About me
Hello and a very warm welcome to my practice. I'm Charlotte and I am a BACP registered psychotherapist practising face to face and remotely in. Clapham, south London. I work with individuals and couples over the age of 18 from all backgrounds, cultures, identities and beliefs.
If you are struggling with the effects of unresolved past experiences, anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, trauma or loss I am here to help you. You may not even be able to put words to your emotions or a diagnosis to your feelings but are feeling overwhelmed by life.
More and more couples are turning to therapy for support in managing their relationship. I am a qualified and experienced couples therapist working with partners experiencing a wide range of difficulties including communication, recurring conflict, loss of trust, infidelity and problems with intimacy. Parenting pressures and major life transitions also all show up in my room.
You do not however need to wait until your relationship is in crisis to come to couples therapy. Plenty of couples come to avoid just that - perhaps before embarking on marriage or starting a family.
The relationship we build is central to effective therapy and I offer a space where difficult things can be talked about freely and with understanding. My approach is warm and collaborative and we will work it all out together without judgement or pressure.
I practise full time (remotely and face to face) at Magnolia Therapy Centre, 53A Clapham High Street, London SW4 7TG which is a lovely therapy centre in the heart of Clapham.
See my website for a directory of blog posts which may relate directly to you.
What I offer
I am an integrative therapist which means I draw on different therapeutic approaches rather than expecting every client to fit a specific model.
In couples therapy my role is not to take sides or tell you whether you should stay together. Instead I help you slow down what happens between you and understand the patterns that can leave both partners feeling criticised, rejected, defensive or exhausted. Therapy gives us an opportunity to explore your patterns and raw spots and start doing things differently. We work on communicating more safely, expressing the feelings and needs underneath conflict, rebuilding trust and connection and finding a toolbox of ways of relating differently outside the therapy room.
With individual clients, I work in a similar way, drawing on psychodynamic, person-centred, compassion-focused, solution-focused and CBT approaches alongside mindfulness and emotional regulation techniques. We can be curious about how your past may be influencing your present while also developing practical ways of coping with what is happening in your life now in order to achieve change.
Whether I am working with couples or individuals my role is to provide a place where my experience and passion meet your pain and together we are able to explore different ways for you to cope. Your role is to set the pace and decide what to explore from your past and present and your hopes for the future. You only ever need share what feels safe for you and we work at your pace.
I am also trained in Emotional Freedom Therapy (EFT or ‘tapping’) which is a trauma technique combining talking therapy with tapping on points on the upper body to reduce distress and promote emotional balance.
I offer a free 15-20 minute introductory telephone call for us to get to know each other a little before you commit to a session with me. This helps you decide if I feel like a good fit for you and gives you a chance to ask me any questions you have.
Email me, call or message me if you would like to set this up and I will get back to you within 24 hours.
Training, qualifications & experience
I have completed a three-year training in Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy. I am registered with the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (MBACP) who are the largest UK body for counsellors and psychotherapists and I adhere to their ethics and code of practice. I have also trained in Couples and Relationship Therapy with a CORST accredited course at the Grove Practice. I have trained additionally in working with neurodiversity within couples.
I have also trained and worked with Cruse Bereavement Care and Shout Crisis Line since 2019 and am committed to regular continuing professional development.
See my website for more details and for regular blog posts and follow the link below to listen to my podcast on a common difficulty that I frequently see in my therapy room.
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.
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.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
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Fees
£80.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
- Individual sessions face-to-face and online £80
- Couples therapy face-to-face and online £120
- A limited number of concessionary slots are available for trainees.
When I work
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Further information
How I work
- As an integrative therapist, I bring together a range of approaches to support your wellbeing:
- Psychodynamic therapy - explores how early experiences and relationships may influence patterns of thought, feeling, and behaviour
- Person-centred therapy - places your perspective at the centre of the work, fostering self-understanding through empathy and acceptance
- Solution-focused therapy - helps identify goals and build on existing strengths to create meaningful, achievable change
- Mindfulness techniques - support emotional regulation, present-moment awareness and stress reduction
- Emotional Freedom Therapy (EFT or ‘tapping’)
My final thought if you are wavering about whether to explore therapy further or wondering whether you are feeling 'bad enough' ... therapy is self-care, self-compassion and an investment in your future and NOT self-indulgence.
“I have been seeing Charlotte for a year to help me process a very traumatic bereavement. She is warm and approachable and I feel I can say all the things to her that I can’t say to anyone else.”
“I had no idea really what to expect from therapy and no confidence that it would help but my anxiety and mood are so much better now. I have insight and coping strategies that I have learned from Charlotte that have completely turned things around for me.”
“Relationships, work, stress, low mood, panic attacks…I’ve brought it all to our sessions and week by week we unpack it together. I highly recommend Charlotte”
