Gosia Lanigan
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About me
My name is Gosia Lanigan, and I am a Gestalt Psychotherapist.
Gestalt psychotherapy offers a relational, embodied, and present-focused approach, which with patience and awareness brings about change and vitality.
My practice is informed by my values and my training as a Gestalt psychotherapist. As such, I see my clients as individuals in their context, experiencing their life with what is available to them, doing their best.
I begin by really getting to know the detail of the current situation. This includes my client's thoughts, feelings, awareness of their body, their relationships, the meaning they are making of themselves and the situation.
Creating support for therapeutic work is important and raising clients' awareness of how they are already supporting themselves plays a crucial role, as I pay attention to patterns emerging between us.
I trust that with an increased awareness of themselves the clients can make life changing choices.
Once you have embarked on your counselling journey, you can expect to:
- explore the issues you bring
- expand your understanding and awareness of yourself, your feelings, your relational and emotional patterns and habits
- try out new behaviours that can improve your relationships with yourself and others
- improve tolerance of your feelings and soothe distress
- have a space to just be and feel free to express your thoughts and feelings
- re-discover your existing skills and use them to support yourself
- You can expect me to be interested in your current experience of yourself and your situation.
- I am interested in your past too but only to the extent it is relevant to what you bring now.
- You will hear me ask you about how something impacts you and how that feels in your body. But don't worry if you can't tell. It takes time to learn to listen to oneself.
- I might repeat or paraphrase what you've said.
- Or offer a sentence for you to test out, or invite you to make a gesture.
- I check if you are interested in what I offer throughout the therapy session and there is never an obligation for you to agree with me.
Whilst making small, new steps within the counselling relationship, you can create important changes outside of it.
Training, qualifications & experience
- MSc in Gestalt Psychotherapy, Metanoia Institute, London
- Diploma in Gestalt Psychotherapeutic Counselling, Metanoia Institute, London
- numerous workshops and seminars
- counselling clients in voluntary sector in both London and Maidenhead
- Assistant Tutor on a Foundation Certificate in Humanistic Counselling Studies & Skills course, Metanoia Institute, London
- Tutor on MSc Gestlat Psychotherapy, Metanoia Institute, London.
- previous experience of working in Primary Education
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 UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) is a leading professional body for the education, training and regulation of psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors. Its register is accredited by the government's Professional Standards Authority.
As part of its commitment to protect the public, it works to improve access to psychotherapy, to support and disseminate research, to improve standards and to respond effectively to complaints against its members.
UKCP standards cover the range of different psychotherapies. Registration is obtained by training or accrediting with one of its member organisations, or by holding a European Certificate in Psychotherapy. 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
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Fees
£65.00 per session
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
- Individual psychotherapy: £65 per 50 minute session
- Couples counselling: £70 per 50 minute session
- Supervision: £65 per 50 minute
- I offer concessions. Check for availability.
When I work
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Further information
Wokingham Therapy Clinic is based in central Wokingham.
It is situated opposite the Denmark Street Car Park.
You can also get here by train as the station is close by. The walk will not take you longer than 10-15 minutes.
