About me
"I worked with Phil and his consistent, kind attention and integrity provided the safe space I needed. With his support I was able to open up, talk about difficult experiences for the first time, and break through some big emotional blocks that had been holding me back."
Experience is the key to the best support and with over 25 years offering therapeutic counselling you'll find working with me supportive, safe, helpful, and encouraging. Whatever your concern, whether anxiety, mood-struggles, relationships, loss, change, or indeed almost anything else, I'll help you build a safe space to explore what's troubling you or holding you back. You will then move forward with greater clarity and certainty. Let's talk soon - I'm always happy to answer your questions about the work.
Click on the link and book a free 15-minute conversation - online, in-person, or phone, whatever works best for you.
I have worked as a trusted and qualified senior counsellor for over 25 years in the private and third-sector.
We can meet online or face-to-face in my exclusive, calm and quiet office near Eltham rail station. All sessions last 50 minutes.
Training, qualifications & experience
I have Accredited Register status with BACP.
Qualifications:
MSc Degree in Therapeutic Counselling 2003
Post Graduate Diploma in Counselling 2000
Post Graduate Certificate in Counselling Skills 1999
MSc Degree in the Sociology of Health 1997
Certificate in Supervision 2002
Cruse Awareness in Bereavement Care 1999
BA/Hons Sociology 1993
I have undertaken many, many training sessions and courses since 1998, as well as my formal studies connected to degree work. Far too many to mention.
My Experience:
- I gained a counselling diploma in 2000 having studied and worked in placements in the previous two years
- I worked within a staff counselling team, on placement, within a London university, until 2003.
- I have worked in private practice since 2002.
- I continue to work as a Manager for a highly regarded, NHS-funded, counselling service in the voluntary sector. I've been in post since 2004.
- I am an experienced group supervisor and trainer, with experience as a counselling group facilitator.
- I am a highly experienced telephone and online therapist, my experience in these areas stretches back nearly 26 years.
- I regularly attend CPD training sessions.
Some other things:
- I served on the Greenwich Council Emergency Planning and Liaison Group from 2005 to the present, and also on the Greenwich Safeguarding Children Child Death Overview Panel until 2014.
- In 2007, I worked with Prof Colin Murray-Parkes to deliver a conference on Love and Loss at the University of Greenwich
- I have been a contributor to the international academic journal Bereavement Care in Practice
- My projects in recent years include developing therapeutic work in a prison setting and evolving a model for therapeutic walking to support bereaved people now widely regarded as a ground-breaking new approach to bereavement support and being adopted throughout England and Wales
Member organisations
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.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
I have a special interest in the following topics:
- Anxiety and Low Mood
- Divorce and the end of relationships
- Failing relationships
- Ambivalent and anxious attachment
- Esteem and the relationship with our inner-child
- Turning points
- Controlling and coercive abusive relationships
- Loss and Change
- Bereavement
- Being and Existential Terror
Therapies offered
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Fees
£70.00 - £85.00
Additional information
My fee for individuals is from £70 for a 50 minute meeting.
Payment should be made on or before the day of the session.
When I work
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Further information
My preference is to meet you in person at my office in Westmount Road, Eltham, or I can offer Zoom, telephone, and hybrid support.
My rooms are calm and secluded and designed for the purpose of encouraging a sense of retreat and calm. They are sited in a quiet residential area of Eltham.
I do not currently work with couples - although I often work with individuals who are in couple counselling elsewhere.
Parking is easy, and my office is a short walk from Eltham railway station.
