Anthony Bedell
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About me
Many of us struggle sometimes with how we feel and want someone to share that struggle with us. I want to be there for you, listening to how you feel and together trying to help make sense of it.
Sometimes we know how we feel but sometimes our feelings are muddled and we don't. We need space to get our heads around things in a safe, secure space.
What is psychotherapy?
Psychotherapy is a therapy based on listening for feelings; it involves two people exploring what might be going on. Sometimes our feelings are obvious but sometimes they are very mixed or very hidden. Psychotherapy then looks to make sense of our feelings, it draws on the great community of psychologists who have written and thought in the last hundred years.
I believe that the different parts of our life all link up: how we are now is born out of how we were when we were younger; our thoughts are full of feelings; pain in our bodies can reflect pain in our hearts; so often we long to connect with others and don't know how to.
Our bodies and our dreams, too, can hold part of our experience and it can be important to listen to them. They can express what we don't necessarily realise we feel or want.
First steps
I offer a free initial phone call; that gives you a chance to ask questions or tell me things, and then we can take it from there. I am based in Littlehampton and see people once or twice weekly.
Like to know a little more?
You can see more in the blogs that I have posted on my website.
Training, qualifications & experience
I trained for 6 years with the Society of Analytical Psychology and my training involved being in therapy up to four times a week. As a therapist I have worked in the NHS (Psychological Therapies, Assessment and Treatment Service) and in various counselling services. I have also supervised groups of counsellors in two counselling charities.
I am registered with the British Psychoanalytical Council and am a member of the Society of Analytical Psychology and the International Association for Analytical Psychology.
Member organisations
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
The British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC) is a professional association, representing the profession of psychoanalytic psychotherapy.
The organisation is itself made up of fourteen member organisations and BPC accredits the trainings of its member organisations. An individual who qualifies from one of these trainings is then eligible for entry into the BPC's register.
BPC registrants are governed by a code of ethics, a policy of continuing professional development, a statement on confidentiality and a complaints procedure. The BPC is a Member Society of the European Federation for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy in the Public Sector (EFPP). Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
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
£40.00 - £85.00
Free initial telephone session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I charge between £40 and £85 depending on your circumstances.
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