Bea Xu

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About me

I am a fully qualified integrative, transpersonal psychotherapist; registered BACP member; & UKCP pre-registrant offering open-ended psychotherapy on Zoom.

The service I offer is queer-, kink-, ENM-friendly and culturally sensitive. My primary working language is English, but this may be supplemented with Mandarin Chinese by request. 我的主要语言是英语,但我会说流利的普通话口语。

As someone who experienced a profound alignment to my artistic path and community in recent years after what felt like a lifetime of painful trial and error, I am particularly invested in helping individuals who wish to self-actualise any frustrated creative potential (as a 'blocked artist') or uncover a calling.

The transpersonal aspect of psychotherapy deals with a spiritual dimension of the human experience (not necessarily one that is religious) and in this capacity I hope to assist with people undergoing spiritual emergency. I faced dark nights of the soul as a young adult and my intersecting identities make it easier to understand clients dealing with issues within a marginalised cultural context.

From online culture to counterculture, identity crisis to mood disorder, capitalist realism to extinction anxiety: it is an extremely edgy time to be alive on this planet, and my therapeutic approach does not shy away from this reality.

Training, qualifications & experience

I obtained my Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy from London’s Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy Education (CCPE) in 2024 following my Foundation certificate in 2019.

With 650+ hours and 4+ years of clinical experience working in forensic mental health, drop-in, community-based ecotherapy and BIPOC-focussed psychotherapy services, my work is supported on a regular basis by UKCP-registered supervisor Dwight Turner, with prior mentorship from therapists at Pink Therapy.

A Chinese-British practicing artist and writer, I studied English at Oxford University, worked in ‘new media’ video production, then climate communications and campaigning - with various spells of uncertainty and unemployment - before embarking on my psychotherapy training.

Member organisations

BACP
British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP)

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

British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
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British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy

Areas of counselling I deal with

Fees

£50.00 - £80.00

Additional information

I offer a 15 min free phone consultation, followed by an initial £70 assessment lasting 1 hour 30 minutes if we choose to proceed. Following that, our regular rate per session is negotiated on a sliding scale of £50/£65/£80 depending on your financial situation. 

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Further information

Please note my practice is online only for the time being. I am able to work with clients worldwide. 

London, Greater London, SE24

Rugby, Warwickshire, CV23

Type of session

Online

Types of client

Young adults (18-24)
Adults (25-64)
Older Adults (65+)

Key details

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Additional languages

Mandarin

Online platforms

Zoom