Helen Batten MA (cantab) PGDip MBACP
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St. Marys Grove Chiswick London W4 3LN View map |
The Bush Doctors 16-17 West 12 Shopping Centre Shepherds Bush London W12 8PP View map |
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07884067959
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Profile
I am a counsellor and psychotherapist working in Chiswick and Shepherds Bush. Talking to a therapist can really help make sense of painful events and feelings. I offer a secure, confidential, non judgemental space where you can explore your experiences at your own pace.
Often our past informs our present and determines our feelings about the future. Painful experiences can sometimes prevent us from being truly ourselves. I work with my clients to open up and explore their experiences in order to better understand who they are and what they might become, to find meaning and a greater sense of purpose in life. This in turn can help to create better relationships with partners, colleagues and family. To stop repeating negative thoughts, behaviour and relationships and move more easily in the world. Whether you are struggling with a traumatic life event such as bereavement or divorce, anxiety, depression or anger issues, or a more general feeling of a lack of direction on purpose, therapy can help.
In my work with charities, at my GP's surgery and in private practise, I have experience of working with a large range of issues including depression, anxiety, anger, abuse, addiction, bereavement, relationships, eating disorders and low self-esteem. I also offer couples counselling.
I believe that each client is an individual with their own unique issues, and therefore I draw on a range of psychotherapeutic approaches (humanistic, existential or psychodynamic) according to what seems right for the client. But central to my practice is creating a strong relationship with my clients.
I generally see my clients for fifty minutes, once a week. You can have either short term counselling or more longer term, open ended, psychotherapy. Often it doesn't become clear which is more appropriate until we have seen each other a few times; but I start with an initial non obligatory consultation where we can discuss what you want to achieve and how it might work.
Please feel free to e-mail me or telephone if you have and questions or just want to know more.
Training, Qualifications & Experience
I trained as a counsellor and psychotherapist at Roehampton University and am experienced in Humanistic, existential and psychodynamic approaches to therapy. More recently I have been studying the work of Carl Jung at the Society for Analytical Psychology.
I am a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and work to their ethical guidelines.
I am also a registered BUPA practitioner
My experience includes working as a counsellor and psychotherapist for charities and in GP's practices.
Areas of counselling I deal with
- Abortion
- Abuse
- Addiction(s)
- ADHD
- Affairs and Betrayals
- Alcoholism
- Anger Management
- Anorexia Nervosa
- Anxiety
- Bereavement
- Binge Eating Disorder
- Bulimia Nervosa
- Bullying
- Career Counselling
- Child Related Issues
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ME
- Depression
- Disabilities
- Domestic Violence
- Eating Disorders
- Emotional Abuse
- Gender Identity
- Generalised Anxiety
- Infertility
- Internet Addiction
- Learning Difficulties
- Low Self-Confidence
- Low Self-Esteem
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Panic Disorder
- Phobias
- Physical Abuse
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Postnatal Depression
- Pregnancy and Childbirth
- Relationship Issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder
- Self Harm
- Separation and Divorce
- Sexual Abuse
- Sexual Issues
- Sexuality
- Smoking
- Spirituality
- Stress
- Trauma
- Work Related Issues
Therapies Offered
- Psychoanalytical and Psychodynamic - Psychoanalysis
- Humanistic Therapies - Person-Centred Counselling
- Other Therapies - Integrative
- Psychoanalytic Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Existential Therapy
Fees
£45 per session. A few slots available at lower cost.
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