Kathy Jaloussis
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About me
I am a BACP Accredited Counsellor and Psychotherapist with 15 years experience working with young people and adults in both short and long term counselling.
Taking the first step in counselling can be daunting and bring up different feelings. If you are thinking about counselling, then it may be because you are finding things in your life overwhelming. It might be something specific or recent, or it could be a past event that continues to affect you in the present. Counselling offers you the support and space you may need to explore your feelings and help you gain a greater self-awareness and understanding of yourself and any unhelpful patterns or barriers that exist within your life. With this, there is an opportunity and possibility of change.
I provide short-term, long term and open-ended counselling to young people and adults in a safe, nurturing and non-judgemental space. This means that together we can explore the difficulties you are currently experiencing in order to help you find a deeper understanding of how you relate and respond and be more aware of what is going on in your internal world and life.
Building a relationship of trust and honesty is an important part of counselling and can provide a safe place to feel comfortable enough to share painful and confusing feelings and thoughts. Whether you are experiencing anxiety, relationship problems, low mood, stress, feeling alone, coping with health issues or not sure why you feel low, I hope to provide you with a space where you feel heard, understood and where change can be facilitated. Communications are confidential and I offer a no obligation initial session at a reduced rate.
What to expect
After making contact, we can then book a time for an initial or assessment session. This will give you a space to talk about what has brought you to counselling and will give me a better understanding of what is going on for you and what you feel are the main issues. You will have an opportunity to ask any questions and discuss how I work and how we will work together. Counselling sessions are 50 minutes and these are conducted on a weekly basis from my private practice in Twickenham.
I am available to have a free initial phone consultation about Counselling or Supervision or you can text or email me and I will aim to get back to you within 24 hours. You can also visit www.kjaloussiscounselling.co.uk for further information.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am a fully qualified Integrative counsellor and clinical supervisor, and an accredited member of the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP), whose ethical framework and guidelines I adhere to (www.bacp.co.uk). In line with this, I undertake regular supervision and CPD in order to maintain and enhance my work.
Qualifications achieved
Certificate Person Centred Emotion Focussed Counselling for Depression (PCE-CfD)
Diploma in Integrative Supervision
Advanced Diploma in Humanistic Integrative Counselling
Bachelor of Science in Psychology (BSc.)Introduction to CBTLevel IV Certificate in Counselling Children (QCF)
I have incorporated my training at the Mindfulness Institute into my therapy work with various issues which can impact wellbeing including anxiety, sleeplessness, exam stress, anger, bullying, stress and low mood. I also run well-being topics including bullying and its impact, friendships and resilience to secondary schools.
In addition to my private practice, I work in the NHS in Health Centres in Hounslow and Richmond boroughs and in secondary schools. I have previously worked in Kings College Hospital Psychotherapy Department, West London Centre for Counselling and in a Mediation Centre counselling children and young people of parents who are coming to the end of their marital relationship. I have a wide range of experience working with different issues within these age groups as well as working with a diverse range of people.
I hold a current Disclosure and Barring Service Enhanced Certificate (DBS) which confirms I have no criminal convictions and can work with children and young people and I hold full professional indemnity insurance.
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.
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred).
Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision.
Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training.
All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
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Same sex relationships
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Family issues
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Recovering/moving on after a marital affair
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Extra-marital affairs
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Co-dependency
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High expectations of self
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Sibling rivalry
- School related stresses
- Step-families
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Fees
£50.00 - £65.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
For Counselling and Psychotherapy.
Young people & students (to 21) 11-18 years - £55 Adults - £65 Concessions offered for low-income and full-time students aged 21 years +
For Supervision
Fees vary as follows:
£55 per hour for group supervision
£60 per hour for one to one supervision
£50 per hour for one to one supervision (counsellor in training)
Payment for sessions is made at the end of each session or by direct debit 48 hours before the session.
Terms and Conditions
Once you have been allocated a time and day for Counselling and Psychotherapy, any missed or cancelled sessions will still be charged. However, if contacted in advance I will endeavour to offer you another session on the same week subject to availability.
For Supervision, 48 hours notice is required to cancel supervision sessions, otherwise the full fee is charged.
When I work
Availability varies
Further information
Kathy's private practice in Twickenham, South West London is 20 minutes from Waterloo station by train and a 10 minute bus ride (290 or 490) from Twickenham station to the private practice. You can also catch a 490 bus from Richmond station and both buses stop directly outside my private practice.
There are a number of buses from Richmond, Heathrow, Hounslow, Feltham, Hammersmith and Kingston that stop directly outside or near my private practice and Fulwell Station is a 15 minute walk.
