Counselling, Psychotherapy & Coaching 
 
Sudbury Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

About Anita

What previous clients have said:

Anita Duke  MBACP (Accred), GHSC (Accred)
B.A.(Hons), Dip.IntCouns, Adv.Dip.Hyp/Psych, Dip.Som.Trauma, Dip. EMDR, MPract.NLP, TFTdx, Dip.SC

I appreciate that you may wish to know a bit more about me and my background in helping people before committing.

I have over 30 years experience working in a variety of professional roles:  After graduating at the age of 21, I spent fourteen years working in senior sales and marketing management. Then, after making a life-changing decision to leave the corporate world for personal reasons, I spent the next twelve years working part-time in various behaviour support, coaching and teaching roles in state education. It was during these years that I began training and practicing as a therapist. 

I first began seeing clients in 2012 as an NLP Life Coach and Style Coach™ specialising in confidence and self-esteem. I expanded this in 2014, having qualified in clinical hypnotherapy. A few years later I qualified as an Integrative Counsellor and in EMDR therapy. I have since worked as a counsellor for a social enterprise specialising in mental wellbeing, and as an Anxiety UK Approved Therapist for both counselling and clinical hypnotherapy.  In 2019 I launched Anita Duke Therapy to be able to offer my full repertoire of skills, and in 2023 was invited to join the Bedfordshire Centre of Therapeutic Studies as an Associate Tutor.

However, behind all of this I have experienced the emotional roller-coaster that is human existence at a very deep and personal level, having myself lived and breathed life, loss, trauma and the associated difficulties: Some years ago, virtually overnight, I had to learn to accept and cope with high levels of distress, fear, helplessness, loss and change over a sustained time period, yet somehow keep putting one foot in front of the other each day, facing new challenges as they arose and continuing to care for and support others.  I therefore know the value of therapy - the healing power of being really heard and supported in order to work through very personal difficulties - which now greatly enriches my client work.  To that end I work in an integrative and holistic way; accepting you as the individual you are, both inside and out, working with your unique life story so far, and gently helping you to unpick the challenges and difficulties you face, in order to identify and achieve what and where you want to get to in life, at a pace that's right for you.

Professional Bodies and Licences

I am a Registered (Accredited) Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), and I am accredited by the General Hypnotherapy Standards Council through the General Hypnotherapy Register (GHR). I abide by the code of conduct, confidentiality and ethical frameworks of both my professional bodies. This includes continuous professional development (CPD) and regular supervision. 

I am fully certified to offer online and telephone counselling alongside traditional in-person therapy, and have been approved as a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional.

In addition, I am licenced as Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming™ by the NLP Society (this licence is personally authorised by Richard Bandler, the co-creator of NLP). I am also a Diagnostic Practitioner of Thought Field Therapy (TFT), an Authorised Human Toolbox™ Practitioner, and a certified Style Coach™.

I hold a current Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) certificate for working with vulnerable adults and children and am fully insured for all therapies I offer.
  Qualifications and Training

I hold the following qualifications, certifications and licences:

- Diploma in Integrative Counselling
- Diploma in Somatic Trauma Therapy (CPCAB approved - Level 5)
- Advanced Diploma in Hypno-Psychotherapy & Counselling
- Diploma in Integrative Hypnotherapy & Psychotherapy
- Diploma in Eye Movement Desensitisation & Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Master Practitioner in Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP Society)
- Diagnostic Practitioner in Thought Field Therapy (TFT)
- Advanced Certificate in Understanding and Applying Parts Theories
- Certificate in Online & Telephone Counselling (BACP approved)
- Certificate in Practitioner Specialism - Trauma Informed Practice 
 (NCIP approved - Level 7)
- Foundation Certificate in the Application of Polyvagal Theory
- Practitioner Certificate in The Human Toolbox™ 
- Certificate in Cognitive Behavioural Hypnosis  
- Certificate in the Practice of Hypno-Virtual Gastric Band
- Graduate Diploma in Style Coaching™

In addition, I have been awarded the General Qualification in Hypnotherapy Practice (GQHP) by the General Hypnotherapy Standards Council (GHSC).

Training in integrative therapy has enabled me to develop a breadth of understanding and competency in theory and practice across a number of different counselling and psychotherapy approaches. I am committed to regularly updating my skillset to inform and enhance client work including undertaking continued professional development (CPD) in:

- Trauma theory and practice
- Anti-racist practice and racial trauma
- Parts work (including Jungian Philosophy, IFS and Voice Dialogue)
- Polyvagal Theory 
- Breathwork, mindfulness and somatic resourcing
- Psychodynamic theory and practice
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) 
- Transactional Analysis (TA) 
- Inner Child Therapy
- Using creative practices in therapy
- Working with anxiety, stress, depression and phobias
- Working with grief and loss
- Working with suicide and self-harm
- Rewind Technique for trauma (also known as NLP Theatre Screen)
- Rapid change work (masterclass with Ali Campbell)
- Weight management group work 
- Ethics and practice management


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