Effie Gika
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About me
To get the most out of therapy it is crucial that you feel safe, supported, and comfortable sharing whatever is on your mind. It's about giving you a forum where you can do just that whilst being listened to, without judgement or disruption, which sometimes doesn't happen in our everyday lives.
My clinical experience began 9 years ago at the Sangam Centre and CPPD's Counselling facility in North London, where I helped a diverse client base with their psychological well-being, and I've been running my private practice for 6 years.
The approach that I use is integrative, which means that I draw upon different approaches such as CBT, humanistic and psychodynamic, which may involve exploring links between the past and the present to help you make the decisions that are right for you.
My specialities include anxiety, depression, bereavement and relationship issues.
Training, qualifications & experience
Post-Graduate Diploma in Humanistic integrative Counselling, 2017; Certificate in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, 2016; Certificate in Psychiatry, Psychopathology and Psychodynamics, 2016; Certificate in Humanistic Counselling, 2014, CPPD. BA - London Metropolitan University.
Areas that I specialise in include anxiety, depression, low self-esteem and relationship issues.
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
Fees
£56.00 - £70.00
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
£56-£70 per session
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