feels to be the right thing at the right time with the right person.
I am developing a fierce interest in philosophy after having worked alongside many people asking themselves “What is life and how shall I live mine ?”.
I see counselling as something that offers safety in exploring your own experience in a confidential environment. I liken it to being on a journey. You may find you need to stop and look at the map for some reason. Perhaps you are lost, or don’t like the road you have been on. Maybe you wonder what other roads are out there. It might be that the ride has been very bumpy or traumatic even. Counselling offers you a chance to stop, look at the map and have time to yourself to help with the next step.
"If we do not change the direction we are going, we are likely to end up where we are headed."
- Chinese proverb.
In this time I don’t tell you where to go nor do I judge your progress. It can be very helpful having someone looking at the map with you. If I point to what I see on the map, this may enhance your view.
When working with couples two people in relationship – whether they be in a partnership, a marriage or members of a family together or a close friendship – wish to look at themselves and their relationship with each other.
"Take heart: marriage is more elegant than we dare believe. It can bring you bliss, but it’s harder than many people recognize."
David Schnarch
All relationships hit bumpy roads. To borrow from a song …“There will be trouble ahead”. If there wasn’t trouble it would not be a normal relationship. Sometimes it is more than trouble, where relationships undergo more serious blocks, failures and ruptures. My aim as a counsellor is to facilitate:-
Communication
Listening
Understanding
Empathy
With these four components, and time and space, what is happening in the relationship becomes clearer. This fosters the chances of finding the right solution for the individuals within the relationship. This may or may not be to stay together.
I also work as a supervisor. I have a diploma in Person-Centred Supervision.
My experience includes :-
Working with counsellors-in-training while completing their placements at GP surgeries.
Supervising counsellors and professionals working at organisations such as Broadreach and The Zone, (Plymouth).
I am the Supervisor for the Haye Mill counselling service in Callington.
I am one of the Supervisors for Counsellors Southwest CIC
“When I am prized, I blossom and expand; I am an interesting individual”
Carl Rogers
As a Person-Centred supervisor, my focus is on you as a person. I can be client-centred and also form-orientated, but only in response to how you would like to work. My focus is on you rather than your theoretical orientation or your clients. I aim to accompany you while you explore your work in an environment of trust, confidentiality, safety and good humour. I believe professional growth, confidence and joy can be fostered from being fully encountered by a supervisor with whom you relate profoundly.
I started my counselling training in 1998. Before that I was a primary school teacher working in Plymouth and Bere Alston. While I loved many aspects of my teaching career, I also felt that it was not something I wanted to do forever. I started the counselling training while I was teaching and knew instantly that I had found my vocation.
Before teaching I lived in France from 1988 to 1997. During this time I held various positions as a bilingual secretary for festivals and conferences that take place in Cannes; I taught English as a foreign language ; I also cooked on classic sailing yachts, research vessels and cargo ships around Europe, as well as across the Atlantic to the Caribbean.
Most of my time these days is spent with my passions – my children, Yoga, close friends, walking the dogs, reading and counselling.
My training, work experience and any achievement
I am a fully trained counsellor/psychotherapist with experience of working with diverse issues in a number of different settings and agencies.I have worked as a counsellor in :-
volunteer agencies
schools
universities
GP practices
In private practice
I am registered and accredited with the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP). Being accredited by the BACP means that:-
I abide by their code of ethics
undergo regular supervision
continue to add to my knowledge
keep my training up to date.
The majority of my counselling experience is at GP practices based in Plymouth and south-west Devon.
I am a founder member and director of the community interest company Counsellors South West, set up by a small and dedicated group of existing primary care counsellors which has grown to cover the Teignbridge, South Hams, Tavistock and West Devon areas.
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS:-
RELATIONSHIPS AT WORK (UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTERSHIRE) September 2007 – June 2010
Certificate and Diploma in Person Centred Supervision
PLYMOUTH COLLEGE OF FURTHER EDUCATION 1998 – December 2003.
Advanced Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
Advanced Certificate in Therapeutic Counselling
Certificate in Therapeutic Counselling
Skills Certificate in Therapeutic Counselling
All awarded by CPCAB
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ST. MARK AND ST. JOHN, Plymouth. 1997 - 1998.
Postgraduate Certificate in Education
NENE COLLEGE, Northampton. 1985-1988.
BA (Hons) 2:1 in Drama and English.
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
• Eighteen-month employed training post as a Cognitive and Behavioural Counsellor
• Various one-day courses taken as part of professional development.
• Undertaken a 20 hour course in Child Protection with a certificate awarded by Open College Network South West provided by Plymouth Family Support Services.
I have qualifications in:-
Working with Couples
The Person-Centred Approach to Relationship Counselling
Couples Therapy for Depression.
Age I Work With
- Teens
- Adults
- Elders
Languages
- English
Other concerns & issues I deal with
Concerns & issues I deal with
- Abuse
- Adolescence
- Affairs
- Agoraphobia
- Anger Management
- Anxiety
- Assertiveness
- Avoidant Personality
- Bereavement
- Bipolar Disorder
- Bisexual Issues
- Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD)
- Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)
- Boredom
- Bullying
- Childhood Issues
- Chronic Disease
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) (ME)
- Codependency
- Compulsive Behaviour
- Concentration Problems
- Couple Relationships
- Cultural Issues
- Depression
- Disability
- Dissociation
- Divorce
- Dyslexia
- Eating Disorders
- Erectile Dysfunction
- Ethics
- Exhaustion
- Family Problems
- Fatigue
- Fear
- Gay Issues
- Grief
- Impotency
- Inertia
- Infertility
- Integration of Experience
- Isolation
- Leadership
- Lesbian Issues
- Low Self Confidence
- Low Self Esteem
- Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)
- Manipulative Behaviour
- Marriage (Marital Relations)
- Meaningless
- Melancholia
- Menopause
- Mental Health Problems
- Midlife Crisis
- Miscarriage
- Morality
- Mothering
- Negative Thoughts
- Neurosis
- Obsessions
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD)
- Pain Management
- Panic Attacks
- Panic Disorder
- Parenting
- Perfectionism
- Performance Management
- Personal Growth
- Personal Relationships
- Personality Disorders (PD)
- Pet Bereavement
- Phobias
- Physical Abuse
- Physical Illness
- Post Natal Depression (PND)
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Pregnancy
- Premature Ejaculation (PE)
- Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS)
- Rape
- Redundancy
- Relationship Problems
- Religion
- Repetitive Negative Patterns
- Sadness
- Same Sex Relationships
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self Determination
- Self Development
- Self Harm
- Separation
- Sex
- Sexual Abuse
- Sexual Dysfunctions
- Sexual Harassment
- Shame
- Shyness
- Sleep Disorders
- Social Phobia
- Somatogenic Psychosis
- Spirituality
- Stress
- Stress Management
- Suicidal Thoughts
- Terminal Illness
- Tiredness
- Trauma
- Unresolved Issues
- Weight Loss
- Work Stress
- Emotional Abuse
Therapy Provides
- Counselling
- Psychotherapy
Price List
- Counselling: £45/session
- Psychotherapy: £45/session
Special Online Booking Offers
I charge the going rate of £45 per hour and am also able to offer a sliding scale to all clients down to £20 per hour depending on what you feel your financial circumstances allow.
For couples I charge £55 per session, and due to the nature of the work the sessions work better if they are 70 minutes.
Supervision sessions last 90 minutes and I charge £60.
I offer the first session at half price, as this session could be seen as a session for you to decide whether working with me is right for you. It is important that you find the right counsellor for you, and you may want to see how it feels working with me and others before deciding.
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