Anna Steward
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About me
Working in private practice at home or if you prefer at Esher Green GP Surgery and serving Esher, Oxshott, Cobham, Thames Ditton, Molesey and the surrounding areas. I also have many years experience offering online and telephone sessions.
I provide a confidential, safe and supportive space for people looking to talk about depression, bereavement, anxiety, pre/postnatal depression, relationship difficulties, addictions, work related issues as well as anger management.
Can I help?
I am a professionally qualified, experienced psychotherapist offering counselling and psychotherapy for a wide range of emotional problems and have many years experience working with feelings of depression, anxiety and bereavement, addiction and postnatal depression.
I work with most of the large private medical insurance companies, so do get in touch to find out more.
The aim of counselling and psychotherapy is to create a confidential, non-judgemental place for you to think and talk about your difficulties freely. By understanding more about yourself and by developing a greater self awareness about patterns that are unconsciously repeated , it may be possible for you to find different ways of coping with painful situations and feelings. This, in turn, may help you to make different choices in your life.
Training, qualifications & experience
I trained at the WPF and am BPC (British Psychoanalytic Council) registered I offer clients ongoing or time limited psychodynamic counselling.
I am an experienced psychodynamic psychotherapist and group facilitator. I have experience working at the Wimbledon Guild and the WPF Clinic as well as running my own private practice for several years seeing clients for both ongoing long-term work and time limited short-term counselling. I have experience running support groups including - for women with terminal illness and with the United Nations in New York and Italy.
I hold a British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) accredited Postgraduate Diploma in Psychodynamic Studies from Roehampton University and BACP accredited Advanced Diploma in Psychodynamic Counselling from WPF Counselling and Psychotherapy, London.
WPF Therapy is recognised as one of the leading counselling and psychotherapy training organisations in the UK, and which maintains a reputation for both clinical and academic excellence. WPF is also an organisational member of the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP).
I am a full professional member of the The Foundation for Psychotherapy and Counselling (FPC) and am a registered member with the BPC (British Psychoanalytic Council). I work to their professional Codes of Ethics and Practice and can make available, upon request, copies of their code of ethics, and complaints and grievance procedure.
Member organisations
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
The British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC) is a professional association, representing the profession of psychoanalytic psychotherapy.
The organisation is itself made up of fourteen member organisations and BPC accredits the trainings of its member organisations. An individual who qualifies from one of these trainings is then eligible for entry into the BPC's register.
BPC registrants are governed by a code of ethics, a policy of continuing professional development, a statement on confidentiality and a complaints procedure. The BPC is a Member Society of the European Federation for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy in the Public Sector (EFPP). Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
Accredited register membership
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Working in private practice at Esher Green GP Surgery and serving Esher, Oxshott, Cobham, Thames Ditton, Molesey and the surrounding areas. I provide a confidential, safe and supportive space for people looking to talk about depression, bereavement, anxiety, pre/postnatal depression, relationship difficulties, addictions, work related issues as well as anger management.
Can I help?
I am a professionally qualified, experienced psychotherapist offering counselling and psychotherapy for a wide range of emotional problems and have many years experience working with feelings of depression, anxiety and bereavement, addiction and postnatal depression.
The aim of counselling and psychotherapy is to create a confidential, non-judgemental place for you to think and talk about your difficulties freely. By understanding more about yourself and by developing a greater self awareness about patterns that are unconsciously repeated , it may be possible for you to find different ways of coping with painful situations and feelings. This, in turn, may help you to make different choices in your life.
Therapies offered
Fees
£50.00 - £75.00
Additional information
I see individuals for either open-ended (long-term) therapy or for focused time-limited therapy.
In both cases, I work from a psychodynamic perspective.
For long term, open-ended counselling, my fees range between £50 and £75 per session which is for an analytic hour of 50 minutes.
For short term work my fee will vary.
My assessment fee is £60 and generally lasts for around 90 minutes.
When I work
Weekdays and weekday evenings
Further information
A difficult decision?
Sometimes, deciding to go to a counsellor or psychotherapist can be a difficult step. Some people feel a sense of failure if they haven’t been able to sort out their problems by themselves. Others may find the idea of counselling or psychotherapy daunting. Therefore, it may help you to know a bit more about how therapy works and how I work to assist people in understanding and dealing with their emotional problems. I hope this website will answer some of your questions, and help you decide whether counselling or psychotherapy is for you.
What Next?
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me by telephone or e-mail and we can discuss your personal needs or arrange an initial consultation.
Please call my mobile and if i am working please leave a message and i will call you as soon as possible.
