Annette Tappin
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About me
I offer a comfortable room in peaceful surroundings. I am fully qualified and accredited and continue to update my training on a regular basis. I will work with you to explore what has brought you to therapy and look with you to find ways of moving forward in the direction of a more satisfying and contented life. This may involve short term work of 6 sessions or a more open ended commitment until such time as you feel you have made sufficient progress.
Training, qualifications & experience
BA University of York.
CQSW University of London Goldsmiths College.
Masters Degree in Psychoanalytic Principles Tavistock Clinic and University of East London.
Post Graduate Diploma in Psychodynamic Counselling University of Reading.
Post Graduate Diploma in Couple Relations Tavistock Clinic.
Masters Degree in Couple Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy and full psychoanalytic clinical training.
I am a member of The British Psychoanalytic Council
I have been working as a therapist for over 20 years and have worked for a university and NHS service in the past .Previously qualified as as social worker I have worked in inner London for a local authority, NSPCC and Barnados. More recently I have been employed by Tavistock Relationships, an internationally renowned Psychotherapy and training organisation based in central London. Here, I completed a psychoanalytic training in Couples Psychotherapy and was subsequently employed as staff clinician and international team member; working online providing therapy for English speaking couples abroad. I continue to work for Tavistock Relationships alongside my private practice. I find this dual role keeps me up to date with current thought, practice, training opportunities and collegiate connection.
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
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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).
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£60.00 - £80.00
Additional information
sessions are for 50 minutes and my fee is: Individual psychodynamic psychotherapy £60, couples psychoanalytic psychotherapy £80
A session time of 50 minutes is established at the same time each week, a space committed to and protected by both of us. This gives the best possible opportunity for establishing a good therapeutic relationship and outcome. Once we have agreed on a time, I reserve this space for you alone so if for any reason you cannot make a session the fee will still apply. If as occasionally may happen there is an unavoidable need to rearrange I will do my best to offer an alternative slot in the same week, to date this has always been possible but cannot be guaranteed. I can also offer the flexibility of online therapy if preferred.
When I work
I offer daytime and a limited number of evening appointments.
Further information
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy is a method of talking therapy which seeks to make sense of today's difficulties in the light of past experience.
Distress, depression, confusion and conflict often arise when aspects of the past are unavailable to our conscious mind, and we are left attempting to make sense of feelings while at the same time protecting ourselves from painful thoughts and memories.
The role of the therapist is to support a gentle exploration of the past in the context of a safe relationship, to enable a better understanding of the now and by so doing bring relief.
To do this the therapist offers a reliable, confidential and consistent space for as long as it takes, listening without judgement in a spirit of collaboration. It is this alliance which is the cornerstone of the therapy and the relationship between client and therapist which is the harbinger of change.
The frequency and regularity of sessions is important in building trust and the commitment to work together is on both sides.
