Meet the Counsellor - Steve Thomerson
I now run a full time counselling practice and prior to this was a Head of Year in secondary schools in Hampshire and North London. I have a Bachelor of Education degree that involved research into the causes and effects of stress and a Masters degree that focused on aspects of cognitive development, affects on behaviour and research into the affects of personal recording on self-esteem and personal development. During this time, I also provided counselling training to teachers and health professionals.
Attending numerous workshops and seminars including courses in couple counselling and depression has ensured my knowledge and practice remains up to date and relevant.
I have an eclectic approach to counselling including cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) and have been influenced by the Human Givens approach as developed by Jo Griffen from the Mindfields College. Recent developments in brain science have informed these therapeutic techniques which help manage and alleviate depression, phobias, obsessive behaviours and post traumatic stress syndrome.
Further recent training in telephone and online counselling provided by Kate Anthony President of the International Society for Mental Health Online (ISMHO) enables me to offer an email and telephone service to clients as an alternative or addition to face to face counselling.
I am an Associate Member of the BACP (British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists), www.bacp.co.uk and am bound by its ethical guidelines for good practice in counselling and psychotherapy. I also hold membership of the BABCP (British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies) www.babcp.com, and am a registered counsellor with www.counselling-directory.org.uk.
I am committed to equal opportunity and provide a high quality professional counselling service for all regardless of colour, race, age, gender, disability or sexual preference. I hold an enhanced CRB certificate.