Jasmin Patel
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About me
Sometimes things come up in life that can be difficult to manage and it can feel stressful and overwhelming. Being able to have someone to talk to can help with resolving difficulties and feeling better.
I provide a safe, confidential, warm and approachable space for children, young people, adults and older adults to help alleviate distressing feelings.
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Jasmin is an experienced therapist with over 16 years of working in clinical psychology services in the NHS with people across the life span.
As a Cognitive Behavioural Therapist (BABCP accredited) and Psychologist, she works privately, offering both long and short term therapy. She has previously worked in a Specialist London Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) NHS and GP Practice at the Victoria Medical Centre. She currently works in an Early Intervention Service in the NHS and private practice.
Her expertise are in working therapeutically with children, young people, adults and their families experiencing social, emotional and behavioural difficulties. Jasmin's experience includes helping children, adolescents and parents alleviate distress from anxieties and stress, such as social anxiety, phobias, obsessive compulsive disorder, panic, generalised anxiety, selective mutism, trauma, low mood, depression and psychosis. She also provides support in helping to overcome difficulties in relationships, school and work based worries, emotional regulation, and adjustment to life circumstances. In addition, she has worked with adults experiencing more complex difficulties including compulsive hoarding, and older adults with memory impairment, anxiety and depression.
Jasmin is trained in using the most up-to date and recent evidenced-base intervention in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). She also integrates therapies in Mindfulness, Counselling, Compassion-Focussed approach, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Systemic and Family approaches, and skills from Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) to help manage distressing and overwhelming experiences.
Furthermore, Jasmin is trained in the assessment of autism and autism spectrum condition using the ADOS-2 (Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule).
Training, qualifications & experience
- Experienced and BABCP Accredited therapist with over 16 years of working in mental health services, NHS.
- 8 years Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) experience.
- Post Graduate Diploma Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, University College London, Kings College London - Distinction.
- BSc Psychology Honours.
- CPCAB Counselling Skills training.
- Autism assessment (ADOS-2) trained.
- Positive Behavioural Support (PBS) training.
- Trained in administering a range of cognitive, psychological and neuro- psychometric assessments across the life span, including people with Learning Disabilities, Down’s syndrome and Dementia.
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy training.
- Working with shame and guilt in trauma – a compassion focused approach training.
As an accredited Cognitive and Behavioural Therapist of the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) she adheres to the ethical codes of practice.
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.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
Additional information
Session (50mins) weekly/fortnightly - please call to enquire.
Some concessionary rates are available.
When I work
Flexible including weekend
Further information
Getting started with therapy...
Sometimes it can feel a bit overwhelming especially if it's your first time, so here are a few simple steps to help get you started:
Give me a call or send an email. We can then set up an initial session to talk about what you would like to get out of therapy.
Next, if you're happy to continue we'll set up a second session, and arrange to see each other weekly/fortnightly.
