David Peak

Training, qualifications & experience

I trained as a Person-Centred counsellor and hold a Diploma in Counselling;
I also trained in the use of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing model of psychotherapy and have an EMDRIA authorised Certificate;
as a Further Education teacher and have a Professional Diploma in Education;
and I am a Registered and Accredited member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.

BACP accreditation means my knowledge, experience and skill have been endorsed by a leading UK professional counselling body.   To keep that accreditation, I am required to embrace the BACP ethical standards in my practice, have monthly clinical supervision and show evidence that I continue to develop my professional knowledge and proficiency.

Further information

If you have been in therapy before and that experience did not resolve your issues, you should bear in mind that psychotherapy is a name for a very diverse range of theoretical models and treatment approaches, and individual psychotherapists apply the model and method in which they are trained in their own personal way.

Some people's issues may be susceptible to almost any model or approach, whereas others need a particular method that not all therapists use.

I am trained in a number of models and approaches and try to tailor the treatment I offer to your particular needs, rather than to expecting your need to be susceptible to a single treatment approach.

If you have long-standing issues, especially if you have experienced several episodes of therapy, the issues may be susceptible to an approach such as EMDR, which research has shown to be capable of resolving problems that had previously been treatment-resistant.

Lastly, because of my experience of life and the length of my clinical practice, I can bring a wider understanding to what brings you into therapy and sometimes see it from a different perspective.