Elvira Karanja
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About me
Seeking therapy can bring up many complex feelings.
This may be because the process of finding a therapist can feel confusing and overwhelming, but also due to the personal circumstances that have led you to consider therapy. It may be that you have a specific area of your life you would like to understand or seek help with, or have a general curiosity about yourself, and feel that this is the right time to begin that journey.
As an experienced psychodynamic psychotherapist, I offer a safe, trusting and consistent space that allows you to explore your experiences and how they currently affect you and your relationships with others and the world. I’ll encourage and support you to bring your full self, so we can make sense of any complex feelings and emotions
Training, qualifications & experience
I have worked in community organisations and the NHS, supporting people experiencing different levels of depression, anxiety, complex loss, low self esteem, complex trauma, abuse, self harm, relationship issues, anger, helplessness, etc. I also work with people who are generally curious about themselves and want to gain deeper insight about themselves.
I take interest in working with psychosocial experiences in terms of race, religion, sexuality, gender. I have a special interest in the experience of disabled people and those living with long term health conditions whether it be physical or neurodiversity.
These are experiences that affect how we see ourselves and how we are seen, and are therefore important lived experiences to acknowledge and understand.
I have a masters degree in psychodynamic counselling and psychotherapy. I hold an undergraduate degree in psychology and a postgraduate certificate in counselling and psychotherapy.
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
£75.00 - £95.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I offer a 15 minute free initial consultation to explore how we can work together. I also offer concession rates to those who may benefit from this.
Further information
Open Ended Therapy:
The psychodynamic approach looks to focus on how current issues may have originated from the past or earlier experiences i.e. how your past affects your current situation. Understanding this helps facilitate long-term change. Working in an open-ended way provides the time and space for a deeper exploration of issues and their unconscious origins and manifestations. It gives us the opportunity to think together in a safe and contained way.
Time-Limited Therapy:
Psychodynamic psychotherapy can also work in a time limited way and I offer this in the form of 12-week sessions. This works by providing a specific area or focus in the work, for instance, specific to a relationship problem, work, etc.
