Tessa Begley

My road to counselling practice was long and winding. I originally studied Psychology as an undergraduate at the University of Alberta with the intention of starting a MA in Counselling a year or two after obtaining my BA. Life, it seems, had other ideas.   While I did receive my Bachelors in 2006, my few years of work experience became a decade long detour which involved an international move, from Canada to the UK. 

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In 2017 I finally started my Masters in therapeutic counselling at the University of Greenwich. But before then I worked in several mental health support roles. These included a holistic eating disorder clinic which used the 12 steps model for treating our clients, a women's prison where I supported the women in basic life skills and preparing for release,  and an alternate provision college where I supported a group of students with their behaviours, emotions, academics and careers. 

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In 2024 I undertook an additional Postgraduate diploma, this time in Psychosexual and Relationship Therapy.

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I am passionate about improving mental health and feel it should be tended to as much as our physical health.  I enjoy accompanying my clients on their journey's, as painful as it can be.  I bring my years of support experience in my practice working with people across class, race, sexuality, gender and age. I choose to work relationally and in a client-centred model. 

 

As your therapist, I agree to:

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• To be available at the agreed time

• To start and end on time

• To offer a quiet, appropriate and undisturbed space

• To maintain safe, professional boundaries

• To encourage client autonomy