Gordon Wax

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MBACP 386750
Available for new clients
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London E14 & Guildford GU1
Available for new clients
Available for new clients

This professional is available for new clients.

About me

 About me & my practice
 
Hi, my name is Gordon. Welcome!
 
I’m an experienced counsellor based in East London, working both online and in person. I was born and raised in London. Personal therapy helped me to untangle my relationship with myself and my emotions.
 
The world alone is a chaotic place to manage our own unknowns, anxieties, and traumas.  I understand that everyone experiences the world in different ways, so unique problems require bespoke responses.
 
Our lives are constantly creating new beginnings, change, and endings, so it’s natural to feel emotions strongly, think differently and respond atypically. I help clients explore all spheres of their life to help them build hope and to cope. 
 
Practice Description
 
Based in East London I see a diverse range of clients from around the world.  Within my home I have a dedicated consulting room in a quiet residential area with excellent transport links.  For those who feel connected to nature, you are welcome to grow from within the private garden or join me for walking therapy around the Victoria Park.  Inside or out, I offer a therapy space that is safe, clean, and confidential, so we can work collaboratively. We all live busy lives so I am happy to offer hybrid counselling where needed.
 
Process 
 
I like to describe therapy as a process. I work with my clients on a regular weekly basis at the same time each where possible. This consistency and containment can be relied upon like a crutch while your life regains balance. I work on a long-term open-ended bases at a speed that feels right for you.
 
In the beginning we reference the unknown, as we don’t know what will come up and out of the therapy. Fresh starts can feel like we are dropping a pebble in a pond as we grow aware of ripples in your life.  As time goes on you will know how to befriend or be with them. All sessions are important, especially the last one. The well-managed, planned ending is your opportunity to have control of one if you haven’t before. We complete when the case feels right, complete, or enough with an understanding that my door remains open to you.
 
The next step
 
From my own experience reaching out, sitting in the chair, or saying the words out loud can be daunting.
 
To enter a non-judgmental space, I invite you to contact me via my website (through the ‘contact’ section), email directly, or call, so that we can arrange a zoom or in person assessment to discuss your needs and eligibility, in the hopes to take therapy forward.
 
The chargeable assessment meeting/s is a 50-minute (90-minute for couples) no obligation to continue exploratory discussion to express: -
·      What has brought you to therapy
·      What you would like to get out of therapy
·      The process of therapy
·      Questions you may have
·      Anything else you think I should know about you.
 
Promises
·      Therapists tend not to make promises however I can assure you If it can’t be better, then an aspect will feel better.
·      Therapy can’t work if you can’t come.
 
In session 
Monday 8:00am-7:00pm
Tuesday 8:00am-7:00pm
Wednesday 8:00am-6:00pm
Thursday 8:00am-2:00pm

Training, qualifications & experience

  • Diploma in therapeutic counselling
  • Yoga teacher with Yoga Alliance professionals Int.
  • BACP registered member
  • Bereavement counsellor at Woking at Same Beare Hospices
  • Working with families with children with Autism
  • Sand play and Art therapy
  • Emergency first aid

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

Fees

£70.00 per session

Concessions offered for

  • Students
  • Trainee counsellors

Additional information

Individuals £70.00 virtual session £100.00 face to face session

Couples £90.00 virtual session , £120.00 face to face session

When I work

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Night

Monday-Thursday, 8am-8pm

London, Greater London, E14

102 Nightingale Road, Guildford, Surrey, GU1

Type of session

In person
Online
Phone

Types of client

Young people
Adults
Older adults
Couples
Organisations
Employee Assistance Programme

Key details

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Wheelchair user access
Wheelchair user access

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Additional languages

French & Ivrit interpreter upon quest

Online platforms

Skype
Whatsapp
Zoom