Farya Barlas

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location_on London SW11 & Hertfordshire EN4
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About me

I am a Chartered Counselling Psychologist registered with British Psychological Society(BPS). I am also an associate fellow of the British Psychological Society (AFBPsS) I offer short term and long term therapy to individuals and couples in Central and North London.

Being a counselling psychologist means that I have worked with people experiencing a broad variety of difficulties and dissatisfactions in their daily lives to enhance their emotional well-being. I am professionally trained in providing short term counselling, including CBT, and long term psychotherapy.

My aim is to provide a safe space where you can feel understood without being judged, deepening your awareness of your unique patterns of feeling, thinking and behaviour. This process of gaining insight and self awareness helps you to make informed choices and experience in your personal and professional life, and helps you enjoy your life in a more meaningful way.

Training, qualifications & experience

Extensive clinical experience within the NHS, private and charity sectors.

2014 Associate Fellow of British Psychological Society (AFBPsS)
2014 Health and care Professions Council (HCPC) registered Practitioner Psychologist
2011 BritishPsychological Society (BPS) accredited Chartered Counselling Psychologist (CPsychol)
2009 Postgraduate Diploma in the Practice of Counselling Psychology
2008 MSc Counselling Psychology
2007 Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling Psychology
2005 BSc (Hons) Psychology
 Over 15 years experience in providing individual and couples therapy in different settings.

Member organisations

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BPS
British Psychological Society (BPS)

British Psychological Society

HCPC
Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)

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They keep a register of health professionals who meet their standards, and they take action if registered health professionals fall below those standards. They were created by a piece of legislation called the Health Professions Order 2001.

Registration means that a health professional meets national standards for their professional training, performance and conduct.

Areas of counselling I deal with

Fees

£200.00 per session

Health Insurance/EAP

  • check_circle Aviva
  • check_circle Axa Health
  • check_circle Vitality

Additional information

Initial Consultation : £200
Individual : £200
Couples: £250

When I work

I have limited slots available at the moment but i do take on clients on saturdays too however the fee remains the same. 

Further information

One of the core beliefs in my therapy work is based on repetition compulsion which is a Psychological phenomenon used to explain the client’s need to re enact early traumatic events or their difficulties over and over again. The aim of psychotherapy is to facilitate the client to acknowledge these  patterns and get in touch with the root of their trauma in order to facilitate change.

Regardless of techniques being used based on the client’s needs, I strongly believe that the therapeutic relationship plays a major role in helping the clients face their fears and their anger in order to integrate splits off parts so that they feel more integrated in themselves and free themselves from their past experiences.

Finally based on my personal as well as my academic and professional knowledge and experiences, I know and believe that regardless of where you are at in your life change is always possible given the right context and therapeutic work.

Type of session

In person
Online
Phone

Types of client

Young people (13-17)
Adults (25-64)
Couples
Groups
Organisations

Key details

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Wheelchair user access

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Additional languages

Farsi

Supervision

In person

I am a Chartered Counselling Psychologist trained in four different therapeutic approaches which include person centred therapy, psychodynamic therapy, cognitive behavioural therapy and integrative therapy and thus am able to provide supervision in all these four approaches although my own stance of working is mainly based on psychodynamic views.

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