Barbara (Basia) Benda
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About me
I offer face to face sessions in Peckham Rye and also online sessions.
I work with individuals and couples.
My aim is to support you on your journey to making meaningful and positive changes so that you can have the ability to engage with life in the way you wish.
Therapy sessions with me will help you to understand yourself better and express how you feel. Together we will challenge unhelpful beliefs and bring attention to any unhelpful thought patterns and behaviours.
I have experience helping people manage a variety of issues and among them depression, anxiety, addiction, abuse, relationship issues, bereavement and cancer. I worked with Cruse in Oxford, Centre 70 in West Norwood and Dimbleby Cancer Centre at Guy’s hospital in London.
At present I work at St.Christopher's hospice in Sydenham with patients and carers (individuals and couples).
For many years I also worked in humanitarian aid sector and I travelled and lived in many different countries in Europe, Americas, Africa and Asia.
I am a certified psychotherapist with MSc from Metanoia Institute, one of the leading centres for psychotherapy training in the UK. I have also previously trained in Existential therapy.
I welcome people from all backgrounds in my practice. Do get in touch if you have any questions and we can have an initial free call to discuss your questions.
I offer therapy in English, Polish and French.
Training, qualifications & experience
MSc in Psychotherapy from Matanoia Institute
Certificate in Psychotherapy, Counselling and Coaching from New School of Psychotherapy and Counselling
Certificate in Bereavement Counselling from Cruse
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.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£65.00 per session
Free initial telephone session
Additional information
I offer first session for a fee of £35
