About Gill Jones

I take my online counselling practice very seriously and am showing you here that I can be traced and I am accountable to my professional body ( BACP ).

Background
I began my counsellor training in 1990 and was introduced to emails in 1996 (my eldest daughter went back-packing around the world and they were a great way to keep in touch). In 1997 one of my face to face clients began to talk about internet relationships and I discovered how powerful these online relationships could be. I thought about working online as a counsellor but did nothing further about it until 1999 when a newslist I read carried a message about training prior to working as online. I realised this was the opportunity I was waiting for and throughout 2000 I worked online with a group of counsellors who were all interested in setting up an online practice. In 2001 I set up my first counselling website and have been online ever since, both as counsellor and a trainer of other counsellors. If you visit www.onlinetrainingforcounsellors.co.uk you can find out more about the training program for therapists which I developed.

Counselling and professional qualifications
My professional body is the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy ( BACP ) where I am a Senior Accredited Counsellor. I follow their Guidelines for Good Practice which you can read on their website www.bacp.co.uk . You can find my entry in their Directory of Counsellors where my Region is Buckinghamshire.

I am a Registered Counsellor on the UK Register of Counsellors where I am listed under the Buckinghamshire region. You can access the register by visiting www.ukrconline.org.uk

I am also registered with the Information Commissioner as a controller of sensitive data under the Data Protection Act (1998). I follow the government recommendations and guidelines for storing and handling sensitive data (such as transcripts of counselling sessions and my notes). You can check my registration by visiting www.ico.gov.uk/tools_and_resources/register_of_data_controllers.aspx and entering my registration number Z6065539 in the search box.

I am Founder Chairman of the Association for Counselling and Therapy Online ( www.acto-uk.org ) which seeks to “promote, improve and advance online therapy as a recognised modality with the profession of psychological therapies”. I work within their Code of Ethics and Practice.

My professional qualifications are as follows:-

• MA Professional Studies (University of Birmingham) 2000
• Diploma in Supervision (University of Birmingham) 1997
• Advanced Certificate in Psychodynamic Counselling (University of Leicester) 1991-1994
• General Certificate in Psychodynamic Counselling (University of Leicester) 1990-1991

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