Esa Isander Freiman

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About me

Are you longing for change? Do you want to understand yourself more deeply, gain new perspectives, or free yourself from old patterns that are holding you back? Whether you’re facing a life crisis, exploring questions of identity, or simply sensing that something needs to shift, therapy can be a powerful way forward.

With me, you’ll find a space where you can exhale, ground yourself, and explore what truly matters to you — without judgement and without pressure.

As a Humanistic therapist, I believe in the healing power of the therapeutic relationship and in every person’s innate capacity to grow, change, and come home to themselves. My focus is to create a safe, warm, and genuine therapeutic environment where you can explore, understand, and develop at your own pace.

You are warmly welcome to get in touch — whoever you are, wherever you come from, and wherever you are on your journey.

Jag talar svenska. 

Training, qualifications & experience

I have extensive experience supporting people with issues related to identity, childhood trauma, neurodivergence, migration, non-traditional relationships and sexuality, cultural transitions, and sexual trauma. I work inclusively with LGBTQIA+ people and their loved ones, always starting from your unique story and your individual needs.

For the past three years, I have been working for a Charity offering low-cost therapy to local residents from all walks of life. 

Earlier in life, I have had a varied career in EDI, youth work and mental health support. 

Qualifications: 

  • Humanistic Counselling BSc (Hons), Middlesex University, Metanoia Institute
  • Certificate of Counselling and Psychotherapy, Regent's University 
  • Bachelor of Social Work and Gender Studies, Stockholm University. 

Member organisations

BACP
British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP)

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

British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
Accredited Register Scheme

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British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy

Areas of counselling I deal with

Therapies offered

Fees

£35.00 - £70.00

Concessions offered for

  • Low income
  • Students
  • Trainee counsellors
  • Unemployed
  • Refugees

Additional information

 I understand that therapy is an investment that is not easily affordable to many. Talk to me if cost is a barrier for accessing counselling, as my concessional slots becomes available occasionally. Concessional slots are £35 or £50, while my standard fee is £70. I use the "Green bottle method" to discuss which of these fees are appropriate to your situation. 

When I work

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Morning
Early afternoon
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Current availability:

  • Monday: Sessions starting 11 AM -8PM 
  • Tuesday: Sessions starting 10 and 11 AM, 12 PM
  • Thursday: Sessions starting 8, 9 and 10 AM 

I respond to emails Monday - Friday 

London, Greater London, N16

Type of session

In person
Online
Phone

Types of client

Young adults (18-24)
Adults (25-64)

Key details

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For in-person sessions, my counselling room is on the first floor (12 steps), with no elevator. The bathroom is accessed via an additional three steps. I provide fidget toys. I understand that clients sometimes need to move around in the session.

Additional languages

Swedish

Online platforms

Zoom
Esa Isander Freiman
Esa Isander Freiman