Josephine Brain
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About me
I meet you as a real person, listening carefully and non-judgementally to what you bring. Together, we will form a deeper understanding of the ways you developed to respond to difficult situations, explore ways of finding relief from patterns or 'symptoms' that might be holding you back, and open spaces for greater flexibility and fulfilment.
I hold the therapeutic relationship at the centre of my practice. I know that therapy can feel daunting or risky, so I stay sensitively attuned to what may be coming up for you as we work together.
I have a particular interest in trauma and what therapists call chronic or toxic shame: an enduring sense of worthlessness, badness, or non-belonging that is the legacy of unresolved early attachment wounds and/or the experience of being part of a social group that has been disadvantaged, denigrated or persecuted. Such unresolved wounds are held ‘implicitly’ in the very musculature and neurochemistry of our bodies, and shape our everyday perceptions of self, others and the world.
Training, qualifications & experience
I'm a Registered member of the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) and a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP) and adhere to their ethical standards in my practice.
PG (Clinical) Diploma and MSc in Humanistic Psychotherapy (Metanoia Institute)
PG Dip in Contemporary Trauma Practice (Relational Change)
PG Dip in Humanistic Psychotherapeutic Counselling (Metanoia Institute)
PhD in Gender (LSE), with doctoral research exploring the impact of contemporary psychological and popular preconceptions about ‘anorexia’.
MA in History (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
I have experience of working with those raised in addictive or otherwise dysfunctional family systems.
Therapies offered
Fees
£80.00 per session
Free initial telephone session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I have some concessionary rates available for students, trainee counsellors and those on low incomes.
