About me
Hello, I'm Adriana, an MBACP qualified counsellor and psychotherapist. Helping clients to find meaning, purpose and a stronger sense of self in their world is essential to my work as a therapist. I consider it a privilege to be part of the process of self-discovery and reconstruction in others. I work in Chiswick (W4) and Richmond (TW9), seeing individuals and couples ONLINE and in person.
I have worked with individuals suffering from anxiety, stress, panic attacks, depression, bereavement, relationship issues, suicide, addiction, eating disorders, sleep disorders, sexual abuse, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), cancer, obsessional behaviour, self-harm, learning disabilities, HIV, agoraphobia, infertility, menopause, pregnancy related issues, amongst others. We work together to identify ways to come to terms with clients' personal struggles and past experiences, moving towards more sophisticated patterns of thinking, feeling and being.
I have worked with couples for many years, supporting them in exploring the negative cycles within their relationships and the difficulties that often arise from them. Together, we examine how they connect, how they manage conflict, and how they repair after rupture. The work provides a space for both partners to understand the deeper dynamics at play in their relationship. The process is progressive and, sometimes painful. Trust is built gradually within a safe and supportive environment where emotions and struggles can be openly explored.
I work integratively drawing from Psychoanalytic, Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and Existential approaches. I have worked in the field of counselling and psychotherapy for many years in London and abroad for a number of organisations including Westminster Mind, Cruse Bereavement and the NHS IAPT service.
I have a breadth of experience working with life transitions such as young adulthood (16-18), motherhood, mid-life, loss & bereavement - supporting individuals to process and overcome feelings of despair and anxiety from these changes in life.
Training, qualifications & experience
I have trained in Existential Counselling & Psychotherapy and in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy. Additionally I have done specialist training in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Bereavement Counselling, Panic Attacks Treatment, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) and Mindfulness. I enjoy continually expanding on my training and development.
Research has pointed out the main contributing factors for therapeutic effectiveness as the therapist skills and the quality of the therapeutic alliance (Corrie & Milton, 2000). The ability to adequately combine and use different approaches can help therapists to better serve their clients by looking beyond the restrictions of these models and seeing how clients can benefit from other perspectives.
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
Therapies offered
When I work
Appointments available Mondays to Fridays (daytime and evenings) and Saturdays (mornings).
Further information
Tube: Turnham Green
Buses: E3, 237, 267, 27, H91, 391
