Dr Kalli Nikolopoulou
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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 a Chartered Counselling Psychologist, and I provide individual Psychoanalytic and Integrative Psychotherapy sessions, to young people, adults, and older adults.
I offer a non-judgemental, safe and confidential space to speak and explore your thoughts and feelings, and understand yourself and your relationships better. In therapy you can find support and consider new ways to cope with difficult psychological states and external pressures.
I have over fifteen years of experience working therapeutically with a variety of presenting issues, in different clinical settings, such as specialist NHS services, community counselling services, and private practice.
Since completing my Doctorate in Counselling Psychology (DPsych), I have continued my professional training through studying Lacanian Psychoanalysis.
Please read below, if you'd like to learn more about my practice, and how therapy may be useful for you. My consulting room is in Brick Lane.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Doctorate in Counselling Psychology (DPsych).
- Post-graduate clinical training in Lacanian Psychoanalysis (ongoing).
- Integrative Psychological Therapies (Psychodynamic therapies, Cognitive Behavioral Therapies, Person Centered Therapies).
- Bachelor of Arts in Psychology (1st).
Alongside my formal training and time with patients, the most significant part of my formation as a therapist has been my own personal psychoanalytic psychotherapy and consistent engagement with supervision and process groups.
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
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British Psychological Society
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Fees
£80.00 - £130.00
Free initial telephone session
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
I offer an initial telephone consultation free of charge, and we will discuss your fees for ongoing therapy in our first meeting.
Fees are set based on individual circumstances and the frequency of our sessions.
When I work
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I have varying availability for appointments during the week, morning, afternoon, and evening.
I currently offer face-to-face sessions.
Further information
Coming for therapy
Taking the step to discuss your personal difficulties can feel overwhelming or intimidating, nevertheless it can also be a step towards addressing the underlying problems.
People may come to therapy for many different reasons, often relating to interpersonal/family relationships, life dilemmas or a general feeling of dissatisfaction with life, sex/gender issues, experiences of loss, experiences of trauma, intrusive thoughts, compulsions, self-destructive behaviours, lack of confidence, experiences of depression, anxiety, panic and phobias.
Sometimes people come to therapy because of something recent that has happened in one’s life, other times for issues that are long-standing, and may have become unbearable.
How therapy may be useful?
Psychoanalytic and Integrative Psychotherapy can help you uncover the unique meanings of your experiences and suffering, and support you in identifying the changes you want to make. I find every session is a unique and significant encounter, and the therapy I offer is not a one-size-fits-all approach. Psychoanalytic and Integrative Psychotherapy is not about teaching you how to have the “correct” thoughts and emotions, or offering general advice for your concerns. My practice is LGBTQA+ positive, with an active interest in exploring difference and experiences of discrimination.
My training in Counselling Psychology and Psychoanalysis places significant value on the individual subjective experiences you have had, and the particular the ways in which your experiences may have impacted you. It is assumed that unconscious forces drive our behaviours, and shape our thoughts and emotional responses, for reasons that are many times not obvious to us. Your dreams, daydreams, fantasies, and unexpected repetitions are all part of the material that is most unique to you, and relevant and productive for the Psychotherapy work we will do together.
If we meet for a session I will invite you to speak as freely as possible, in a safe and non-judgemental space. If we decide to proceed to work together, our therapy will be open-ended, which means that it may last from a few weeks, to months, or years, depending on what you want and what you find useful. Our sessions will take place weekly, and we may agree to meet more times in a week, depending on what is more helpful for you at a given time.
Please contact me if you would like to arrange a brief telephone consultation, or would like to meet in person to discuss what brings you in therapy at this time.
