This professional is available for new clients.
This professional is available for new clients.
About me
I am a Consultant Psychotherapist with many years experience working in private practice and in the NHS, where I was the head of specialist service working with those with more deep seated emotional difficulties.
These are sometimes referred to as 'personality disorders', but I find this rather unhelpful and prefer to think of them as attachment difficulties, as they are directly linked to difficult early life experiences and relationship problems. These more long standing issues can nevertheless respond well to therapy given time and commitment.
I also work with other emotional and relationship problems, and offer an extended initial meeting to get a sense of what might be hoped for from therapy, and whether there might be a good relationship 'fit' in order to work together. This first meeting is without obligation and is an opportunity to ask question before proceeding. It might well be very useful to meet more than once before deciding on whether to embark on therapy.
Some people may be looking for a short term piece of therapeutic work to address a specific issue, whilst others may be aware of a tendency to repeat counter-productive patterns of behaviour in their work or intimate relationships, and are looking for some longer term therapy to make changes. In practice, the length of the therapy undertaken is in the hands of the client, and emerges from ongoing review with their therapist.
As a Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist I understand the creation of a safe and supportive relationship to be the starting point of emotional work, where the degree of trust established allows exploration of the more difficult, perhaps less known or understood parts of a person's range of coping responses. The therapeutic relationship can cast new light on ways of relating, and offers the opportunity to 'practice' new skills and strategies before transposing these to life outside the consulting room.
I am a member of the UKCP, abide by their code of ethics, and work to the highest professional standards. I am also a member of Psychotherapy Sussex, a professional group of psychoanalytic psychotherapists within the region.
For more information please visit my website at thomasbradshawpsychotherapy.com
Training, qualifications & experience
I am a Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist, registered with the UKCP, who has been practicing for 20 years.
I have worked within an innovative arts based mental health charity, The Studio Upstairs, lived and worked as a therapist within Therapeutic Communities ands held senior psychotherapy positions within the NHS, most recently as Consultant Psychotherapist leading a Personality Disorders service.
I have delivered teaching and training for a variety of psychotherapy trainings and public sector organisations, including the NHS, probation and Criminal Justice systems.
I completed my training any the Arbours Association in 2000, and have further qualifications in "Working with Personality Disorders' from the Tavistcock and Portman Trust, 'Mentalization' from the Anna Freud Centre, and Group work from the Institute of Group Analysis.
I look to bring the variety and depth of my experience to individual private practice in a flexible and creative way.
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
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.
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
Fees
£35.00 - £85.00
Free initial telephone session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Individual sessions:
£35-£85 depending on the number off meetings per week.
I also offer reduced rates for those on a low income or benefits. This can be discussed at an initial meeting.
Supervision:
£80 for individual meetings
When I work
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I currently have limited availability.
Further information
I work from quiet and pleasant consulting rooms in Brighton's Kemptown, overlooking the Marina. Though there is no designated parking, the area is well served by public transport and there is free parking at the Marina with a 5 minute walk to the consulting rooms.
