Andrew Buurman

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About me

I’m a BACP-registered Gestalt therapist offering online therapy for adults across the UK.

My approach is grounded in the belief that lasting change happens through awareness - by paying attention to how you experience yourself, your relationships, and the world around you. In therapy, we work collaboratively to explore what’s happening for you in the present, making space for emotions, patterns, or parts of yourself that may have been pushed aside.

I have experience working with a wide range of issues, including addiction. While I’ve supported many clients in this area, I work with people facing all kinds of emotional challenges - from anxiety, low mood and self-esteem issues, to life transitions, grief, and relationship difficulties.

I aim to offer a calm, supportive, and respectful space where you can speak freely and be met without judgement. Therapy doesn’t have to be about fixing something - it can also be about making more sense of who you are, how you relate to others, and what you want from life.

If you’d like to explore working together, I recommend starting with a brief introductory chat. This gives you a chance to see if I’m the right counsellor for you. Please feel free to get in touch.

Training, qualifications & experience

BACP recognised Diploma in Counselling from the Gestalt Centre, London 

Member organisations

BACP
British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP)

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

British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
Accredited Register Scheme

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British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy

Areas of counselling I deal with

Therapies offered

Fees

£40.00 per session

Concessions offered for

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  • check_circle Unemployed
  • check_circle Refugees

Additional information

I want clients to pay what they can afford. With that in mind my charging structure is below.

If you earn under £20,000 pa £40 per session 
Under £40,000 pa £55 per session 
And if you earn over £40,000 pa £65 per session 

Please do let me know if you have questions about this.

When I work

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London, Greater London, W2

Type of session

In person
Online

Types of client

Young adults (18-24)
Adults (25-64)
Older Adults (65+)

Online platforms

Google Meet
Zoom