Dr Luke Siorvanes
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About me
I offer a confidential place where you can be free to bring what matters to you. With twenty years' practice in the NHS and in private, to help you find your way. Let's start by asking:
Why would you come for therapy? When we’d say, for example, it is for anxiety, depression and its opposite, for expectations, loss, issues with relationships or self esteem, we try to get across how we feel. But in the privacy of our own thoughts, what we do really feel tends to be more complicated, and individual.
I'll work with you to explore your personal 'Why' and what you make of it with the different aspects of your life. Each approach is tailored to your individual needs - not a formula.
What are the sessions for? On the one hand, to help you with your struggles or distress, and when feeling ‘stuck’, to look for ways to change. On the other hand, they are about getting to know yourself better.
Have you tried to change things with new year resolutions or positive thoughts, but found that parts of your life remain quite perplexing or hard to come to terms with?
I have been working with talking therapy and imagery to get in touch with such elusive, difficult aspects. What would they mean to you? In the sessions, together we'll discover patterns from the past and new ways for the future.
Luke
Training, qualifications & experience
Psychotherapy work of 20 years with a wide range of referrals and complex problems, in the NHS, out-patients largely at St Thomas' Hospital, SE1, and in private practice.
I bring into play psychoanalytic/ psychodynamic and Jungian orientations.
Member of The Guild of Psychotherapists, London, which is a UK pioneer of pluralist psychoanalytic training.
Member of The Guild's Ethics Committee.
Registered Psychotherapist Member of the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) in the Psychoanalytic and Jungian section (CPJA).
PhD, University College London.
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
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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.
Accredited register membership
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Balance of work, family, personal life
Life changes, Meaning and direction in life
Intimations of one's mortality
Training therapy
Therapies offered
Fees
Free initial online session
Additional information
At an initial consultation we’ll discuss your questions, your circumstances and individual needs.
It is not meant to be a formal assessment. Rather, it would be a time or us to listen to what brings you to psychotherapy or counselling, and have a chance to think about the next step. We'd also discuss the fees, but this initial consultation is without charge.
Luke
