Counselling at CAAGe
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Wendy Gregory, Counselling Psychologist
Qualifications / Bsc Psychology, first class hons / MSc Counselling Psychology / Two Year diploma equivalent Certificate in Counselling
Experience / 18 years in private practise / eight years running counselling services in schools
Professional Associations / HCPC registered (PYL27779)
Fees / Vary. Guideline approx £45 per session, £50 for supervision, £55 per couple
Languages / English
Counselling delivered / online, phone and in person
Location for face to face counselling post COVID - Slough / Windsor, Berkshire
Other / Offers training to counsellors. Relationship specialist.
More about Wendy
CAAGe people - Wendy Gregory, Counselling Psychologist
Contact / thewendyhouse57@gmail.com / T 01753 793680
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Integrative counsellor, Preety Sidhu
Qualifications / Post-Graduate Diploma in Psychology, MSc Integrative Counselling / Working with Behavioural Addictions 2024 / Trauma informed certificate 2025
Experience / Seven years in Private Practice/ Two years volunteering for local counselling charities (Two years volunteering at MIND Rushden; One year with The Lowdown in Northampton)
Professional Associations / NCPS registered (NCS23-00121)
Fees / Vary. Guideline approx £50-55 per session, £100 per couple
Languages / English / Punjabi / Hindi
Counselling delivered / online, phone and in person
Location for face to face counselling - Outskirts of Northampton / Towcester / Milton Keynes
Other
/ Able to offer a thorough understanding of South Asian culture
/ Both long and short term therapy offered
Contact /
Healing Through Counselling / T 07760 222434
Organisations governing counselling
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Association of Christians in Counselling (ACC)
The Association of Christians in Counselling and Linked Professions (ACC) is a Christian professional membership organisation for those involved in counselling/psychotherapy and linked professions, i.e. pastoral care, coaching and spiritual direction, in the UK.
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British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
The British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy is a professional association for members of the counselling professions in the UK.
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British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP)
BABCP is the lead organisation for Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) in the UK and Ireland. CBT is acommonly offered form of terapy offered to people needing counselling.
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The Health and Care Professions Council
The HCPC regulates, amongst othe professions, ‘Practioner Psychologists’.
Psychology is th e scientific study of people, the mind and behaviour. Psychologists attempt to understand the role of mental functions in individual and social behaviour.
The HCPC regulates people with the following, protected, titles:
- Practitioner psychologist
- Registered psychologist
- Clinical psychologist
- Forensic psychologist
- Counselling psychologist
- Health psychologist
- Educational psychologist
- Occupational psychologist
- Sport and exercise psychologist
These titles are protected by law and professionals must be registered with the HCPC to use them
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National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society’s (NCPS)
NCPS grew out of the CPS which viewed counselling as a vocation, not just a profession
Today it’s a membership body attracting counsellors impressed by its ethos. It keeps a register of members,
Counsellors on their register are allowed to display the Accredited Register quality mark.
The association has various registers for relationship therapists.
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UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP)
The UKCP is a membership organisation for psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors in the UK, founded more than three decades ago.
They maintain a register of suitably qualified psychotherapists.
Standards Counsellors Must Meet
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AI : Things to Check Before Accessing Support from an AI driven health tool
Summarised:
1. AI tools should not operate as ‘always on’, giving people time away to process;
2. AI tools should be supportive.and should not create treatment plans or rteplace existing ones. The reflexive, human processes of therapy are vital.
3. AI tools must provide safeguarding support and human escalation.
4. AI tools must remind users that it is a supportive tool for reflection and organisation, not a therapist.
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ACC Ethics, policies and governance
The ethics, policies and governance that ACC Counsellors should adhere to
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BACP Ethical Framework for Counselling
All BACP members must work in accordance with their Ethical Framework.
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BABCP Standards of Conduct, Performance & Ethics
The duties of members of BABCP, including the standards of conduct, performance and ethics they must adhere to
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HCPC Expected Standards
HCPCs expected standards cover conduct, performance and ethics
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NCPS Code of Ethics
This is the Code of Ethics that every NCPS Counsellor should abide by
Sources of counselling support; and complaints procedures for each
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The ACC, Association of Christian Counsellors, has details and contact information on How to Make a Complaint
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The ACC, Association of Christian Counsellors, is an accreidited body. Th
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If you have a concern or complaint about a BABCP member, this is how to do it
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The BACP Register sets and enforces standards of proficiency, professionalism and good practice for BACP members.
It publishes a public record of therapists who meet our standards for registration: The BACP Register of Counsellors and Psychotherapists -
If search results yield a 'Registered' status’, then the registrant is on the Register. If someone has any conditions of practise or cautions against their record, then this will show, alongside a link to further information about what this entails.
You do not need full information on the list to be able to search
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Follow this link to find out how raise a concern about a member with the HCPC
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Find an NCPS counsellor on their tegister here: https://www.search-ncps.com/search
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The NCPS explains how to compain and what to expect: Here
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The BACBP lists upheld actions as registration numbers only, and this list is only interim suspensions pending investigation.
At lease, this is what we can find from their website, and we have contacted them (16.10.25) for additional information.
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If you have what it takes to offer counselling to adult survivors/victims of grooming, please contact us…..
Must be fully qualified
Minimum of 2 years experience
Prepared to undertake training to help understand adult grooming
No charge to appear as a CAAGe recommended counsellor for at least the first year
Particularly seeking…
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Seeking a Jewish counsellor
CAAGe is conscious that we have no specific support for victims within the Jewish community/communities. This is something that we would specifically like to resolve.
Find out more: HERE
If you are interested, or would like to find out more, please call Claire on +44 (0)7771 817015
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Seeking Muslim Counsellors
Whether Sunni, Shia, and Alawite, any Muslim who has been groomed as an adult should be able to come to CAAGe for help.
We are therefore seeking at very least a male and female counsellor to help Muslim victims/survivors.
Find out more: HERE
To fins out more, please call Claire on +44 (0)7771 817015
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Wider representation of sex/gender/sexuality in our mix of counsellors.
At CAAGe we are conscious that for people who have been groomed life is hard enough. Having someone who explicitly understands their own lived experience may sometimes be appealing (and, it must be said, sometimes the reverse applies - it’s simply about choice.)
We are therefore pro actively seeking counsellors to join us from specific communities.
Read more: HERE
Coming soon:
CAAGe is investigating ways to provide paid for counselling;
CAAGe will be introducing a register of grooming aware counsellors.