Counsellor & Psychotherapist (BA Hons, MBACP)
rumena@rumenapervin.com +44 (0)207 1013249 Location: East London, UK
You can engage me with confidence
Embarking on therapy shows great strength and courage but it requires significant trust in your therapist, in a way and to a degree that you may not have had to contemplate previously. In that context, you deserve to know that your trust has a sound basis.
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My past, current and potential clients can all take comfort from my being professionally regulated, DBS vetted, comprehensively insured and registered for data protection purposes.
Regulated
I am registered member 381834 of the ‘British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy’, operating in full compliance with its rules.
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Under those rules, I am supervised by an independent practitioner that I meet fortnightly.
Vetted
I hold a verifiable ‘Basic’ DBS certification (issued 25th Sep 2023).
Insured
My business insurance covers a range of risks (up to £5m) including malpractice and public liability.
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I am covered regardless of whether I work from a commercial premises, from home, or visit a client's home or place of business.
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The policy is provided through ‘Holistic Services Insurance’, a trading name of GINS Limited registered in England and Wales as company number 6387110; authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (registration number 475577).
ICO Registered
I adhere to the UK’s prevailing data protection legislation, including the General Data Protection Regulation (EU/2016/679) (the GDPR), the Data Protection Act 2018 and the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003.
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For legal purposes, I am the Data Protection Officer for the personal information I store about clients. I am registered as such with the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and comply with its data handling requirements.
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You can see my ICO registration here and my Privacy Policy here.