COUNSELLING & PSYCHOTHERAPY
About Craig Coventry, BACP accredited counsellor and psychotherapist
Psychotherapist in Woking and Guildford
Craig Coventry is an experienced and qualified professional counsellor and psychotherapist in Woking and Guildford, Surrey.
In my clinical work with clients, I work using a Person-Centred approach to therapy, placing each individual client at the centre of their own therapy. I also integrate other therapeutic approaches into that framework to remain flexible to the individual client’s needs.
My way of working is non-pathologising and normalising. Most of the difficulties people bring to therapy make sense once we understand the experiences behind them, so we start by exploring widely, then home in on the moments that carry the most weight and reprocess those, using EMDR or Deep Brain Reorienting where they are the right fit. I have been in private practice for over ten years, and see clients at my rooms in Woking and Guildford, and online across the UK and internationally.
I have experience in working with individuals covering a variety of different problems. Including difficulties such as: PTSD, CPTSD, EUPD/BPD, Dissociative Disorders including DID, depression, low self-esteem, anxiety, sexual abuse, relationship difficulties, bereavement, addictions, self-harm and suicidal ideations, anger, and several other issues.
I also have experience in working within colleges and in young person’s services within organisational settings (ages 16+).
Why I do this work
Helping people heal and grow through adversity has always mattered to me. My interest in trauma and dissociation began with additional training I took alongside my core training, where trauma theory and the idea that we are made up of many parts, rather than one fixed self, resonated strongly. Over the years, through experience and further training, my work has naturally moved towards more complex presentations, and that is where I feel most useful.
Training and Memberships
- MA Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy- 2016.
- BSC Psychology and Counselling-2013.
- Qualified in Deep Brain Reorienting, Level 2 (2026).
- Qualified EMDR Therapist (2021).
- Attachment Informed EMDR Trained
- BACP registered since 2016 and accredited since 2018. Registration number 217377.
- Accredited Professional Registrant of the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society (NCPS). Registration number NCS24-01939.
- In regular clinical supervision, as the BACP Ethical Framework requires.
- Introductory Certificate in Trauma Therapy.
- Attendance at Diploma level Trauma Therapy training and Several Trauma Related Professional Development courses.
- Dialectical Behavioural Therapy Essentials Certification.
- Continued Professional Development- I undertake various CPD courses yearly; many centred around trauma and dissociation.