COUNSELLING FOR ALL

CHRISTINA RAEBURN

COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL PSYCHOTHERAPY AND COUNSELLING FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN.

Specialities

Children

Children aged 8 + can be seen.

Adults

- Both Individuals and couples can be seen.
- All appointments last between 30 -50 minutes (longer appointments can be requested).
- Appointments require 48 hours notice in the event of cancellation *.
- Insurance - AXA PPP, Cigna **, Nuffield Health, Aviva, Bupa

Specialities

The main objective of this counselling service is to help individuals identify current difficulties and equip them with strategies to help them cope in the future. A wide range of problems can be treated through counselling and cognitve - behavioural psychotherapy (CBT) including:

Anxiety
Bereavement
Depression
Addiction
Rape and Sexual Assault
Stress
Phobias
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Obsessive - Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Relationship problems
Eating Disorders

Christina Raeburn

Christina has been involved in the world of Counselling and Psychology since 1994. She originally began in the Voluntary sector working with woman whose lives had been affected by alcohol addiction and rape/sexual assault.

Her own private practice 'Counselling For All' was established in 1997 and from 2000 this was based from GP-Plus in Edinburgh and Glasgow. In September 2013 Christina relocated her practice to The Edinburgh Clinic and YourGP (Medicalternative). Since July 2018 Christina was based solely at The Edinburgh Clinic. Following the Covid pandemic, face-to-face appointments are no longer available at The Edinburgh Clinic. Her main approach is cognitive behavioural psychotherapy (CBT).

She is a graduate member of The British Psychological Society (MBPsS), a registered member of The British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP registered) and an accredited CBT therapist with BABCP (British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies) and EABCT (European Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies).

Christina has a particular interest in Eating Disorders and works closely with The National Centre for Eating Disorders in London.

Training, qualifications & experience:

PgDip Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy (CBT)
PgCert Professional Studies in Education

BSc (Hons) Psychology
Primary Practicum Cert in REBT
Master Practitioner Diploma in Eating Disorders and Obesity
Advanced Diploma in Eating Disorders
Diploma in Practitioner Skills for Eating Disorders
Certificate in Nutritional Interventions for Eating Disorders
Certificate in Obesity
Certificate Health & Social Care
HNC Counselling (including 'Cruse' Grief and Bereavement course)
A.E.B. Certificate in Counselling Skills
Working with people with prescribed drug addiction preparation course.
Transactional Analysis 101 Course

I am a BABCP Accredited CBT Therapist. For more information about BABCP, please visit their website.

Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy (CBT)

Who can offer CBT?

CBT therapy is practiced after Post-Graduate University (Diploma) level training. To gain accreditation with the BABCP, CBT therapists need to have a core professional training and be able to demonstrate commitment to the practice of CBT for at least 50% of their time. Accredited therapists have completed specialist CBT training and have supervised experience of practicing CBT. They abide to a code of practice, engage in continuum professional development and receive regular clinical supervision. Accreditation is renewable every five years. Christina is an accrediatated CBT therapist.

Clinical/Counselling Psychologists, Psychotherapists and/or Counsellors may, but are not automatically fully trained or experienced in the delivery of CBT.

Accreditation by the BABCP demonstrates that the therapist has been thoroughly vetted, and guarantees a commitment to the practice of CBT, to regular and relevant professional development and to abiding to a code of ethics and practice, which ultimately protects the client.

What is CBT?

It is a way of talking about yourself, the world and other people.

How what you do affects your thoughts and feelings.

CBT can help you change how you think (Cognitive) and what you do (Behavioural). These changes can help you to feel better. Unlike some other types of treatment, CBT focuses on the 'here and now' problems and difficulties.

What types of difficulties can CBT help with?

Depression
Anxiety
Phobias
Panic Disorder
Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Eating Disorders
Agoraphobia
Social anxiety disorder
Relationship problems
ADHD/ADD

Eating Disorders

Eating Disorders can affect anyone:

People who suffer from an Eating Disorder worry about everything that they eat so much that it can control their life. It can stop them making realistic decisions about what they eat and how much they should eat.

People can develop Eating Disorders for a number of reasons, these include......

Psychological - Low self esteem, Depression, Anxiety, Loneliness, Anger, General dissatisfaction with life.

Interpersonal - Troubled family or personal relationships, History of sexual or physical abuse, Difficulty expressing emotions or feelings.

Social - Cultural norms that value people for their physical appearance, Media influence.

If they go undetected, eating disorders can cause real health problems as they stop the body getting all the essential energy and nutrients it needs to function properly. Remember that all sufferers of an Eating Disorder will not always have the same symptoms as someone else who has the same problem.

Anorexia

Sufferers of Anorexia Nervosa severely reduce the amount of food they eat due to fear of gaining weight. Some sufferers can eat nothing or fast for a number of days. people who have had the condition for a long time can lose a lot of weight and view their body size as being larger than their actual size. In severe cases, people can die from the effects of anorexia as normal functioning of the body is disturbed, especially if they do not seek help.

Bulimia Nervosa

Bulimia Nervosa is different from Anorexia, as sufferers experience a lack of control in their eating habits and tend to eat large amounts of food in a short space of time. Inappropriate compensatory behaviours, such as self-induced vomiting, laxatives or excessive exercise are then used to prevent weight gain. This can happen from several times a day to every few months.

Binge Eating

You may think that all eating disorders cause extreme weight loss, but people who have a Binge Eating Disorder can gain large amounts of weight because they binge on food during the day or continue to eat when they are not actually hungry. Binge Eating is usually in response to negative moods. Binge eaters can become obese and can develop problems with their heart, blood pressure and general level of fitness.

Allergies

Christina Raeburn has been a counsellor involved with The Anaphylaxis Campaign since 2000. Her own private practice (CFA) was established in 1997 and has allowed Christina to pursue a particular interest in working with parents, teenagers and young children with severe allergies and the life challenges it brings. Although Christina's professional experience of allergy is extensive, she also has personal experience having a nut and sesame allergy herself. She is able to provide counselling and advice to those who feel their life is being affected by their allergy.

Anaphylaxis Campaign

Since 2000 Christina has been involved with the campaign, firstly facilitating the running of workshops across the UK and Ireland for children and teenagers with severe allergies. And for the last few years she has provided counselling and advice to families and individuals whose lives have been affected by allergy.

The Anaphylaxis Campaign is the only UK charity to exclusively meet the needs of the growing numbers of people at risk from severe allergic reactions (anaphylaxis) by providing information and support relating to foods and other triggers such as latex, drugs and insect stings. The Campaign provides tailored services for individual and clinical professional members for just £17 a year and also has a corporate membership programme. The AllergyWise online training programmes, developed by the Campaign, provide information and support for families, carers and individuals as well as for health professionals.

For more information contact www.anaphylaxis.org.uk

Testimonials

Absolutely first rate professional advice and support. Christina takes time to listen thoroughly to the needs of clients, responding sensitively and with an astute understanding of the issues raised and what practical steps can be taken to move forward. I can't recommend her services highly enough. Catherine, Edinburgh

Excellent session - Christina is a good listener and is always positive in feed-back. Lyn, Edinburgh

Christina provides a safe space to open up, with a perfect balance of active listening, thought provoking questions and feedback/observations to help me move forward. Jane, Edinburgh

Excellent session as usual. I can thoroughly recommend Christina as an ADHD therapist. John, Roxburghshire

Over a number of years, I have struggled to find the right therapist for me until I was referred to Christina. She has been super patient, great at listening and providing the recommendations to help me progress. Really helps to pinpoint elements which could be worked on to resolve a number emotions and situations. I would highly recommend her to anyone. Christina, Fife

Christina is excellent! She’s very knowledgeable, a good listener and very understanding. I would definitely recommend her. Susan, Edinburgh

Christina has helped me through many different challenges. As well as listening she also asks the right questions to usher me towards the realisations I need to help me move forwards positively. Jilly, Dundee

Face-to-face sessions

It is no longer possible to have a face-to-face session. This is due to private hospitals no longer having the capacity for a psychotherapy service.

Remote sessions

During the pandemic I only offered support via FaceTime and Skype or telephone. Even though face to face contact is now allowed, I have continued to offer this service as it has been so effective.

I have been able to see more clients as there is less travel time which means I can see patients who live in various geographical locations. Patients have also told me they love the flexibility around work, school and other commitments.

There is also loads of evidence emerging about how remote therapy is just as effective as face to face therapy. This is an up and coming area of therapy research.

Reports and patients notes

Patient notes are the property of Counselling For All and can only be released for legal requests with a court order. If information is required by a patient, a chargeable report can be provided. Please note that patient records are only kept for 3 years unless there is a legal request for them to be held for longer.

Registration

Please follow the link below to register as a new patient.

https://eu.jotform.com/assign/210904110774043/210984827053056

Privacy

Introduction

How we collect and store your personal data

We may collect and store your information as follows:

Information that you provide by completing a registration form at the assessment session.
Contact details that you provide over the telephone or by email.
Email correspondence is kept if you are a patient and deleted if you are not.
Personal data which you provide by completing assessment measures on paper or by email which allows the therapist to monitor progress.
Communications regarding your ongoing care, including emails and reports which have been prepared at your request.

We use only the data which has been provided by our patients to provide the service that you have requested from us. This means that the legal basis of our holding your personal data is for legitimate interest. We are happy to provide any additional explanation needed. Any requests for this should be sent to christina.raeburn@counsellingforall.co.uk. We keep our Privacy Notice under regular review; the last being April 2018. If we need to keep more information, it would only be with your express consent in which case the legal basis of holding this information is consent.

Retaining your data allows us to process any complaint you may make. In this case the legal basis of our holding your personal data is for contract administration.

Communications between Counselling For All and patients must be retained according to the rules of our Insurance company (Towergate) for 3 years.

Security

We ensure the information we hold is kept in secure locations with restricted access to authorised personnel only.
We protect personal and confidential information held on equipment such as laptops or handheld devices.
Credit card information provided directly to us for payments of appointment or report fees are immediately processed. Any paper records are shredded when payment if complete.

Your Rights

Every individual has the right to see, and have a copy of, personal data that can identify you.
You can make a subject access request in writing to christina.raeburn@counsellingforall.co.uk. We shall respond within 30 working days from then. Our response will include the details of the personal data we hold on you including: how we acquired the information, why we keep it and those with whom we have shared it, if this was subject to your consent.
You have the right to ask to have your information corrected or updated where it is no longer accurate. The right to ask us to stop keeping your information provided that we aren’t required to do so by law or in accordance with Professional Regulatory Guidelines.

If you would like to invoke any of the above rights, write to Christina Raeburn christina.raeburn@counsellingforall.co.uk

Our data role

We act as a data controller for use of your personal data to provide the service you have requested. We also act as a controller and processor for processing your data to other healthcare providers such as a GP only where this is necessary for your care and with your consent. We act as a data controller and processor for processing credit card payments.

Do you share my information?

Within the mental health sector, we follow the common law duty of confidence, which means that where identifiable information about you has been given, it is treated as confidential and only shared for the purpose of providing direct care. We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure and not disclosed to third parties in accordance with the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation.
We share your data only with your consent, such as writing a confidential report to a GP. The exception to this would be in the event of a complaint, we would provide information as required to our Registrant Body, in our case, the British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies.
We seek your consent before sharing your information with another healthcare provider. However, we may use your data where there are overriding safeguarding issues. For example if we think your life is in danger we may pass your information to an appropriate authority such as social services in the case of a child or vulnerable adult, or a GP. We may use your data if there is a legal requirement such as a formal court order. In this event we are using the legal basis of vital interests.
Any contractors such as accountants that provide a service to us or act as our agents, act on the understanding that they keep data confidential.

What safeguards are in place to ensure data that identifies me is secure?

We only use information that may identify you in accordance with GDPR. This requires us to process personal data only if there is a legitimate basis for doing so and that any processing must be fair and lawful. If we use your data for marketing purposes such as newsletters, this would be subject to you giving us your express consent.
We will protect your information, inform you of how your information will be used, and allow you to decide if and how your information can be shared.
Counselling For All (Christina Raeburn) are registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) as a data controller and collects data for a variety of purposes. A copy of the registration is available through the ICO website (search by Christina Raeburn).

How long do you hold confidential information for?

All records held by us will be kept for the duration specified by guidance from our professional association (The British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies) . At present this is 3 years.

Why are you asking me to agree to you holding my information?

New data protection regulations came into force on 25 May 2018 called the General Data Protection Regulations. You can find out more information on this at https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr/ These new regulations mean that businesses like Counselling For All have to be really clear with patients about what information we hold on patients and the ways in which we hold it.

Complaints

If you have a complaint regarding the use of your personal data then please contact us by writing to: Christina Raeburn christina.raeburn@counsellingforall.co.uk

If your complaint is not resolved to your satisfaction you can approach the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), on 01625 545745 or 0303 1231113.

Terms and Conditions

* Appointments are reserved especially for you. I understand that sometimes schedule adjustments are necessary. Therefore, I respectfully request at least 48 hour notice for cancellations or rescheduling of appointments. Please understand that when you forget, cancel, or change your appointment without giving enough notice, I miss the opportunity to fill that appointment time, and patients on my cancellation list miss the opportunity to receive treatment. Any appointment missed, late cancelled, or changed without 48 hour notice will result in a charge equal to 100% of the reserved service amount.

** Please not that for some insurance companies I require you to pay for treatment on the day and then claim the money back from your insurer.

How to Pay

Self funding patients

Payment can be made by debit or credit card at the end of your session.

Parents who are paying for sessions for children can be invoiced with payment being due on the day of the session.

Insured patients

Most insurance companies have a direct billing agreement. If you have an excess on your policy, this will be paid directly to Christina.

Patients insured with Cigna are required to pay for their sessions and claim this back themselves.