Jo Mallabar
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About me
PGDip, MBACP & UKCP Registered.
Taking that first step and beginning the journey takes courage. That’s why it’s so important you feel comfortable and safe with your therapist. I am an experienced psychodynamic psychotherapist who approaches your problems and feelings, whatever they may be, with a mature, non-judgmental and open mind. I have an in person therapy practice in a peaceful location in the W3/W4 area of London alongside a busy online practice. Amongst my online clients are executives with hectic work schedules, those wishing access to an experienced London therapist from wherever they are based in the world, home workers and at home parents, individuals with mobility issues/health problems alongside clients who simply feel more comfortable with remote support.
Psychodynamic psychotherapy is an in-depth way of looking at your problems. At each step we work together to explore alternative ways to move forward in your life. To achieve this we also look back, uncovering any repetitive patterns of behaviour and understanding how they are contributing to what you feel is going wrong.
Psychotherapy can help with all kinds of problems from difficulties with relationships, a frustrated career, anxiety and depression, or simply feeling misunderstood and confused about who you are and what you want. Over a number of years, I have helped people of all ages and from all walks of life. This experience was gained providing psychotherapy in WPF Therapy’s busy London Bridge Clinic and within community mental health services in West London. Whilst my former career at a senior level in editing and publishing gave me first-hand experience of the pressures and stress of modern-day London living.
Some, but by no means all, of the areas I work with include:
Anger, depression, anxiety, stress and difficulty regulating your emotions
Career problems
Forming meaningful and lasting relationships, navigating complex relationships and understanding ambivalence, commitment issues, shame and self sabotage
Family issues including relationships with parents, siblings and children
Feeling held back by traumatic childhood experiences
The challenges of life transitions such as marriage, fertility and parenthood, and facing retirement
Living with long term illness including cancer
Loss and making sense of, and surviving, endings
Suicidal thoughts
I have a special interest in working with individuals who have survived difficult childhoods.
My therapy practice begins with a no obligation first meeting either in person or by zoom where we explore what brings you to therapy now, your hopes for the future, and get to know each other a little and see how we work together.
We can then decide to have a second exploratory meeting or make the decision to begin therapy and agree a regular day and time to meet each week.
Going forward sessions usually take place once or twice weekly and last 50 minutes.
As a professional member of the MBACP, UKCP and the FPC, I always adhere to professional standards and abide by their codes of practice, ethics and confidentiality.
Training
I trained at WPF Therapy and hold a post graduate qualification in psychodynamic psychotherapy from the University of Roehampton.
This member has completed UKCP Covid-19 Online Working Guidance
Location
The in person therapy takes place in a calm, tranquil and spacious setting - accessed via a short flight of stairs - on the Acton/Chiswick border. South Acton overland station is five minutes walk, Chiswick Park and Acton Town Stations are a 10-15 minute walk and the E3 and 440 bus stop is two minutes away, meaning the therapy practice is accessible to those living in Acton, Hammersmith, Shepherd's Bush, Chiswick and Richmond. Online therapy takes place via Zoom.
Training, qualifications & experience
I trained at the West London Pastoral Foundation (https://wpf.org.uk) and hold a post graduate qualification in psychodynamic psychotherapy from the University of Roehampton.
BACP, UKCP and FPC registered, I always adhere to professional standards and abide by their codes of practice, ethics and confidentiality.
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
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
Fees
£80.00 - £120.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Fees: From £80 per session. If you would like to get in touch you can telephone or email me on the details above. I respond to enquiries promptly and within 24 hours.
When I work
Available early mornings, daytime and evenings Monday to Thursday.
Further information
The therapy takes place in a calm, tranquil and spacious first floor setting in West London on the Acton/Chiswick border. South Acton overland station is five minutes walk, Chiswick Park and Acton Town Stations are a 10-15 minute walk and the E3 and 440 bus stop is two minutes away. The therapy practice is accessible to those living in Acton, Hammersmith, Shepherd's Bush, Chiswick and Richmond
