Kangli Fu
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About me
My name is Kangli. I am a qualified, registered & professional Humanistic Gestalt Counsellor/Psychotherapist and Bilingual Therapist (English & Mandarin), also trained in CBT and Person Centred therapy. I work with clients from age above 11, including young people, adults and older adults.
My therapy room is based in a quiet location in the Highfield area in Southampton which is easily accessible via public transport. I offer in-person, online and telephone counselling.
The way I work is warm, authentic, non-judgemental and creative, adapting to individual needs. During our sessions, I offer a safe space where we can talk through your feelings, thoughts or experiences about how life affects you, and look at new perspectives or ways of relating. Sometimes, if you are willing, I can work with you in creative ways using a variety of media and methods. This can help clients to get in touch with their unconscious mind, which often is influential in people's decision making. My counselling room is a dedicated space for you to be you, or to search and discover your true self.
My main counselling approach is Gestalt. This means that I work with clients in a holistic way, helping clients develop self-awareness and encouraging the integration of their physical, sensory, emotional and intellectual experience so that clients can find new viewpoints to problems to bring about positive changes in life. I help clients to identify and become aware of their unhelpful patterns and habits, whilst recognising how and where they may be stuck in their day to day life.
In addition to Gestalt, I also hold a pluralistic perspective in my approach. This means that I accept and value other therapeutic approaches that might benefit clients’ various needs. For example, I have training in Person Centred Counselling, which helps me to listen to and respect clients’ own preferences and choices, rather than decide what’s ‘best’ for them. I also have training in CBT - Cognitive Behavioural Therapy so I am able to integrate some solution focused CBT techniques in my sessions when appropriate, to help clients identify and challenge their negative thoughts and behaviours, and develop coping skills to manage problems.
I am bilingual and I can work in both English and Mandarin. Having lived in different countries and cultures, I have a deep understanding of the impact of being different and how it might affects people’s interaction with one another. I am familiar with different cultures and curious in learning more. Transitioning from one culture to another, transforming and integrating, managing feelings of lost, feelings of otherness, adapting and accepting changes, searching for a sense of belonging and new identity… these are examples of issues that can be explored and worked through within our sessions, especially for clients from ethnic minority background and multicultural clients.
Please visit my website for more information.
Training, qualifications & experience
- DipHE Gestalt Counselling (Distinction Degree)
- Level 4 Humanistic Gestalt Counselling
- SEG Awards ABC Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Skills
- Level 2 Basics of Counselling
- Certificate in Online Counselling
- Certificate in CBT - Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Certificate in Person Centred Therapy
- Certificate in Coaching
- Certificate in Coaching in Leadership
- MA Professional Fashion Practice (Master of Arts Degree)
- BA Fashion & Art Design (Bachelor of Arts Honours Degree)
- Other CPD training in: Working with Children & Young People, Child Development, Learning Disability Awareness, Adverse Childhood Experiences, MECC-Making Every Contact Count, Youth Work Level 1, Supporting LGBTQ+ Young People, Trauma & EMDR, Grief & Loss, Suicide Awareness, Aphasia Awareness, Stroke Awareness, Dementia Awareness, Disability Awareness, Self Harm, Integrating Art into Counselling Practice, Two Chair/Empty Chair Gestalt Skills, Gestalt Dreamwork, Motivational Interview, Unconscious Bias Awareness, Coaching, Coaching Skills for Leadership, Children & Adult Safeguarding, GDPR, First Aid.
- Experience in counselling children & young people
- Experience in counselling adult & older adult, and people with long-term health issues and/or acquired disabilities.
- Experience in working in mental health in public sector
- Experience in therapeutic art and creative therapy
Member organisations
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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.
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Accredited register membership
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
- Difference & diversity
- Cultural & Racial Issues
- Clients from ethnic minority background and multicultural clients
- Coaching
Therapies offered
Fees
£50.00 - £85.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Standard 50 minutes one to one session is £50 per session.
Extended 90 minutes one to one session is £85 per session.
I offer a free, no-obligation, 20 minutes telephone/online consultation to discuss your needs and therapy goals, and for you to ask any questions you may have so that you can decide whether I am the right counsellor for you. This will also help us to have a basic understanding of how and whether we can work together.
When I work
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Booking by appointment, please contact me for details (email preferred).
Further information
Echo Forest Therapy is the name of my private practice. My therapy room is based in a quiet location in the Highfield area in Southampton which is easily accessible via public transport. I offer in-person, online and telephone counselling, which can be either short-term or long-term counselling.
I could help with a range of issues that clients chose to bring, such as anxiety/stress, depression, self-harm, bereavement & loss, low self-esteem, trauma recovery, relationship, race, ethnicity and culture issue, neurodiverse related issue, long-term health issue and sexuality & gender issue. I also offer life coaching for people who's looking to explore another dimension of themselves, seek life goal, and pursue spiritual harmony.
Before setting up my practice, I worked for many years in the adult social care and mental health service, supporting vulnerable adults. Particularly, I have experience in supporting people affected by stroke and people with acquired disabilities, and I worked extensively in counselling children and young people with various mental health issues in the voluntary and community sector.
I also have a wide range of additional experiences in my professional career including international work. For example, I worked in the media and arts sector at the BBC and Arts Council England, and for many years in China and Hong Kong in the creative industry.
