Janet Kaplan

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MBACP (Accred), BPC, MSc
Available for new clients
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This professional is available for new clients.

Mill Hill NW7 & London W1G
Available for new clients
Available for new clients

This professional is available for new clients.

About me

Our work is for you to observe your emotional life and understand what drives you. You are then in a position to decide if you want to change your response to life. I am an experienced NHS Adult Counsellor who had worked in primary and secondary care and in private practice from Chase Lodge Hospital, North West London (Mill Hill) and Queen Anne Street Practice, Marylebone London W1 (Bond Street/Oxford Circus).

I specialise in depression, anxiety, anger management, separation, stress, panic, bereavement and relationship issues. I also offer a separate service to lawyers (www.counsellingforlawyers.co.uk) exploring the above issues as well as alcohol misuse, financial worries and prosecution.

The way I work is psychodynamic which means how you relate to me is how you relate to others in your life. My job is to reflect your behaviour back to you. From my personal experience this is a very enriching, insightful process but I appreciate is not for everyone.

I invite all potential patients to meet for an initial 1 hour consultation for you to determine if this process appeals to you and for me to determine if you can make use of this process. In this initial consultation we also explore how best you can move forward with your presenting issue(s). I might recommend another form of therapy or possibly another therapist who I think you would be better suited to.

Training, qualifications & experience

My life experience has convinced me that talking to someone who can listen - and respond - to you in a safe, confidential and non-judgemental environment, can facilitate your emotional and mental well-being so that you can live the life you want rather than the life you think you have been given.

I worked as an Honorary psychotherapist in Adult Mental Health at Guys and St Thomas' Hospital, London and practice as a psychodynamic counsellor in private practice. I also work as a Senior Counsellor in the NHS.  I also run www.counsellingforlawyers.co.uk which offers lawyers a safe space to talk in confidence about issues which are affecting their work and possibly their family life.

I am an approved Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy Practitioner, hold a Masters of Science in Psychodynamic Counselling from Birkbeck College, London University, a Post Graduate Diploma in Counselling from Birkbeck College, London University and a Foundation Degree in Counselling and Psychotherapy from Regent's College, London. I am a regular attendee on the Lecture Course at the Institute of Psychoanalysis. I have a BA (Hons) from Leeds University and a Post Graduate Diploma in French from Strasbourg University, France.

I am registered with the British Association for Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Supervision and supervisor practitioners in the field of mental health.   

Am an Accredited Member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy and work to the Association's Code of Ethics. Also a Member of the Association of Independent Practitioners and am on the United Kingdom Register of Counsellors and Psychotherapists. I am also registered member of The British Psychoanalytic Council. I hold a Criminal Records Bureau Certificate (CRB). Alongside my private practice I have presented a workshop for GPs on counselling.

Member organisations

Registered / Accredited

Registered / Accredited

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BACP
British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP)

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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).

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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

Additional information

You are invited to call to discuss treatment and cost.




When I work

I offer weekday day and evening appointments.

Further information

Free parking is available at Chase Lodge Hospital
Underground stations: Mill Hill East
Thameslink stations: Mill Hill East, Elstree & Borehamwood

3 NCP carparks available to Queen Anne Street Practice, Queen Anne Street
Underground stations: Oxford Circus (8 minute walk)
Bond Street (5 minute walk)

Chase Lodge Hospital, Page Street, Mill Hill, London, NW7 2ED

55 Queen Anne Street, London, W1G 9JR

Type of session

In person
Online
Phone

Types of client

Adults
Older adults

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Janet Kaplan
Janet Kaplan