Frances Hollingdale
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About me
I am an experienced psychodynamic psychotherapist who will work to support you with the issues you face. Together we can gain insight into your situation and create new ways of relating to yourself and others. We may discover how past experiences are affecting your current situation.
I offer long term therapy or short term weekly sessions which take place usually at the same time each week. Sessions last for 50 minutes.
Areas I work with include relationships with partner, family, work and friends; feelings of anxiety or depression; fertility and parenthood; illness and recovery; bereavement and loss, changes that feel outside of your control; feeling stuck or unmotivated.
When you contact me, we can arrange a brief introductory phone call to see how I can help. I offer an initial consultation where we can explore what brings you in more depth, and help me to find out more about you.
A therapeutic relationship offers the prospect of life-enhancing change and perspective. I look forward to meeting you.
Training, qualifications & experience
I qualified as a psychotherapist at WPF, an intensive clinical and academic training. I qualified with a Postgraduate Diploma in Psychodynamic Theory and Practice from Roehampton University. I hold a certificate from the Open University in online counselling.
I have a background in publishing, retail, and personal finance together with work in the voluntary sector. I started to train as a psychotherapist as a result of the experience of being in therapy myself and how it altered my life.
I am a member of the Foundation for Psychotherapy and Counselling (FPC). I am registered with the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP), and the British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC) and I am accountable to their codes of practice and ethics.
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 British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC) is a professional association, representing the profession of psychoanalytic psychotherapy.
The organisation is itself made up of fourteen member organisations and BPC accredits the trainings of its member organisations. An individual who qualifies from one of these trainings is then eligible for entry into the BPC's register.
BPC registrants are governed by a code of ethics, a policy of continuing professional development, a statement on confidentiality and a complaints procedure. The BPC is a Member Society of the European Federation for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy in the Public Sector (EFPP). 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.
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
£65.00 - £85.00
Additional information
The cost of an initial consultation is £70. Fees for ongoing work ranging from £65-£85 per session can be discussed and agreed between us.
Further information
My practice is in Walthamstow London E17 where my consulting room offers a confidential and welcoming therapeutic space. I offer sessions on Mondays - Wednesdays, daytime or evening. I see clients face to face in person, or online.
