Andrea Holder
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About me
I work with anxiety, OCD, self-esteem, relationship difficulties, depression, grief, loneliness, sexuality and sexual issues, anger, stress, trauma and abuse as well as an interest in working with more general feelings about feeling empty, stuck, lost and the 'Is this it?' unsatisfied sense about your life and where it is going.
I am an existential psychotherapist. The existential approach is an important aspect of my way of working. This approach acknowledges that many of our struggles and challenges can be seen as problems of living with uncertainty. It helps us to gain an understanding of our strengths and limitations -helping us to engage with our possibilities. This exploration of assumptions about ourselves, others and the world we live in may allow us to see new possibilities and opportunities for meaningful living which may have been hidden, obscured or denied by ourselves. Leading a more authentic life is the intention of this approach and acceptance that life, work and our relationships involve pleasure and pain, sadness and joy. Building awareness of these paradoxes of life may help build understanding and a resilience.
I am a warm, kind and compassionate therapist. My style is conversational and collaborative. I work relationally which means that I encourage reflection on how you and I interact in the therapeutic relationship with one another and how this can put into focus how you relate outside of therapy.
Training, qualifications & experience
After a career in law, practising as a solicitor, I pursued a life-long interest in the talking therapies and philosophy.
After finishing a Masters degree at Regent's University I embarked on advanced training in existential psychotherapy which complements my integrative approach.
I have experience with issues such as anxiety, self-esteem, relationship difficulties, suicide, bereavement, loneliness, depression, sexuality and sexual issues, anger, stress, trauma and abuse as well as an interest in working with more general feelings about feeling empty, stuck, lost and the 'Is this it?' unsatisfied sense that something is not quite right in your life.
Member organisations
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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.
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).
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£80.00 per session
Free initial online session
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
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