David Keighley
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About me
Are you looking for help in areas such as feeling sad, anxiety, depression and panic disorder? Struggling with addiction, a bereavement, or separation or divorce? My aim is to work with clients to provide the help and guidance needed to cope with life's pressures and to achieve lasting success and happiness
The way forward is multi-layered. It requires first of all an accurate audit of your current position, followed by empathic and focused work to establish the root of problems and achieve transformation. The goal is a work-life balance that allows enjoyment of life to the full.
I am an accredited member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and work using a number of techniques including CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy), Schema Therapy, and EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing).
Training, qualifications & experience
I was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and have extensive experience in the business world as a communications executive and as the originator and developer of business ideas. My practice as a therapist is thus rooted in extensive 'real-world' experience and knowledge.
I have a Postgraduate Diploma in Psychotherapy from Regents University, London. I work primarily as a psychodynamic counsellor, but also draw on theory from existential and humanist approaches, as well as CBT, EMDR and Schema Therapy. I am particularly interested in attachment science, a fast-developing field which explains human behaviour, needs and development in unprecedented ways.
As part of my continuing professional development I regularly attend seminars by leading psychotherapy practitioners and academic theorists.
I am an accredited member of the British Association of Counselling Psychotherapists (BACP) and in the academic year 2014-15 completed training at Sussex University in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT). I have more recently also trained in Schema Therapy and am a member of the International Society of Schema Therapists (ISTC) together with EMDR, having completed in 2020 training approved by EMDR Europe.
Member organisations
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.
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
Fees
£65.00 per session
Free initial telephone session
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
£65 per session. Each session lasts 50 minutes.
I offer concessions to a limited number of clients who would not otherwise be able to afford or access relevant therapy.
When I work
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Outside the main working periods, I can also offer some availability of morning and evening sessions
Further information
I have a special interest in, and experience of, the stresses of the business world, and the work-life balance. Having worked in a senior executive environment for many years - and having personal direct experience of business start-ups, I have especially deep insight into the psychological issues involved.
I also have extensive knowledge of the family court system and have specialist knowledge of the pressures of family breakdown.
