Annamaria Antoniou
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About me
Have you been feeling angry and unsettled; a feeling of dread and don't know why? Perhaps you're restless at night due to fear or worries over school, family or relationship issues. Feeling low in mood and frustrated with life?
Contact me for support. Together we will explore what's troubling you and find resolution.
I can help you to manage your worries about school, work or family, or anything else; set healthy boundaries in relationships and friendships; to develop ways of coping and taking back control of your life and your emotions.
Therapy can help you to feel lighter, emotionally contained and truly heard. Therapy can also help you to feel more at peace with yourself and others.
Reaching out for help can feel daunting. It might feel like a desperate choice, as if you're failing by asking for help. You might feel like you don't deserve to be helped. You don't have to cope on your own.
Therapy can help you to overcome mental obstacles that are holding you back and help you work through difficult issues.
People seek counselling for many different reasons. There are no issues too small or too big; whether you're seeking help with a relationship, a work issue, anxiety, depression, or abuse, I can help.
I specialise in helping people recognise patterns of behaviour that might be holding them back in life, whether it involves developing a relationship, figuring out a career move, or how to communicate your needs to a loved one.
Together we will explore your fears and worries, develop coping strategies, freeing you from the invisible restraints and creating more space for joy, clarity and peace in your life.
With a background in health and social care and the NHS, I have seen the challenges people face daily, including feeling helpless and hopeless due to ill health, mental and physical exhaustion from caring for a loved one, and watching a loved one succumb to illness. I also understand workplace pressures from working in a high pressure environment.
I believe every person has the right to feel heard and understood, which is why I trained as a Person-Centred Therapist.
Following therapy sessions with me, clients have told me they have felt more empowered to make decisions in their life, developed greater trust towards themselves and others, found their voice, improving their relationships. Additionally, they felt calmer and more able to express themselves with others.
If you feel ready to start your journey, I am ready to listen.
Training, qualifications & experience
As someone with 14 years experience in health and social care and the NHS, supporting people living with chronic health conditions and Learning Disabilities gave me insight into the daily struggles people face. I also witnessed their inner strength and wish to enjoy life. Working alongside Nurses, Doctors and other health professionals, I appreciate the daily pressures they face in their role.
The experience I have gained helps me to empathise with people from different backgrounds and to gain understanding into social barriers, including discrimination and the toll it takes on mental health.
Growing up I struggled to find my voice and to recognise my needs. Feeling low in confidence, I sought therapy which helped me by giving me a private space and encouragement to express myself, which helped me to develop my self-confidence and express my needs to those around me.
I work with Terrence Higgins Trust as a Counsellor, offering short term sessions online for people from diverse ethnic groups, with a background of trauma, anxiety, loneliness, anger issues to name a few.
Underhill School and Children's Centre - Placement Counsellor - 2019-2021
I have experience supporting people with depression, anxiety, relationship issues, bereavement, low self-esteem, self-harm and suicidal ideations, loneliness, domestic abuse, childhood trauma.
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
£50.00 per session
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My working hours are 8am-6pm.
