Rosemary Bowden - BA(Hons) Counselling

Garden Cottage 32A Oakfield Road Ashtead Surrey KT21 2RD View map
01372 275948 www.rosemarybowden.co.uk Click here to Email me

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About me

I am an experienced counsellor/psychotherapist and have been in private practice for over 10 years. From an early age I felt concern for people in distress, and as an adult this drew me to working as a volunteer for the Briggitte Trust offering emotional and practical help in families facing terminal illness.  Later the desire to work professionally, in greater depth and with more understanding led me to train as a counsellor and later to undertake a psychotherapy training.   I believe it is important for people to have the opportunity to talk about their difficulties in life.  It matters how we feel.

I am committed to staying alongside you for as long as you need with the aim of enabling you to find greater self understanding that can lead to change, to begin to live life more fully and face the future with hope.


How Psychotherapy/counselling can help

• Maybe you are feeling worried or overwhelmed and distressed, or depressed, sometimes feeling that life is just not worth living.
• Psychotherapy and counselling provide a safe, confidential and non-judgmental setting in which to explore thoughts, feelings, memories, events and relationships in your life - past and present - that concern or distress you.
•  I aim to listen to you and be with you in such a way that enables you to find your own voice and discover your own way forward.
• The difficulties we have in our lives and in relationships are often unknowingly connected with earlier experiences. Linking the past with the present within a therapeutic relationship can bring about understanding, greater self acceptance and be the foundation for making choices and effecting change.
• For some people, personal growth or the search for meaning in their lives is an important part of the work we do together, particularly during times of change or crisis. This may be purely personal or be connected with family issues.

How long will you need to come for?

Each person is different, after an initial meeting we can decide what might seem best for you - a fixed number of sessions or an open-ended arrangement. This can be reviewed at any time. It may take several sessions before it seems that any help has taken place, or whether further issues are surfacing that need exploring. Some people come for a few sessions, some stay for several months and others stay longer.

What next?

I would welcome your enquiry. Contact me by phone or e-mail me as above. There is no obligation to take the matter further.

If you wish, we can then arrange an initial consultation. Here you can talk with confidence about what has brought you to this point in your life and we can think together whether psychotherapy and counselling will be helpful to you at this time.
We can also talk about practical issues such as fees and frequency of sessions.
I work Mondays to Thursdays during the daytime and have some evening appointments.

Training, Qualifications & Experience

UKCP registered Psychotherapist,
Member of The Association of Independent Psychotherapists,
BACP accredited Counsellor,
BA(Hons) Counselling,
Diploma in Psychodynamic Counselling.

My own Continuing Professional Development is important for me as a therapist.

I work within the BACP and UKCP code of ethics.

I have also had experience of:

Working in a psychotherapy unit in the NHS;
Working with the terminally ill and their carers;
Working with the elderly and those who are disabled.

I am a Supervisor for Sutton Counselling.
I offer individual supervision in my private practice.

Areas of counselling I deal with

• Abortion
• Abuse
• Addiction(s)
• Affairs and Betrayals
• Alcohol Dependence
• Anxiety
• Bereavement
• Bipolar Disorder/Manic Depression
• Bullying
• Child Related Issues
• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ME
• Dementia
• Depression
• Emotional Abuse
• Generalised Anxiety
• Low Self-Confidence
• Low Self-Esteem
• Personality Disorders
• Physical Abuse
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Postnatal Depression
• Relationship Issues
• Sexual Abuse
• Sexuality
• Spirituality
• Stress
• Trauma

Therapies Offered

• Psychoanalytical and Psychodynamic
  - Psychoanalytic Therapy
  - Psychodynamic Therapy

Fees

£40 per session.
Concessions are available for students and those on low incomes by individual arrangement.

Further Information

Location:

• My practice is in Ashtead, close to Epsom and Ewell, Leatherhead and Dorking.
• I work from home and car parking is available.
• Junction 9 of the M25 is close by.
• Ashtead train station is within 10minute walking distance.

• Supervision available (view supervision profile)

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