Amanda Perl MSc Psychotherapist Counsellor BACP (Accred) CBT Practitioner
About me
COVID-19 Coronavirus update: Practice accessible for a limited number of vulnerable clients. Availability online via your choice of platform. BUPA, AXA PPP, Aviva and Cigna insurance registered healthcare provider. DBS Certificate holder.
Helping you with anxiety, generalised anxiety disorder, paranoia, depression and feeling sad, manic depression, redundancy, furlough, work-related stress, bereavement, trauma, PTSD, OCD, phobias, anger management, debt management, personality disorders, eating disorders including obesity, bulimia and anorexia, body dysmorphia, physical and sexual abuse, sexuality, addiction(s) including substance misuse, alcohol, compulsive lying, codependency, affairs and betrayals, sex and porn, internet, gambling and gaming. Additionally parent, couple and relationship issues specialising in partners caught up in a cycle of emotional abuse.
Are you feeling lost, sad or lonely? Jealous, fearful, guilty or ashamed? Stressed from work or lack of work? Are you missing opportunities, failing at business? Arguing with colleagues? Worrying about money, bills, redundancy? Anxious, critical, unkind and angry losing your temper with yourself or loved ones? Lying compulsively? Grudge bearing? Do relationships feel tricky? Stress unmanageable? Obsessive thinking? Perhaps you lack assertiveness yet control others whilst secretly gambling, spending, drinking or using cocaine? Do you feel preoccupied with eating or Not eating. Obsessed with image, perfectionism and self-monitoring? Is it difficult to start the day? Does it feel easier to numb painful emotions from bereavement or loss? Do you take too much responsibility for the actions or well-being of others? On the other hand, you may sometimes feel as if too many people depend upon you? Or are you and your loved one(s) stuck in rows, conflict and unhappiness?
Offering a safe, confidential and non-judgemental space where you can share and explore present and past experiences, express thoughts and feelings gaining personal awareness, enjoy a better quality of life, robust mental health, improved well-being and positive relationships with friends, parents, siblings, children and work.
“Life begins on the other side of despair" Jean-Paul Sartre.
I believe each of us is unique with the potential for growth and development and can move forward in our own way. Your motivation to change and our client-therapist relationship provides a space for healing.
Training, qualifications & experience
Additional Roles
Supervisor. CPD Trainer and Workshop Facilitator. 2022 bookings via Eventbrite.
Former University Lecturer, Forensic Psychology and Counselling. Course Lead on a Stage 4 BACP Accredited Gold Standard Counselling Diploma, Clinical Lead, Team leader, Group Facilitator, Domestic Violence Lead, Trainer, Developer and Lead on Transtheoretical and Structured Day care programmes. Substance Misuse and Alchohol Recovery Service Programmes provided for London Boroughs. Outpatient Department delivering long-term Psychotherapy at the Department of Psychotherapy & Art Psychotherapy. Focus on Personality Disorders including Borderline, Narcissistic, Antisocial, Histrionic and Obsessive. Jointly commissioned third sector Charity/NHS and Dual Diagnosis Service e.g., bipolar, schizophrenia. Training clinical staff in therapeutic relationship, group dynamics, facilitation and interventions including harm reduction delivered to Probation and associated Offender Services within the Criminal Justice System.
Qualifications
MSc Psychology
BSc (Hons) Psychology
Advanced (Integrative) Diploma in Counselling
Certificate in Clinical Supervision, British Psychological Society
Group Psychotherapy
Couples Counselling
Work Related Stress (Interview Metro on how to help a CoWorker with Depression)
Fitness Trackers and Eating Disorders (Interview Tech Radar see https://www.techradar.com/uk/news/do-fitness-trackers-have-an-impact-on-eating-disorders )
Eating Disorders & Nutrition (Interview Happiful Magazine)
CBT for Depression (Interview Fix Me in Forty-Five)
Relationship break ups Depression (Interview Metro)
Managing Depression (Interview Metro)
Anxiety Integrated Approach (Interview Grazia on unusual stress symptoms)
Anger Management
Assertiveness
Emotional Abuse (Interview BBC Trending)
Bereavement
Trauma (Resilience, Secondary Trauma and Post-Trauma Growth)
Mindfulness
Mindset (sports psychology)
OCD & Phobias
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
Personality Disorders
Managing Exam Results stress and anxiety [teenagers] (Interview Prima Magazine)
University Student Issues (Interview Study International)
Schema Therapy
Sexuality
Addictive Thinking, Drugs & Alcohol, Gambling, Internet, Gaming, Porn,
Intuitive Recovery
Equality and Diversity
Prejudice, racism, antisemitism and discrimination
Change Management
Discourse Analysis
Training Experience
Workshops and presentations delivered include BPS Conferences and school INSET staff training days: Assertiveness, Relationships, Managing Challenging Behaviour, Personality Disorders, Mindfulness, Health & Well-being, Addictions, Anger, Anxiety and Disordered Eating [Eating Disorders].
Member organisations
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.
British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
BACP is one of the UK’s largest professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy. Therapists registered with the Association fall into a number of different membership categories such as Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP and Registered Member MBACP (Accred), each standing for different levels of training and experience. MBACP (Accred) and MBACP (Snr Accred) members have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by the Association.
Registered members can be found on the BACP Register, which was the first register to achieve Accredited Voluntary Register status issued by the Professional Standards Authority. Individual Members will have completed an appropriate counselling and/or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but will not appear on the BACP Register until they've progressed to Registered Member MBACP status.
All members are bound by a Code of Ethics & Practice and a Complaints Procedure. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
Accredited register membership
Accredited Register Scheme
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Experiencing prejudice / racism
Therapies offered
Photos & videos
Fees
Counselling & Psychotherapy £40 to £85 per 50 minute session individuals and couples
Leigh-on-Sea: available, parking outside
Basildon: unavailable, although can be seen at Leigh-on-Sea practice SS9 2QT
Online: Skype @ amandaperl , Zoom, FaceTime, WhatsApp
Supervision £50 an hour Spaces available from September 2020
Groups email or phone for availability, fees upon request
Training Available
Equality and Diversity, change management,
Communication, Presentations, Discourse analysis Workshops
School Staff INSET days, Seminars, Conferences,
Personality Disorders, Addiction and Eating Disorders Training
Essex located in Leigh-on-Sea covering Southend, Thorpe Bay, Westcliff, Basildon, Stanford-le-Hope, Tilbury, Corringham, Benfleet, Billericay, Brentwood, Pitsea, Wickford, Rayleigh, Eastwood, Chelmsford, Grays, Thurrock and all other locations within a 1 hour journey.
Online video calling and telephone counselling available for London, the rest of the UK, Europe, the United States and other International clients
