This professional is available for new clients.
This professional is available for new clients.
About me
I trained as a psychotherapist later in life following my own experience of how therapy can help us to cope with the challenges we face and the anxiety it creates. I emphasise developing trusting relationships which allow us to work together to explore and make sense of how you are experiencing your problems. I offer a space to be curious and compassionate which can facilitate a shift in your understanding and hence a sense of possibility.
I have a pragmatic approach and a deep respect for clients’ ways of seeing the world which has allowed me to work with a wide variety of clients in low-cost centres as well as in private practice. I hope that I am warm and have an informal but direct way of being.
My qualification is in Existential Phenomenological Therapy, which is grounded in philosophy.
You are welcome to contact me online or talk on the phone to discuss what you want and decide if you want to book an initial free short session.
Training, qualifications & experience
I have an MA in Psychotherapy and a Post Graduate Certificate in Existential Psychotherapy from Regent's University London and am registered with the UKCP, and am a member of the BACP.
I have a private practice in Kingston and Teddington and have also gained significantly from working in low cost centres.
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.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£60.00 - £75.00
Free initial online session
Additional information
Please feel free to contact me by email or phone to discuss availability and fees if you would like further information.
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