About me
Hi, my name is Ladan Ghiami and I'm a Counselling Psychologist and psychotherapist. I am an experienced clinician and have worked with a wide range of concerns in various settings for over twenty one years. I have held a private practice since 2008 where I've worked with individuals and couples as well as offering clinical supervision to trainee and qualified therapists. I'm currently offering online sessions via video platforms Zoom, Teams and FaceTime.
There are many reasons and circumstances that can bring people to therapy. It is an important first step in acknowledging that you want your life to change in some way and for the better and that you are open to trying something new. Therapy involves sharing your inner world with someone in the hope that together you will find a new way forward. Therapy is essentially about internal change, and the realisation that knowing yourself better will inevitably give you more choices, more understanding and more awareness in regards to how you go about your day to day life. Change always starts with you.
I would describe my way of working as collaborative, relational and holistic. I do not believe there is one specific type of therapy that works for everyone, therapy is a deeply personal and individual process. I want to meet you and hear about how you see the world and your place within it.
Part of my job is to help you reconnect with yourself as I genuinely believe that the relationship you have with yourself holds the key to how you experience your life and your relationships with others.
I help clients redefine and rediscover that core relationship with themselves, and together we work on areas such as self worth, self love, recognising ones inherent value and fostering a sense of unconditional acceptance. Can you imagine how your life would be if you treated yourself with more patience, forgiveness, kindness, respect and love every single day. Regardless of whether we have been shown these qualities or not we all have the capacity to learn and develop them for ourselves and then watch our lives change as a direct consequence.
Our emotional, psychological and spiritual health is as crucial as our physical and nutritional wellbeing. We are part of one system and I approach therapy in a holistic way incorporating ideas about creativity, meditation, time in nature and self care into my psychological treatment with clients as part of the healing process.
Here are some areas that I have a particular interest in and experience of:
- absence of a strong sense of self / self abandoning / codependency
- absence of self love and self worth
- unhealthy dynamics in romantic relationships / dating
- attraction towards partners that are unavailable and ambivalent
- people pleasing and difficulty in setting / maintaining boundaries
- childhood attachment Vs adult patterns of relating
- fear based decision making and difficulty in going for what you want
- identifying trauma responses i.e. over working, addictive behaviours
- frequently worrying about things that could go wrong
- struggling to trust yourself and others
- emotional trauma and how it manifests itself in the body as illness
Whatever your concerns may be when you come to therapy my aim is to do my professional best to help you and to help you be better able to help yourself going forward. If I feel that a different type of therapy would be more beneficial for you I will share that with you in our initial appointment and if I can I will recommend another therapist or therapy organisation that may be more suitable.
I am registered with the following insurance companies and would be happy to see you via their referral;
BUPA
AXA
WPA
Please feel welcome to email me with any questions you may have and I would be happy to offer a brief telephone or video conversation with you before you book a first therapy session with me.
I look forward to working together
Ladan Ghiami
Training, qualifications & experience
- Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) Registered Counselling Psychologist
- British Psychological Society (BPS) Chartered Counselling Psychologist (CPsychol.)
- Post-Masters Diploma in Existential Counselling Psychology (2 years)
- Masters Degree in Counselling Psychology (2 years)
- Foundation Certificate in Counselling and Psychotherapy (1 year)
- BSc Honours Degree in Psychology (4 years)
I completed my therapeutic training at the 'School of Psychotherapy and Counselling Psychology' (SPCP) Regent's University London. I have worked in the NHS (psychological treatments service and primary care), charity funded organisations and the private sector.
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
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They keep a register of health professionals who meet their standards, and they take action if registered health professionals fall below those standards. They were created by a piece of legislation called the Health Professions Order 2001.
Registration means that a health professional meets national standards for their professional training, performance and conduct.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
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Health Insurance/EAP
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I am currently only working remotely using video call platforms such as zoom and FaceTime.
