Bernard Sharp
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About me
Do you feel you're struggling with anxiety, depression, career or relationships? As a therapist, I help people seeking support with a wide range of issues including anxiety, depression, and work or relationship difficulties. Many of my clients are professionals in stressful careers, or identify as LGBTQ+, any many have (or wonder if they might have) ADHD.
I offer a confidential and compassionate therapeutic approach tailored to your unique needs. You might want to explore past experiences and how they are impacting you at present, or discuss something that’s going on for you right now, and are looking to talk to a professional with whom you can feel safe, heard and understood. I am registered with most health insurance funds.
Contact me to schedule a free 15 minute phone or zoom call, and see if we're a good fit.
Training, qualifications & experience
I have an MSc in Psychodynamic Counselling and Psychotherapy and I am a fully accredited member of the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists, and registered as a psychodynamic counsellor with the British Psychoanalytic Association. I am accredited by Pink Therapy as a Gender, Sexuality & Relationship Diversities (GSRD) Therapist. I am also currently working towards finishing a Diploma in Psychosexual Therapy.
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
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.
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.
The National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society This Not For Profit association of counsellors and psychotherapists aim to support the counselling profession, members and training organisations. In 2013 the NCS register was accredited by the Professional Standards Authority under the Accredited Voluntary Register Scheme. 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.
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
£100.00 per session
Free initial telephone or online session
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
Free 15 minute initial chat so that we can get an initial impression of whether we would work together well, and whether I am the sort of therapist you are looking for.
When I work
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Further information
I can see you in person in a comfortable consulting room in Central London, and I also work online if that's more convenient
