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ABOUT ME

Tim Young

I am a Counsellor & Psychotherapist in private practice based in Worcester City. For the 12 years leading up to September 2003 I was employed by the NHS as a primary care counsellor, working within 3 GP surgeries in Worcester City and I have had a private practice for the past 8 years.

I am a registered Psychotherapeutic Counsellor with the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP). I am also registered as a Primary Care Counsellor with the national Association of Primary Care Counsellors and Psychotherapists (CPC), an accredited EMDR Psychotherapist (EMDR UK & Ireland) and a full member of British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP).

I am Vice-Chair and professional member of the Midlands Institute of Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy (MIICP) at the Birmingham City University. I am also in a business partnership with a local colleague to provide high quality psychology & psychotherapy training to local counsellors, psychotherapists and psychologists (WTTN)

Currently, I teach counselling skills, counselling theory and related specialist subjects at local Colleges, Universities, NHS Staff and to local business and interest groups. I also teach Stress Management, Communication Skills, Assertiveness Skills etc. to staff at local schools, colleges and other Organisations.

I have been involved in a national working party led by the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) looking at 'management standards for work-related stress', and Worcestershire County Council Education Department's 'Healthy Schools' project.

I am a registered Service Provider for the following organisations;

Worcestershire County Council

Worcestershire County Council Education Department

Worcester Royal Hospital Acute Trust (NHS)

Worcestershire Primary Care Trust (NHS)

Norwich Union Insurance

ARCOS

BUPA

BUPA Wellness

BUPA Psychological Services

ICAS FirstCall

Ceridian Centrefile

First Assist

Focus

The Human Business

Moving Minds

The Injury Care Clinics

HCML Health Care Management Company

CiC Health Care Management Company

Corporate Support

My Counselling theoretical Perspective

Although my core theoretical training is that of 'Person-Centred Counselling', I consider myself an Integrative therapist as I assimilate a number of theories, concepts and models from numerous psychotherapeutic paradigms.

I have undertaken specific training in the following psychotherapeutic approaches;

Person Centred Counselling

Psychodynamic Therapy

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

Systemic Family Therapy

Transactional Analysis (TA)

NeuroLinguistic Programming (NLP)

Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)

Constellations Theory

Eye Movement, Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR)

I am an accredited EMDR Psychotherapist (Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing).

This technique has been found to be of significant benefit to those suffering trauma, particularly post traumatic stress. The National institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) has recently published guidelines on the treatment of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in which they recommend EMDR as a treatment of choice.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

I have professional memberships of the following organisations and as such abide by their particular codes of practice and ethics;

Registered member of the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP)

Registered Member of Association of Counsellors & Psychotherapists in Primary Care (CPC)

Accredited member of EMDR Association UK & Ireland

Professional Member of Midlands Institute for Integrative Psychotherapy & Counselling (MIIPC)

Full Member of British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP)