Anna Thomas
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About me
I am an integrative psychotherapist and counsellor, which means I offer a range of modern therapeutic approaches, depending on your particular needs. I am experienced in working with people seeking psychotherapy because they are in pain for a wide range of reasons. Perhaps you struggle with anxiety or depression, are at a confusing crossroads in your life, have a habit that you can't seem to change, or live with an ongoing sense that life is out of kilter. Or perhaps you have been bereaved or traumatised, or are in the midst of a relationship difficulty.
I see psychotherapy as a warm, welcoming place where you will be able to say whatever you want to, in confidence and without judgement. Together we will explore your experience, try to put words to how you feel, make connections between different parts of your life and look at what changes you want to make. We will aim to understand your patterns of feeling and thinking, enabling us to see what is getting in the way for you. Doing this helps to enable solutions to come into view.
I believe that our patterns of feeling and thinking are shaped by the society that we find ourselves in, as well as by our early relationships and inborn temperaments, and I try to keep the power relationships that are deeply embedded in our society in mind as I practise psychotherapy. Whatever your gender, culture, heritage, race, body, disability, sexual orientation or age, whatever work you do and whatever your beliefs, you are welcome.
Whether or not you’ve had therapy before, a first session with a new therapist can feel like a big step. I offer a first session as a consultation: you will be able to tell me about your hopes for therapy, get a feeling for what working with me will be like, and ask me any questions you may have. If we continue, we might want to have just a few sessions, or work on an open-ended basis, allowing us to go deeper.
My pronouns are she/her.
Training, qualifications & experience
My qualification is a five-year Advanced Diploma in Integrative Psychotherapy and Counselling from the Minster Centre in London (one of the most respected therapy training centres in the UK). I also hold an MA in Psychotherapy and Counselling, and a BSc (hons) in Psychology (intercalated with medicine).
My training includes elements of humanistic therapy (a focus on experience in the here-and-now), psychodynamics (how the past unconsciously influences our present), attachment theory (how early relationships influence our current ways of relating), body psychotherapy (the physical basis of emotion), cognitive-behavioural therapy (changing thoughts and actions), mindfulness, and the neuroscience that underpins all of these.
I am a member of two professional associations, the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) and the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.
As well as running my own psychotherapy practice, I have worked as a counsellor at Mind.
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Life transitions
Retirement
Mid-life crisis
Therapies offered
Fees
£80.00 - £90.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
My session fee is £90 in central London and £80 in Finsbury Park.
The introductory session is at a reduced rate of £60 in both locations.
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