Jean Shrimpton

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Attachment based Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist, with a mindfulness approach.

I trained at the Bowlby Centre which covers the lifecycle from infants until old age and am experienced in working with a broad range of trauma and difficulties arising from attachment relationships.

I specialise in helping people who have been fostered or adopted, or are thinking of fostering or adopting. This includes family life and difficulties that families experience.  I work with people suffering cancer, in particular those coming to terms with the emotional and physical aftermath of the treatment, such as lymphoedema. I also work closely with relatives of sufferers.  I have a specialist interest in working with adults and adolescents who have experienced difficulties and trauma as a result of dyslexia, particularly from within the education system.

John Bowlby wrote that mourning is vital to the acknowledgement and understanding of the effects of abandonment, loss and abuse, whether emotional, sexual or physical. The support of an authentic process of mourning forms a central to the development of a sense of self and the capacity to from and sustain intimate relationships. Both a strong sense of self and good attachment throughout life.

Training, Qualifications & Experience

Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist (Attachment-based)

Accredited and registered with the UKCP

Registered member of The Bowlby Centre Psychotherapy Centre

Registered foster carer

Areas of counselling I deal with

• Abortion
• Abuse
• Addiction(s)
• ADHD
• Adoption Issues
• Affairs and Betrayals
• Alcoholism
• Anger Management
• Anorexia Nervosa
• Anxiety
• Asperger's Syndrome
• Bereavement
• Binge Eating Disorder
• Bipolar Disorder/Manic Depression
• Bulimia Nervosa
• Bullying
• Cancer
• Child Related Issues
• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ME
• Couples Counselling
• Debt Management
• Dementia
• Depression
• Disabilities
• Domestic Violence
• Drug Abuse
• Eating Disorders
• Emotional Abuse
• Family Issues
• Gambling
• Gender Identity
• Generalised Anxiety
• HIV/AIDS
• Infertility
• Internet Addiction
• Learning Difficulties
• Low Self-Confidence
• Low Self-Esteem
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
• Panic Disorder
• Personality Disorders
• Phobias
• Physical Abuse
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Postnatal Depression
• Pre-nuptial Counselling
• Pregnancy and Childbirth
• Relationship Issues
• Schizophrenia
• Seasonal Affective Disorder
• Self Harm
• Separation and Divorce
• Sexual Abuse
• Sexual Issues
• Sexuality
• Spirituality
• Stress
• Trauma

Therapies Offered

• Psychoanalytical and Psychodynamic
  - Psychoanalytic Therapy
  - Psychodynamic Therapy

• Other Therapies
  - Family/Systemic Therapy

Fees

Session duration is 50 minutes

Individuals: £50 - 65
Couples: £85 - £100

Limited concessionary spaces available at £25 - £30

Further Information

A qualified, established and experienced psychotherapist and foster carer working within private practice and the Bowlby Centre in central London.  Experienced in client assessments, high professional standards and a passion for ongoing professional development, particularly within the field of attachment-based research. 

A strong understanding of the importance of the cycle of attachment, separation, loss, mourning, re-integration and growth and the impact of deficits on a person’s development.  Working with transference and counter transference and the relational aspects of clinical work.  Professional and enthusiastic with a passion for, and proven results in helping people to improve their quality of life within the boundaries of psychotherapy and foster care relationships.

• Online, email or telephone counselling available

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