Iskra Lindner
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About me
How can psychotherapy help? The way I see it, the process of therapy enables us to cultivate self-compassion and understanding, which results in more harmonious and satisfying relationships, opens up choices in areas we feel stuck, allows us to be more creative in how we see the world and achieve our goals.
I am an integrative therapist, which means I have been trained to work with most major psychotherapeutic approaches: psychodynamic, humanistic, existential, body psychotherapy, trauma informed therapy, Gestalt, relational psychoanalysis. This allows me the flexibility to tailor my approach to each client and their specific issues. However, what is most important for me as a therapist is to connect with each person on a human level, to really see their perspective and understand their world.
How will that translate in the therapy room? We will be paying attention to your moment-to-moment experience on an emotional, relational and cognitive level. We will be listening to what your body is trying to tell us by using mindfulness and meditation techniques. We will explore the past, while focussing on how it may manifest in the present. And as humans are, by nature, social we will be looking at the larger societal context, while keeping in mind the unique matrix of diversity that makes you, you.
Training, qualifications & experience
I trained at the Minster Centre in London, one of the most rigorous and respected psychotherapy courses in the UK. The depth of my training allows me to work with a variety of presenting issues - anxiety, depression, childhood trauma, suicidal thoughts, loss and bereavement, relationship problems, issues with difference and belonging.
Before setting up my private practice, I worked as a therapist at the London charity CPCP (City Pregnancy Counselling and Psychotherapy), where I received additional training in supporting clients going through infertility, IVF, pregnancy loss, and birth trauma.
In my previous life, I was a creative and creative director in advertising for over ten years, which helps me understand the demands of a busy, fast-paced career, and the particular challenges of working as a creative.
Member organisations
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.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£70.00 - £85.00
Additional information
My fees vary between £70 and £85 depending on the time and location.
I usually do the initial consultation for the full 50 minutes, which gives us a chance to experience working together. This is charged at my regular fee.
Some clients prefer to have a brief Zoom call first in order to meet me and discuss availability. Please make a request, if that is your preference.
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