Simon Osborne
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This professional is available for new clients.
About me
I help clients experiencing difficulty or dissatisfaction in their lives, to come into a better relationship with themselves, through a process of supportive enquiry.
This approach can address many forms of difficulty including anxiety, depression, panic attacks, addiction, relationship difficulties and burn-out.
A basic understanding in psychotherapy is that difficulties arise from an inner disconnection and loss of a sense of healthy relationship both within oneself and with others in the world.
Often this disconnection might have arisen in early life where one’s capacity to manage difficult experience was overwhelmed.
I support a client in a process of mindful enquiry that is a way of coming more into relationship with what feels difficult or stuck as well as connecting with what supports well-being and health.
As someone's capacity to be with a wider range of emotions increases, they may touch on deeper feelings of vulnerability but at the same time develop a greater emotional resilience.
Over time a client will develop greater understanding of themselves and their patterns of behaviour and begin to gradually free themselves from habitual ways of being that have outlived their usefulness.
This work takes time, but there are real rewards including a greater connection with one’s own energies and a greater capacity to meet life's challenges.
I have completed a training in Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing and I offer this approach within my practice. It is particularly effective in dealing with a single event trauma such as an accident.
I am insured and in regular supervision. I abide by the code of ethics of the Karuna Institute (UKCP) and of the BACP.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am a fully accredited psychotherapist. I have an MA in Core Process Psychotherapy (2014) from the Karuna Institute in Devon; the training is accredited by both the UKCP and BACP. I am a registered member of the UKCP and a registered and accredited member of the BACP.
I have worked in a community counselling service in Hackney, in an addiction counselling service and in private practice.
I have been practicing Buddhist meditation since the 1990s and I am a trainer accredited to run mindfulness courses for people suffering from pain, illness and stress.
I have done an accredited training In Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing with EMDR Works. I am a member of the EMDR Association for UK and Ireland.
Qualifications:
2014 MA in Core Process Psychotherapy, Karuna Institute, Devon
2010- Accredited Breathworks Mindfulness Trainer
2009 Foundation Course, Core Process Psychotherapy
1999 Certificate in Counselling Skills, Birbeck College
1977 BA Philosophy, Politics and Economics , Oxford University
CPD
Neuroscience for Therapists 2015 (w ith Peter Afford)
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 UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) is a leading professional body for the education, training and regulation of psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors. Its register is accredited by the government's Professional Standards Authority.
As part of its commitment to protect the public, it works to improve access to psychotherapy, to support and disseminate research, to improve standards and to respond effectively to complaints against its members.
UKCP standards cover the range of different psychotherapies. Registration is obtained by training or accrediting with one of its member organisations, or by holding a European Certificate in Psychotherapy. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
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.
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
Therapies offered
Fees
£55.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
If you want to explore having sessions with me, I would be happy to have an initial discussion, whether by phone or online. If you decide to see me, I would usually suggest doing 6 sessions and then having a review.
I charge £55 for a one hour session. If you are on a low income I may be able to offer you a concessionary rate.
When I work
I have time slots available Monday-Thursday
