About Us
How We're Helping
Actualize Wellbeing is a non profit organisation established to provide counselling and emotional well-being for adults, children, young people and families/ carers.
We offer Person-Centred Counselling, Clay Therapy and Therapeutic Play for children and young people age 4-21. We also offer relational therapy for families and couples.
Sessions are at our consulting room based at the Chess Medical Centre in Chesham. Arrangements can also be made to provide sessions within the school environment.
We are actively working to raise awareness of emotional well-being and mental health by offering CPD training for schools and organisations both within the U.K. and overseas.
Meet The Team
Our Director of Services is Tracy Porter who has in excess of 20 years' counselling experience and over 10 years' experience as a counselling supervisor. She has worked in a variety of settings, including private, public and charitable organisations.
She is highly qualified, and maintains professional registration with a number of organisations including BACP (reg 101253).
Tracy is also a qualified primary school teacher with a number of years' experience of working in primary schools in Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire.
BA (Hons) Person-Centred Counselling, (Metanoia)
MA Pastoral Care in Education
Diploma Person-Centred Counselling (Metanoia),
CSCT Adv. Cert Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Transactional Analysis and Psychodynamic Therapy
Primary PGCE with QTS
Cert. Relational Therapy
VACTS accredited alcohol and substance misuse counsellor
CRUSE accredited bereavement counsellor
BPS Approved Cert. Clinical Supervision
All our counsellors are appropriately qualified, DBS cleared and supervised by the Director of Services.
Our Services
Actualize Wellbeing offers Person Centred Psychotherapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Therapeutic Play , Parent and Child Therapy and Clay Therapy from our consulting rooms at the Chess Medical Centre in Chesham, Bucks HP5 3EZ. Our counsellors work with children and young people from the age of 4 - 21. We also offer family mediation and therapeutic support groups for families of children with ASD, eating disorders, self-harm and emotional behaviour. .
We also offer a bespoke school-based counselling provision for Primary and Secondary Schools.
We provide a number of mental health CPD courses developed for schools or counselling organisations. We also provide consultancy on pastoral care, behaviour for learning, trauma aware schools and inclusion both in the U.K. and overseas.
About Us
Creative Arts Therapy and Child Counselling
Silvia is a highly qualified and experienced therapist who has worked therapeutically with children, young people and adults for a number of years. Silvia uses sand, play, art and body movement. She has expertise in dealing with complex trauma, childhood development trauma and challenging behaviour.
Silvia is a Person-Centred Counsellor and also holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy and Counselling. She is a member of BACP.
Counselling
Marina is a Diploma qualified and experienced Psychodynamic counsellor who has worked within a number of settings. She works with adults and young people over the age of 16. Her breadth of experience encompasses working with trauma, sexual abuse, substance/ alcohol misuse, abuse and diversity. Marina is also trained in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy so can offer support in redefining negative thinking patterns. She is a member of BACP.
Professional Registration
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We are dedicated to improving the lives of those in our community. Your contribution today helps us make a difference. We would like to be able to offer our services free of charge for the unwaged so that high quality mental health services are truly accessible and not dependent on financial ability to pay. Please help us reach our goal!
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