Judy Walker
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About me
I am an experienced counsellor/psychotherapist and supervisor. My approach is integrative, which means that I draw on more than one therapeutic model. This enables me to work flexibly, according to the individual needs of each client. Issues I frequently work with include anxiety, stress, depression, low self-esteem, emotional dysregulation, ADHD, relationship, family and work-related difficulties, including emotional abuse and childhood trauma, and adjustment to big life events or losses. Clients will often present for counselling feeling anxious or panicky, overwhelmed, confused, numb, flat, low, chronically sad, or stuck, or they may have a sense of lacking meaning and fulfillment in life. Others will have longer term, more deep-rooted issues as a result of past trauma or difficult childhood experiences. My aim is to help each client explore what is troubling them and enable them to find a better way forward, working through the issues that are most important to them, without judgment. My style is informal and collaborative, and therapy is tailored to each client's unique needs. I offer short and long-term therapy, both face-to-face and online.
Training, qualifications & experience
I have 15 years of counselling/psychotherapy experience with individual adult clients. I am also a qualified clinical supervisor and have been working with trainee, newly qualified and experienced counsellors in this capacity for 6 years. After completing an NCFE Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Skills in 2009, I studied for an MA in Integrative Counselling & Psychotherapy at the University of Roehampton, qualifying with Distinction in 2013. Since that time, my continuing professional development has included UKCP accredited post-graduate training in Relational Supervision, Person-Centred Experiential Counselling for Depression, Schema Therapy, Attachment Based Therapy and EMDR, as well as short courses in couple therapy, trauma therapy and mindfulness. I am also a qualified counselling tutor with experience of teaching CPCAB Level 4 trainee counsellors at a local further education college on a part-time basis, and I have been supervising counselling students since 2021. I offer supervision to trainee and qualified counsellors privately, in person or online, individually and in groups of up to 4 people.
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
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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
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Fees
£70.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
- Standard fee: £70 per session. Concessions can sometimes be granted for a time limited period in cases of genuine hardship.
- Trainee counsellor rate £50 per session.
- Home visits can be arranged but an additional fee is payable for this, to account for travel time and associated costs.
- There is a separate fee scale for counselling supervision (both individual and group sessions are possible). Please enquire.
When I work
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I work in private practice on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Further information
I have up-to-date enhanced DBS clearance.
I was born and raised in the borough of Wandsworth, an ethnically and culturally diverse area of London. I am sensitive to issues of difference and I strongly support equality, diversity and inclusion. I have experience working with issues of religion, culture, ethnicity and sexuality and I have worked with clients from all walks of life, through all stages of adult life. I have a positive attitude to life and work, and I am committed to personal and professional development.
I am a naturally empathic and compassionate person and I believe that building strong therapeutic relationships with my clients is key to the success of our work together. I bring maturity, warmth, humour and a collaborative approach to my work, as well as insight gained from a rigorous, Masters-level training in counselling & psychotherapy and from many years of my own personal therapy. I have more than 3,000 hours of counselling experience with individual clients and a long working history in the healthcare sector, including a background in nursing.
