Clare Scudds
Training, qualifications and experience
I have an Advanced Diploma in Christian Counselling and a Level 5 Certificate in Counselling Young People. I also have a Certificate in Online and Telephone Counselling. Prior to training as a counsellor, I was employed as a youth worker, and ran different groups and activities in a variety of settings. I have been seeing clients since 2008, initially through an agency, then developing my own private practice. I joined Restore in 2018 and enjoy being a part of the team alongside continuing my private practice. As a counsellor, I work with adults, young people (11+) and couples, online and in-person.
I am a member of the Association of Christians in Counselling and Linked Professions (ACC) and an accredited member of the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society (NCPS), and am listed on the Accredited Voluntary Register of each body, as well as the NCPS's register for Children and Young People's Therapists. I adhere to both the ACC Ethics and Practice and the NCPS Code of Ethics.
As part of my Continuous Professional Development, I regularly attend training with a variety of organisations. I have attended courses on attachment, inner child, disordered eating, couples therapy, anger, self-injury, creative counselling, working with spirituality and many other topics. I receive regular supervision for my work.
I undergo regular safeguarding training and have an enhanced DBS certificate.
About the way I work
As an integrative counsellor, I draw on different counselling models, theories and approaches. I seek to provide each client a personalised approach depending on their needs and preferences. I aim to collaborate with clients to set relevant goals for their counselling and to work together to reach agreed outcomes. While I see unhelpful thoughts and beliefs to be a key element in the difficulties people face, I seek to work with the whole of the person, including emotions, behaviour patterns, and elements of a spiritual nature if wanted, to work towards a broad sense of growth and healing.