Dev Vaidya, BA, MBACP

Dev Vaidya, BA, MBACP
London
N5

tel: 020 7226 6398
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Counsellor Profile

Hello and welcome

My approach to counselling is based on an understanding that it is truly effective only when you are supported in releasing your own natural capacity for creating the changes that are important to you in your life. These changes are often facilitated in counselling, but ultimately result from your own increased awareness of your life and who you are as a person. In this respect, I regard self-awareness as a far more powerful tool than any technique for controlling thoughts, feelings or behaviour.

I offer a safe environment and a quiet space for us to meet and have a dialogue. By talking about the nature of your issues and their possible origins, new ways of dealing with them are explored. Such an exploration - that can involve your feelings, thoughts, dreams, behaviours and impulses - usually reveals the underlying meanings and beliefs which determine how you live your life at present. Constructive changes become possible upon finding a deeper understanding of your real needs and genuine desires.

This way of counselling can be efffective for people who are struggling with difficult life experiences and looking to face them with more confidence, and an internal sense of strength, stability, and self-direction. Goals and outcomes I can support you in achieving might include improving relationships at home or at work, making critical decisions, increasing ability to face difficult emotions without being destructive to self or others, and having a stronger sense of vitality and purpose in your daily life.

I facilitate this process by attending to the trusting and respectful working alliance between us. I aim to work non-judgementally with empathy, and by engaging with you in a person-to-person dialogue - rather than as a detached clinical expert.

I am a trained and experienced counsellor and psychotherpaist, and I offer one to one sessions on an ongoing or short-term basis in my private practice. I have held honorary posts within the NHS as a staff counsellor and as a psychotherapist. I am a member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy and work within its ethical framework. (To view this, visit www.bacp.co.uk/ethical_framework). My practice is overseen by accredited supervisors.

Training, Qualifications & Experience (more info)

I first gained a four year diploma in Deep Bodywork & Postural Integration (Body Psychotherapy). I then completed a four year post-graduate study in Person-centred Psychotherapy from Metanoia Institute in London. I have also completed a training in Trauma therapy.

Areas of counselling I deal with

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Personality Disorders

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Other areas of counselling I deal with

Relocation and cultural issues
Ethnicity and identity
Mentoring and career development
Organisational dynamics
Separation and divorce
Interpersonal conflict
Emotional release
Childhood experiences
Creativity and art
Postural Integration & Deep Bodywork

Fees

Fees for a 50 minute session:

£35-£50 - Counselling / Psychotherapy
£55 - Postural Integration Bodywork

(Low income clients and students are offered reduced rates on a sliding scale)

Extra Information

I offer a free 30-minute initial consultation on the phone. Please phone or email to book a no-obligation appointment.

I practice in North London (Highbury), within 12 minutes walking distance from Highbury & Islington and Finsbury Park stations. Several buses (4, 19, 236) come within a few minutes walk from where I work.

Member Organisation(s)

BACP	- Last checked by Counselling Directory on: 30th June 2007