Camilla Akoo

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location_on Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, EH3 7RN
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About me

I offer one-to-one sessions, both face to face and online for adults. I work Integratively, combining techniques from both Person-Centred and Psychodynamic approaches.

I believe in placing focus on tracing your current distress back to its root causes, as well as addressing your "here and now" symptoms. This dual approach allows clients to begin feeling relief in their day to day life, while ensuring that the underlying causes are being addressed, which in turn can lead to longer, more sustainable change and progress.

I have a particular interest in working with anxiety, trauma, low self-esteem, relationship issues and attachment issues, but I have also worked with many clients who are struggling with depression, suicidal ideation, loss and gender issues.

I have also worked with several clients who were either waiting on assessment for, or who had recently been diagnosed with either ASD or ADHD, and were looking for support on managing the impact that these neuro-divergences have on their day to day lives and relationships.

Training, qualifications & experience

BA Hons in Counselling and Psychotherapy

Post Graduate Diploma in Counselling

Currently completing PhD in Psychotherapy

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.

Areas of counselling I deal with

Therapies offered

Fees

£60.00 per session
Free initial telephone session

Concessions offered for

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Additional information

Limited concession rates available for students/low income

I also offer a 6 session package, which offers clients a discounted rate of 15% on the total cost of sessions

When I work

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This is a rough representation of my working hours, however I currently have limited availability. Please feel free to get in touch and we can see if our availability matches up.

Further information

Client Testimonials-

"I found therapy with Camilla extremely helpful and transformative. She helped me to cultivate more self-compassion, which I historically have really struggled with, and this has had a positive impact on my romantic relationship as well as my general life. Even though I have paused therapy for now, I still use tools that I learnt with Camilla to help myself out on more emotionally challenging days. I would 100% recommend working with Camilla; she's a fantastic, empathetic and very knowledgeable therapist!" 

“I was apprehensive about attending counselling for my anxiety following the end of a long-term relationship, however Camilla made me feel at ease in sessions and helped me understand the root causes of my worries and how to change my mindset..I have been able to use the techniques we established in numerous aspects of my life and my self-confidence has grown enormously. I would have no hesitation in recommending Camilla, she is empathetic, compassionate and extremely knowledgeable!”

Physis Scotland, 22 Drumsheugh Gardens, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, EH3 7RN

Type of session

In person
Online

Types of client

Adults (25-64)