Judy Walker
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This professional is currently not accepting new clients at this time.
This professional is currently not accepting new clients at this time.
About me
I am an experienced counsellor/psychotherapist and supervisor. My approach is integrative-relational, which means that I draw on more than one theoretical model, and the therapeutic relationship is at the heart of my counselling work. This enables me to work flexibly and adaptably in response to the unique needs of each individual. Issues I frequently work with include anxiety, stress, depression, low self-esteem, emotional dysregulation, neurodivergence, sexuality, relationship, family and work-related difficulties, emotional abuse and childhood trauma, and adjustment to big life events or losses.
Clients may reach out for help because they are feeling anxious or panicky, overwhelmed, confused, stuck or trapped, numb, flat, chronically sad, or they may lack meaning and fulfilment in life. Some will have longer-term, more deep-rooted issues as a result of past trauma or difficult childhood experiences.
I assist clients in making sense of what is troubling them and help them find a better way forward, working through the issues that are most important to them. My style is informal and collaborative, and I strive to offer clients a calm and containing space in which to explore their difficulties without judgment. I work both short and long-term, in person in New Malden and online via Zoom. Home visits are also possible.
Training, qualifications & experience
I have had 15 years of valuable counselling/psychotherapy experience with individual adult clients. I am also a qualified clinical supervisor and have been working with trainee and qualified 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, achieving a Distinction in 2013. Since that time, my continuing professional development has included Person-Centred Experiential Counselling for Depression, Schema Therapy, EMDR and attachment-based therapy, as well as short courses in couple therapy, trauma therapy and mindfulness. I completed UKCP-accredited supervision training in 2019.
I am also a qualified counselling tutor with experience of teaching and supervising CPCAB Level 4 trainee counsellors at a local further education college. I supervise trainee and qualified counsellors privately, both in person and online, and I have availability for monthly supervision sessions on Tuesdays or Thursdays.
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 are sometimes available for a time-limited period in cases of genuine hardship.
- Trainee counsellor rate £50 per session for therapy or supervision.
- 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 supervision of qualified counsellors.
When I work
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I work in private practice on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Further information
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 strongly believe that the quality of the therapeutic relationships I develop 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, Master's-level training in counselling & psychotherapy and from many years of my own personal therapeutic work. I have over 4,000 hours of counselling experience with individual clients and a long working history in the healthcare sector, including a background in nursing. Before this, I worked in the entertainment industry.
I have enhanced DBS clearance.
