Despina Scutari
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This professional is available for new clients.
About me
I am a fully qualified BACP and UKCP registered psychotherapist, centrally located in the City of London. I have extensive experience in one-to-one therapeutic work, helping clients overcome a wide variety of emotional challenges. I offer online and in-person sessions in a comfortable, confidential space where we can explore any difficulties you may be facing. I have worked with issues such as:
- Abuse
- Addiction
- Anger
- Anxiety
- Bereavement
- Depression
- Family issues/ Divorce
- Intimacy issues
- Low Self Esteem
- Panic Attacks
- Parenthood
- Relationship issues
- Self-Harm
- Sexuality and Identity
- Trauma
- Life and Work Stress
In-person and online sessions available according to individual requirements. Please email/telephone to arrange an initial consultation.
Training, qualifications & experience
I received my Professional Training and Diploma at the Westminster Pastoral Foundation (WPF), one of the most widely recognised and respected counselling centres in the UK.
I have previously worked for Mind UK and have several years experience in adult psychotherapy in private practice.
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.
The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) is a leading professional body for the education, training and regulation of psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors. Its register is accredited by the government's Professional Standards Authority.
As part of its commitment to protect the public, it works to improve access to psychotherapy, to support and disseminate research, to improve standards and to respond effectively to complaints against its members.
UKCP standards cover the range of different psychotherapies. Registration is obtained by training or accrediting with one of its member organisations, or by holding a European Certificate in Psychotherapy. 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.
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.
