Stephen Weaver UKCP
Profile
I am a UKCP-Registered Counsellor and Psychotherapist based in the City of London, EC4 and Putney, SW15 offering CBT counselling and Integrative approaches to psychotherapy. I seek to provide space to talk in complete confidence - to transform problems into opportunities for personal growth.
During twelve years as a therapist I have been a couples counsellor, a sexual health counsellor and an EAP counsellor with BUPA and Right Corecare, among others. My private practice in The City has given me valuable experience with clients in the Law, banking, media and the arts. My base in Putney provides a convenient location for clients seeking counselling in South West London.
I offer a CBT approach to Counselling, which looks at the connections between thoughts, beliefs, moods and behaviours. At its heart is the opportunity to challenge and change the thoughts that tend to lead to problems such as panic attacks, sexual compulsion, eating disorders, substance abuse and relationship problems. The goal is to help the client develop more positive thought processes and better ways of coping.
We contract initially for 6 sessions. Firstly, your problem is assessed and a strategy is agreed between us, with a manageable goal in view. We can extend to 12 sessions if we agree that further work is potentially beneficial.
I offer Integrative approaches to Psychotherapy, which seek to understand both the roots of psychological problems in the past, as well as their purpose, in forming the person we are still becoming in the present. The overall goal is a greater tolerance of life's experiences, personal and spiritual maturity and an increase of creativity and connection with life. I use a range of techniques, including dreamwork, artwork, bodywork, literature and guided meditation.
The typical session is like a conversation, in which you are free to speak about whatever you wish, in complete confidence. I may prompt you to reflect on what you have said. Sometimes the conversation will flow; sometimes it may move into silence. Occasionally I may suggest working in a non-verbal way, with pens and paper, for example, or by focusing attention on what you are feeling in your body.
It is difficult to be more specific than that, because so much depends on the issues you bring, the goals we set for our work together and the ways in which our personalities interact.
Training, Qualifications & Experience
2009 Intermediate Skills Training for ACT (Mindfulness Training, London)
2008 Introduction to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (Mindfulness Training, London)
2007 CBT training at the Oxford Cognitive Therapy Centre and participation in a series of Jungian Dream Workshops at the British Association of Psychotherapists, London.
2003 Diploma in Supervision (Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy Education, London)
1998 - 2001 Diploma in Transpersonal Counselling and Psychotherapy (CCPE, London )
1995 -1998 Certificate in Marital Counselling (University College of Ripon and York St.John, Leeds)
Counsellor and Psychotherapist in Private Practice 1999 - present
Average of 20 client hours per week, including EAP work for BUPA, Ceridian, Right Corecare, EAR and First Assist
Gay Mens Sexual Health Counsellor, PACE, London August 2001 -March 2005
Areas of counselling I deal with
- Addiction(s)
- Affairs and Betrayals
- Anger Management
- Anxiety
- Asperger's Syndrome
- Bereavement
- Couples Counselling
- Depression
- Generalised Anxiety
- HIV/AIDS
- Internet Addiction
- Low Self-Confidence
- Low Self-Esteem
- Panic Disorder
- Phobias
- Pre-nuptial Counselling
- Psychosexual Therapy
- Relationship Issues
- Separation and Divorce
- Sexual Issues
- Sexuality
- Spirituality
- Stress
- Work Related Issues
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Creative blocks
Decision-making
Discernment and life-choices
Dreams
Faith conflicts
Gay and lesbian issues
Internet/Sexual "addiction"
Therapies Offered
- Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies - Cognitive Therapy
- Humanistic Therapies - Transpersonal Psychology
Fees
My fees are negotiable, £70 and upwards, to reflect your gross income
Further Information
A Client's Comments" I can't tell you how instrumental you've been in helping me find solid ground, my self-worth, and remembering that my instincts are there to be trusted. I feel so much stronger since I came to you for the first time. You've truly have helped me through one of the most unpleasant periods of my life and I am so grateful for that."
- Supervision available (view supervision profile)
- Online, email or telephone counselling available
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