About me
Hi, I’m a highly qualified and experienced psychotherapist, counsellor and psychologist. I have extensive experience working with clients from diverse backgrounds and cultures in both the NHS and private practice, providing short-term and long-term therapy.
I understand that it can be difficult and stressful to talk about personal issues or emotional distress. I strive to create a warm, safe, comfortable and therapeutic space for all clients, offering non-judgemental acceptance and empathic support. I listen closely to my clients and attentively explore their inner worlds, sharing my insights and understanding to help them make sense of their internal experiences and external circumstances, and develop new perspectives on their thoughts, feelings and behaviours.
Rather than offering expert solutions or advice, I provide therapy tailored to the individual needs of each client, whilst acting as a facilitator in their process of discovering their own ways of dealing with difficulties. I believe this process can foster self-discovery and self-acceptance, whilst helping clients to strengthen or reconnect with their innate capacity for self-healing.
I value every client unconditionally as a person of inherent worth. Throughout our therapeutic journey together, you can expect to feel listened to, understood and supported as we work towards meaningful therapeutic change.
My practice is based in Walthamstow, London E17. If you would like further information about me or my therapeutic approach, please feel free to explore my Jooky Therapy website (https://jookytherapy.com/) or email me at jookytherapy@gmail.com. I aim to respond to all emails within 24 hours :)
HOW TO GET STARTED
For all prospective clients seeking psychotherapy or counselling, I suggest a 30-minute initial assessment session (£40). This gives us an opportunity to explore together what has brought you to therapy, what you hope to gain from it, and how I may be able to help and support you.
Following the initial assessment, if we both feel that working together would be beneficial, we can discuss whether short-term, long-term or open-ended therapy would best suit your needs and arrange regular sessions.
Weekly sessions are generally recommended, but you may prefer more frequent sessions (e.g. twice a week) or less frequent sessions (e.g. fortnightly or monthly), depending on your needs and circumstances.
If you would like to book an initial assessment session, please feel free to contact me! If I am in a session with a client, I may not be able to answer your call, so please email me instead.
Training, qualifications & experience
My Degrees/Qualifications:
- MSc in Contemporary Person Centred Psychotherapy and Applications [with a Distinction] – Middlesex University
- MSc in Social and Cultural Psychology [with a Distinction] – London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
- Diploma in Contemporary Person-centred Psychotherapy – Metanoia Institute
- Diploma in Person-centred Counselling – Metanoia Institute
Psychotherapy/Counselling Experience:
- As a psychological therapist, I worked at the IAPT service in the NHS for three and half years. I also worked for two different community counselling centres in London for three years, as well as for a counselling research centre for one year.
- I am currently running a private practice - Jooky Therapy - in Walthamstow, London E17.
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.
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
- Guilt / shame
- Immigration / refugee
- Experience of racism
- Identity (e.g. social, cultural, racial, gender, sexual, etc.)
- Culture related issues such as cultural adjustment
Therapies offered
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Fees
£70.00 - £75.00
Additional information
* Individual therapy
For an initial assessment session: £40 for 30 minutes (both in person and online)
For a regular psychotherapy/counselling session:
- £75 per 50-minute session (both in person and online)
- If you book and prepay for more than 4 sessions in advance, I offer a discounted fee [i.e. 4 sessions for £280 (instead of £300)].
- I charge £80-85 for the session covered by private health insurance, because of the cost for administrative work.
* Couple therapy
You can choose either a 50-minute session (£95) or a 75-minute session (£135).
Further information
I have had research articles published in prestigious international psychotherapy and counselling journals. You may find this research article helpful in gaining further insight into how I as a person-centred therapist work with clients.
Kim (2018), ‘Consideration of the applicability of person-centred therapy to culturally varying clients, focusing on the actualising tendency and self-actualisation – from East Asian perspective’, Person-Centred & Experiential Psychotherapies.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14779757.2018.1506817
