Experienced Person-Centred Counsellor
Maria Facey is an experienced person-centred Counsellor accredited with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and a UKRCP Registered Independent Counsellor (United Kingdom Register of Counsellors and Psychotherapists) as well as a qualified person-centred Supervisor
I offer my clients a non-judgemental and respectful environment in which to explore areas and issues of difficulty.
My work is confidential.
My premises at Acorn Counselling are friendly, relaxed and comfortable, situated in Chinnor, Oxfordshire, conveniently close to Thame, Stokenchurch, High Wycombe, Princes Risborough and Aylesbury with easy access to M40.
In addition to counselling, I also offer clinical supervision to individual counsellors and counsellors in training, as well as to groups.
About Me
I hold a Diploma in Person-Centred Counselling from Amersham & Wycombe College and I am accredited by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). Alongside being a person-centred counsellor, I am also a qualified person-centred supervisor.
In addition, I have undertaken training in various and numerous areas which include:
Bereavement & Loss
Anger Management
Depression
Self Harm
Relational counselling (couples and families)
Domestic violence
Sexual abuse
Stress
Coaching
My private practice is located in Chinnor, in Oxfordshire, close to both High Wycombe and Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, within easy access of the M40. As well as working in private practice, I have previously undertaken work for an agency providing counselling for NHS Mental Health Staff in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire.
I have several years' experience of working as a counsellor in both middle and secondary schools and in a number of youth agencies. For several years, I worked for Cruse Bereavement Care, both as a counsellor and supervisor. I have a particular interest in relationship counselling.
Originally, I am from Sweden but have spent the last thirty or so years living in Germany and the UK. Counselling is offered in English, Swedish and German
What are the benefits
Having time and space to explore and look at your particular areas of concern may help you experience your life in a more satisfying, balanced and resourceful way and enable you to make the decisions you need to make.
You may experience more fulfilment in your life, improve your self esteem and confidence, improve your relationships with others, cope with what life throws at you, gain personal insight and growth and feel able to work through the feelings that cause inner conflict.
Privacy and Confidentiality Policy
Your privacy is important to me. I will only collect personal information for the purpose of delivering the service that you have requested from me. I here explain how I will treat this information and by visiting my website, you accept and consent to these practices
I protect your privacy in accordance with the Data Protection Act of 1998 and GDPR. I take appropriate security measures to protect your information and to safeguard it from unauthorised access, as is my legal obligation.
Only when you contact me via this website, or if you provide it personally to me, is your personal information collected by using cookies. Only information such as your email address/postal address/phone number or any other information that you provide is collected. This information is used for the purposes of contacting you to provide the service that you have requested and for statistical purposes. If you would prefer for your information not to be stored, please inform me.
I, Maria Facey, is the Data Protection Officer. ICO registration ref. no: ZA461065
Information I may collect from you
I may collect and use data about you, such as information that you provide by emailing me, phoning me or personally give to me. It may include your name, address, email address and phone number, medical information and requirements for your training or development. If you would prefer for your information not to be stored, please inform me.
Information I may collect about you
Each visit to my website automatically may result in information, such as the following to being collected:
Technical information, including Internet Protocol (IP) used to connect your computer to the Internet, browser type and version, time zone settings, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform.
Information about your visit, including the full Uniform Resource Locators (URL) clickstream to, through and from my site (including date and time); pages you viewed or researches you carried out; page response times, down load errors, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks and mouse overs), and methods used to browse away from the page.
How the information is used
The information collected about you is only used to carry out the obligations and work that you have requested and that has arisen from any contract between the two of us in relation to counselling or supervision and in order to notify you of any changes to the services that I provide.
Information collected about you in counselling sessions and how it is used
I will collect personal information about you when counselling begins. It will be basic information, such as name and contact details. I will also collect some details from you regarding your psychological health for assessment purposes. After sessions, I will make notes that may include sensitive details about you and your life in order to provide the service that you have requested from me.
All information is kept safely and securely.
As a BACP Accredited and Registered Counsellor, I am supervised every month and I will share information from my practice with my supervisor in order for us to ensure that my practice is both ethical and delivered as effectively as possible by regularly reviewing my practice. The information shared will not identify you.
Confidentiality would only be broken where legally bound to do so or if I became concerned for your or anyone else’s safety, and I would always aim to refer to you first. Notes of such occurrences would be made.
Disclosure of your information
I will not disclose your personal information to any third party unless legally required to do so or on conditions of our Counselling Agreement.
Information collected about you in a supervision session and how it is used
During supervision sessions, I will make notes. These may include themes, topics, focus and thoughts. The notes are for process purposes and in order to deliver the service that you have requested from me.
Where I store your information
Once received, your information will be stored safely and securely on my systems using strict procedures.
Your rights
I do not use your personal information for marketing purposes nor do I share it with any third party other than in cases listed above or if you instruct me to do so.
You have a right to request a copy of the information that I hold about you. You can request that the information is deleted, corrected and updated. If you wish to do so, please contact me via the contact details on my website and I will provide the copy to you within 30 days. You may also ask for some or all of your personal information to be passed on to another individual or company.
Sharing of data
Your personal information is stored on my computer. To access this information, a password is required and each individual’s personal data is coded. The code is not stored together with the information. I am the only person that uses you and sees your details.
I use a conventional email address which is not especially encrypted. If you are concerned about possible breaches of privacy that could occur in any such system, please do not send sensitive information by email.
Security of your data
All information is kept securely and confidentially as outlined above. Any handwritten notes are kept in a locked and secure filing cabinet to which I am the only keyholder. The filing cabinet is situated in an alarmed property.
Your contact number is stored on my mobile phone. For access, either a pass code or my finger print is required. Once our work has ended, your contact details are deleted from my mobile phone.
Lawful basis for processing your data
The lawful basis for my holding and using your information is in relation to the delivery of a contract to you as a counsellor or supervisor. As an accredited and registered member of The British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), I practice under their code of ethics and strict code of confidentiality.
Any future changes to this Privacy Policy will be posted here and, where appropriate emailed to you.