Helen King

Weir Cottage
Teddington Studios
Broom Road
Teddington
Middlesex
TW11 9NT
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233 Lower Mortlake Road
Richmond
Surrey
TW9 2LL
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07985 041 060 / 07985 041 060
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Practical and down-to-earth, I promote an open and honest client-therapist relationship. Clients say I'm relaxed and unphased - and I will always seek to handle your sensitive issues sensitively. My skill is in listening and attuning to your situation and helping you gently unpick it, make meaning of it, hold on to the healthy bits and eject the rest.  You can choose to raise your life up to make it a little better, or if you’re sick of the ‘same-old, same-old’, I will help you start writing yourself a new script.  Just depends on how much more you would like to make of yourself.


The most common issues I work with are:

- relationships (couples counselling and multi-relationship counselling)
- co-dependent ways of relating (a common source of relationship aggro - also relevant for those caught up in family/friend problems with alcohol, drugs, sex, love, gambling, work, etc)
- working through addictive behaviours
- early trauma, shame and abuse (physical, mental, emotional)
- anger, stress and anxiety
- business / work related stress (and its impact on you and your relationships)
- I am also experienced in working with those with a specific faith, belief or religion.


Whatever is creating pressure for you, overwhelming you, or intruding on your mental or physical space - together, we will work towards clarity, closure, a route out, acceptance, peace.

Just talking it out may be enough, however, I am trained to provide a safe space where you can explore the edges of your experience.  You discuss as much or as little as you want – in your time, at your pace.


I'm not all things to all people! I don’t hold THE answer or give sweeping promises or guarantees.  If I did, I’d likely be forcing an agenda on you.  I’d also be a charlatan.  I’m happy to work with fantasy – as long as our sessions are rooted in reality!

In our sessions we’ll find humour! We'll find stillness too.

Your first session is free, so that you have a no-obligation way of assessing me. Thereafter, I generally say take 3 sessions to see if there is a good working fit between us; then we will agree 12 sessions to focus on specific issue(s), reviewing as we go along. If you would like more sessions, they are available to you. I work both time-limited and open-ended.

Couples Counselling / Multi-Relationship Counselling helps you get tricky stuff aired in a safe, contained environment.  Our objective will be greater communication and a meeting of minds - even if you decide to part.

Co-dependence is not a buzzword!  Nor can it be boiled down to an academic list of behaviours. Five years ago, I founded a local self-help group for those suffering from co-dependency.  It is one of my specialist areas.

Group Therapy : Spring 2012. There are currently places available in our next Group Therapy group.  It’s small, low cost – and a useful way of exploring how to be in relationship with others.

Staying fresh: I keep up-to-date on psychotherapy subjects/training, who’s who, and who does what. I have regular confidential clinical supervision, and personal psychotherapy each week.

My office is calm and comfortable. It's located in a 16th Century cottage within the Teddington Studios complex. There's allocated parking.

Early-bird appointments: I have a couple of slots free (from 07:30am onwards) - or otherwise appointments are a mix of daytime/evening.

Fees and Frequency: See below - I'm open to negotiating fees and frequency of sessions, to enable you to meet your needs.






Training, Qualifications & Experience

Training

- MSc advanced training in Transactional Analysis psychotherapy (Metanoia Institute). I prefer a relational approach to working, but also integrate different theories and approaches to suit each client's needs.
- Trauma therapy training: on-going (Wealdon College)
- Addictions training (ASCA)
- Various training, including: "Integral Model for Treating Trauma & Addiction"; "Addiction & Narcissism" (LifeWorks Community)
- Working with Groups (Metanoia)
- Working with Couples (Metanoia)
- Bowlby Attachment Relationships (PPA)
- Various NHS in-depth training (workshop based and on-the-job) in Mental Health procedure and diagnosis (Kingston & District PCT)

Other relevant training:

- Beliefs and Values in World Religions (WLIHE)
- The 12 Steps

Current experience:

- Private practice in Teddington (previously East Twickenham / Richmond)
- Part-time counsellor with ASCA, Richmond (Addiction Support and Care Agency)

Past experience includes:

- Counselling in a centre for survivors of sexual and domestic abuse
- Counselling clients with a host of different issues at the Metanoia Institute Clinic in Ealing
- Programme Assistant at the private residential addictions rehab, Lifeworks Community in Surrey
- 3+ years with Kingston & District Community NHS Trust, serving on a panel reviewing patients who have been Sectioned under the Mental Health Act.
- Administrating and marketing the BFSS National RE (Interfaith) Centre, focused on celebrating difference in society and running workshops and courses for State school teachers.
- I have considerable life experience, and hold a working background in management (marketing, manufacturing and strategy consultancy).

I adhere to the following organisations' codes of ethics:

- UKCP (United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapists)
- EATA (European Institute of Transactional Analysis)
- IARTA (International Association of Relational TA)
- Metanoia Institute.

Areas of counselling I deal with

Other areas of counselling I deal with

Search engine stuff - so that you can see the work I do, and others can find me:

- Relational Psychotherapy
- Parent - Adult - Child
- Relationship counselling / Couples counselling
- Bi-sexual / Tri-sexual relationships
- Codependence / Co-dependent relationships
- Love Addiction
- Addiction(s) / Addictive behaviour, Dependencies, Obsession(s), Fantasy
- Identity & Loss of Self
- Trauma (specifically early years)
- Death
- Withdrawal
- Depression
- Shame, Anger, Stress & Anxiety
- Business counselling / Work issues
- Multi-faith relationships



Therapies Offered

Fees


2012 Fees:

Individual: to a maximum of £45.00 per session (no matter your upwards income).

Couples: to a maximum of £70.00 per session (ditto)

Group Therapy: members pay a different fee and sessions are between 1.5 and 2 hours, depending on the size of the group.



Further Information


I am associated with:

Richmond Meditation Group: http://richmondmeditation.org.uk
Action for Happiness: www.actionforhappiness.org


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