Barbara Thorpe-Tracey
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About me
Have you wondered what it might be like to have a trusted space and time where you might explore who you are and what it is like to be in the world as you find it?
My way of working as an Existential Psychotherapist/Counsellor offers a chance to explore your experience of life and to find meaning, freedom and openness to new possibilities as they arise. You may experience a different way of being listened to and being with another person in safe space. There will not be “homework”, judgement or set goals, but a journey together to allow what might become.
I work in with people who are experiencing Anxiety, Depression or difficulties with mood, have feelings of being stuck in life, are questioning identity, struggling with relationships or going through times of adversity and loss.
Training, qualifications & experience
I have an MA in Psychotherapy and Counselling (Distinction) from the Regent’s School of Psychotherapy and Psychology at Regent’s University London. I completed my training with award of the Postgraduate Certificate in Existential Psychotherapy. I am a Full Clinical Member of the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) and I am a Registered Member of BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy).
Informed by a rich life experience, I have interests in LGBTQ+ issues and experience, the impacts of workplace bullying and redundancy, maternal and gynaecological mental health, intergenerational trauma, and in the process of performers and creative artists.
I practice in the charity sector and in private practice in North London.
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 UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) is a leading professional body for the education, training and regulation of psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors. Its register is accredited by the government's Professional Standards Authority.
As part of its commitment to protect the public, it works to improve access to psychotherapy, to support and disseminate research, to improve standards and to respond effectively to complaints against its members.
UKCP standards cover the range of different psychotherapies. Registration is obtained by training or accrediting with one of its member organisations, or by holding a European Certificate in Psychotherapy. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
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.
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
£75.00 per session
Free initial telephone or online session
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
£75 per 50 minute weekly session. Concessions by negotiation.
When I work
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I see clients in person on Monday evenings, Tuesday evenings, Wednesday evenings and Thursday mornings. I also have availability for Zoom sessions at other times by appointment.
Further information
I see clients in-person in comfortable, purpose-designed therapy rooms in three locations in Islington Borough, North London: Barnsbury Therapy Rooms on Liverpool Road in Islington N1, Shelburne Road in Holloway N7 and Woodfall Road in Finsbury Park N4.
