David Taylor-Jones
Person-Centred Counselling & Supervision
Counselling
For all of us, there can be times in our lives when we feel challenged, stressed and alone. We can find it hard to cope.
Counselling can offer you the opportunity to look at problems you may be experiencing in your life. You may be feeling anxious, lonely, depressed or overwhelmed by emotional problems that you feel unable to resolve on your own.
Counselling can offer general support or focus on more specific issues such as personal development, bereavement & loss, substance misuse or relationship issues.
You can use the time to explore what is happening for you.
The therapeutic relationship is confidential, non-judgemental and takes place in a safe environment.
Counselling can offer you the opportunity to look at problems you may be experiencing in your life. You may be feeling anxious, lonely, depressed or overwhelmed by emotional problems that you feel unable to resolve on your own.
Counselling can offer general support or focus on more specific issues such as personal development, bereavement & loss, substance misuse or relationship issues.
You can use the time to explore what is happening for you.
The therapeutic relationship is confidential, non-judgemental and takes place in a safe environment.
Supervision
I offer clinical supervision for counsellors and psychotherapists from a Person-Centred perspective.
My intention is to offer a safe space in which you can explore your practice in depth. My supervision draws on Keith Tudor & Mike Worrall's ideas as discussed in 'Freedom to Practise' in terms of trusting the counsellor and helping them to deepen their experiences of their client work. This involves exploring your own processes in relation to the work as much as those of your clients.
My understanding of the supervisory role is that it also includes aspects of providing a critical companion to help you explore and develop your practice and to hold any ethical concerns or dilemmas that will emerge from your work.
My intention is to offer a safe space in which you can explore your practice in depth. My supervision draws on Keith Tudor & Mike Worrall's ideas as discussed in 'Freedom to Practise' in terms of trusting the counsellor and helping them to deepen their experiences of their client work. This involves exploring your own processes in relation to the work as much as those of your clients.
My understanding of the supervisory role is that it also includes aspects of providing a critical companion to help you explore and develop your practice and to hold any ethical concerns or dilemmas that will emerge from your work.
The Person-Centred Approach
The person-centred approach to counselling was originally described by Carl Rogers in the 1950's. His theory was that a self-directed process of change would follow from an individual's experience of a particular kind of relationship. This relationship was characterised by genuineness (congruence), non-judgmental caring (unconditional positive regard), and empathy.
Initially this type of counselling was known as 'non-directive' psychotherapy because it was based on the concept that counsellors cannot decide the directions in which people can change and develop. The approach was later called 'client-centred' or 'person-centred' to reflect the centrality of the client in the process of therapy.
Carl Rogers wrote extensively on the subject and several of his books are still available, 'On Becoming a Person' and 'A Way of Being' are two that may be of interest.
About Me
I am a BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy) Accredited Counsellor and as an individual member of BACP I am bound by its Ethical Framework for Good Practice for the Counselling Professions (2018) and subject to the Professional Conduct Procedure.
To comply with the UK GDPR I am registered with the ICO as a data controller so that all your information is safe.
I trained at University of Brighton, qualifying in 2002 with a Postgraduate Diploma in Person-Centred Counselling. After a further year of study, I also attained an MA in Counselling Studies from Brighton. Following my counselling training, I studied for a PGSE in post-compulsory education, also at Brighton. This led to teaching on counselling courses. As my interest in teaching developed, I undertook a PhD in Education at the University of East Anglia. My thesis focused on the experiences of counselling students during their training and highlighted potential tensions between ‘doing counselling’ and ‘being a counsellor’. I am currently Head of Counselling Programmes at the University of Chichester.
To comply with the UK GDPR I am registered with the ICO as a data controller so that all your information is safe.
I trained at University of Brighton, qualifying in 2002 with a Postgraduate Diploma in Person-Centred Counselling. After a further year of study, I also attained an MA in Counselling Studies from Brighton. Following my counselling training, I studied for a PGSE in post-compulsory education, also at Brighton. This led to teaching on counselling courses. As my interest in teaching developed, I undertook a PhD in Education at the University of East Anglia. My thesis focused on the experiences of counselling students during their training and highlighted potential tensions between ‘doing counselling’ and ‘being a counsellor’. I am currently Head of Counselling Programmes at the University of Chichester.
Sessions & Fees
I believe that collaboration lies at the heart of counselling and work in an open-ended way in which I discuss the likely duration of the therapeutic relationship with each client. You have the right to end our relationship whenever you feel you need to.
I operate a sliding scale of fees from £40.00 to £75.00 per session and agree the fee to be paid with each individual client. There is a negotiable reduced rate for trainee counsellors. The first session is for 30 minutes and is free of charge to give us both the opportunity to decide whether and how we will work together.
I work face-to-face in Chichester and online using a secure videoconferencing platform.
I operate a sliding scale of fees from £40.00 to £75.00 per session and agree the fee to be paid with each individual client. There is a negotiable reduced rate for trainee counsellors. The first session is for 30 minutes and is free of charge to give us both the opportunity to decide whether and how we will work together.
I work face-to-face in Chichester and online using a secure videoconferencing platform.
Contact
- Chichester, England, United Kingdom