Anna Jurek
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About me
I am a counselling psychologist (HCPC) and BACP registered integrative child and adolescent counsellor. I can help children and young people who are anxious, withdrawn, worried, sad, low, depressed or angry. A child's or young person’s difficulties may be triggered by events such as bereavement, divorce or separation in the family, bullying, trauma, transition or stress.
I offer a space in which a trustworthy relationship can be built, allowing a sense of safety to grow. Working together at the young person’s pace, difficult and confusing feelings, thoughts and behaviour can be explored. Using creative work and play provides a gentle and profound person centred avenue for expression, while the counselling relationship helps insight, self-awareness and self-care to develop.
I offer a free telephone consultation during which we can discuss the presenting issues. If you decide to take the process further, a face-to-face assessment will take place over three 50 minute sessions with combinations of parent(s)/carer and young person.
Counselling sessions are available: after school, early evening or Saturday. They take place at the counselling room at:
The Awareness Centre 41 Abbeville Rd, London SW4 9JX
Training, qualifications & experience
I hold a Postgraduate Diploma in Integrative Counselling and a Masters in Applied Psychology specialising in cross-cultural psychology; I have vast experience in working with migrant children and adolescents, including the impact of acculturation when country of residence has been changed.
In addition I have training in working with parents, helping them to better understand their children’s behavior and gain confidence in managing it.
In my approach to children and adolescents, I draw on person-centred and play therapy to discover the most adequate way to work with my clients’ difficulties. My work is also influenced by neuroscience and Shanker’s Self-Reg a method for understanding stress and learning self-regulation.
I am a professional member of the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (MBACP) and I adhere to the BACP Code of Ethics, maintaining confidentiality and following relevant safeguarding procedures where necessary. I hold full professional liability insurance and an up-to-date DBS (Disclosures and Barring Service). To ensure best practice, my work is overseen by a clinical supervisor.
Prior to my counselling career, I have worked for eight years in the corporate world and I have been involved as a creator and facilitator in many educational projects.
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
Fees
£90.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Initial telephone consultation: Free
Face to face sessions (50 mins): £90
Telephone/Zoom sessions (50 mins): £90
When I work
Mondays to Fridays from 5pm until 7pm Saturdays from 9am until 4.50pm
Further information
I work in a collaborative manner, engaging with families to gain a full understanding of the difficulties, and determine the most effective way forward. This may involve one-to-one sessions with children or young people; but also sessions just for parents helping them to understand their child’s needs.
My approach is flexible and adapted to the needs of the individual or family.
The list below describes some of the types of difficulties that I can help with – although by no means is this an exhaustive list:
- Anxiety (fears, phobias, worries, obsessions, OCD)
- Depression and low mood
- Trauma
- Self-harm
- Challenging behaviours/tantrums
- Exam stress
- Anger & aggression
- Friendship problems
- Self-esteem
- Family relationships
- Adjustment to life events (divorce, changing schools, bereavement, migration)
- Bullying & peer relationships
- Parenting
- Acculturation stress
