Judith Apps
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This professional is available for new clients.
About me
I am a psychotherapist and counsellor offering a warm, supportive confidential service for individuals. Each person responds to the events that happen in their lives differently. Your issue, what you would like to bring to therapy is the starting point for our work together.
Talking with a therapist can help you understand how to manage difficult feelings, problems, conflict and distress. A way of exploring and untangling thoughts and feelings. It can help you to move on with your life in a more fulfilling way. Anger management, bereavement, anxiety, depression, relationships issues, divorce, affairs and betrayal, eating patterns, child related issues and addiction are just some of the reasons for seeking therapy. You might not feel there is a specific issue, just an uneasiness and a desire to think about that.
Realising that things are difficult is the first step and you may be wondering if therapy can help. An initial session can help you see if it feels right for you at this time.
My integrative approach draws particularly upon person-centred and psychodynamic approaches as well as existential philosophies. We cannot change the past events in our lives but we can choose how we think about them and how they affect our current being. I believe we all have the ability to change and grow. Therapy is a safe space to bring issues and to think about things that maybe troubling. How much you wish to say is your choice.
Short or long-term options are available. If the problem is specific, a few sessions may be all you want (6 - 12) . Or you might like to work in a more open ended way - taking time to explore your world and perhaps thinking about the meaning of your life and your experiences. Maybe the issues you are facing have been with you for some time and you wish for a space to consider them - without knowing how long it will take.
Please contact me by phone or by email, I am happy to talk about what you are looking for and to arrange a first session.
I also offer supervision to both qualified and trainee counsellors and therapists. Individual and group supervision are available depending on your needs.
Training, qualifications & experience
Coaching Diploma, The Coaching Academy
Advanced Practitioner Programme, Roehampton University
Diploma in Supervision, Iron Mill college
MSc Counselling & Psychotherapy, Roehampton University
Post Graduate Diploma Counselling & Psychotherapy, Roehampton University
MBA, City University Business School
BA Hons, English & Drama, Goldsmith's College, University of London
Accredited by UKCP, member of UPCA, member of BACP
I have experience of clients in a variety of settings including the NHS, the voluntary sector and private practice.
Previously I have worked in business and have a good understanding of how stress and work related pressures may affect our well being and our relationships.
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
My clients are from all walks of life and come to therapy because there is a specific issue worrying them, perhaps at work or in their relationships. Sometimes there is non specific anxiety and a feeling that talking to someone might help clarify what is wrong.
Often things are not as they seem and you might find in therapy that you start with something that you would like to explore and then find that other topics arise. I work with you, on the material that you choose to bring.
I offer supervision to therapists - both trainees and experienced therapists assisting them in the development of their practice. Supervision can be on an individual basis or you may join a group.
Therapies offered
Fees
Additional information
Individual sessions 50 minutes. Sessions usually take place weekly.
Concessions available. Payment by cash or bank transfer.
Supervision: individual and/or group
Please telephone or email for an appointment.
When I work
I offer appointments during the day as well as evenings.
Further information
Sessions take place in a peaceful garden room, or with Facetime/Skype if not local. There is parking outside and the local train station is a short walk.