Helen O'Hora Swords MA UKCP

Amersham Buckinghamshire HP6 5AB View map	Hammersmith Grove Hammersmith London W6 0NL View map
01494 431 821 / 07957 432 851 Click here to Email me

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"Can I help you?" Who should you talk to, and can anyone really help? I will genuinely try my best to help. Accredited with the UK Council for Psychotherapy, for 15 years I have worked as a psychotherapist, counsellor and more recently as a supervisor, offering successful high quality support to adult men and women, including couples, when life has become difficult. I see clients either for a short number of sessions, or for longer-termed sessions according to a client's individual needs and circumstances. I work in Hammersmith, west London, and Amersham in Buckinghamshire.

I am also one of a limited number of approved specialist Infertility Counsellors working in the UK .

If you have private health insurance it maybe that the cost of your sessions will be covered as I am a recognised professional practitioner with leading private health providers.

Life can seem dark at times. Or if not dark then confusing. One in four of us will experience this at some point in our lives. Some clients will arrive for a first session with a clear understanding of what is wrong - with them or with their life. But it is also true that many clients are at a loss when it comes to knowing exactly why they feel so unhappy, or overwhelmed. My approach to working with you as a client might vary. Always, I would endeavour to listen carefully to what it is you need to express, and I might also talk quite a bit to you too, if that would help make a session more effective, so that you can quickly feel relief and better.

Training, Qualifications & Experience

* I am a trained psychoanalytic psychotherapist, registered by the UK Council for Psychotherapy in 2005 (UKCP). This was an indepth training spanning over 5 years, to provide effective, and high quality counselling and psychotherapy.

* I have successfully worked with clients suffering from many different emotional problems, during 1997 to 2012, across a range of settings including for the NHS, local government employees, commercial business funded clients and in private practice. I have also supported young people in schools.

* I am registered with the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) in 2012 as one of a limited number of approved specialist Infertility Counsellors working in the UK .

* I am a member of The Site for Contemporary Psychoanalysis, from 1999 - 2012, and have taught on their therapists' training programme.  

* I studied for a Masters Degree in Art Theory, in London, from 1994 to 1996, specialising in reading aspects of philosophy and psychoanalytic theory.  

* I supervise the work of trainee counsellors and psychotherapists.

* Before the above, I worked as a producer for broadcasting, and in teaching.

Areas of counselling I deal with

• Abortion
• Abuse
• Adoption Issues
• Anxiety
• Asperger's Syndrome
• Bereavement
• Cancer
• Career Counselling
• Child Related Issues
• Couples Counselling
• Depression
• Domestic Violence
• Eating Disorders
• Emotional Abuse
• Gender Identity
• Infertility
• Low Self-Confidence
• Low Self-Esteem
• Personality Disorders
• Physical Abuse
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Pregnancy and Childbirth
• Relationship Issues
• Schizophrenia
• Self Harm
• Sexual Abuse
• Sexual Issues
• Sexuality
• Stress
• Trauma
• Work Related Issues

Other areas of counselling I deal with

Individual adults finding life difficult; Couples needing a safe, calm space to talk to each other.

Therapies Offered

• Psychoanalytical and Psychodynamic
  - Psychoanalytic Therapy
  - Psychodynamic Therapy

Fees

£45 week days. £50 Saturdays. Couples £60. In addition, I offer 2 on-going low cost spaces typically for clients who are students, under-employed or may be retired. These spaces are predominantly offered in Hammersmith during the day time, but please ask for details.

If through your work, or your own personal plan, you have private health insurance it maybe that the cost of up to 5 sessions (or more possibly) will be covered as I am a recognised professional practitioner with leading private health providers. Again, please get in touch for more details.

Further Information

My preferred approaches are psychodynamic and psychoanalytic, as these methods are particularly rigorous, and can be very effective at providing longer lasting help when clients need it most of all.

I hope you will get in touch.

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Published Articles

• Childless at Christmas

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