Kate Bufton
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This professional is available for new clients.
About me
I am a psychodynamic psychotherapist working at the Oakdale Centre in Horsforth, Leeds. I offer short-term, long-term or open-ended psychotherapy.
As a psychodynamically-trained psychotherapist, our focus would be on the unconscious mind. The work is unstructured - exploring emotions, thoughts, and early life experiences in depth to examine present behaviour and lead to a greater understanding of the self. We would also look at the therapist-client relationship, where together we would uncover hidden patterns and unresolved conflicts.
I offer a free 30-minute introductory phonecall to new clients to discuss how we might work together, your hopes for therapy and if psychodynamic therapy would feel like a good fit. If you wish to move forward we would then schedule an in-person assessment at the Oakdale Centre.
I have worked with a wide range of clients and issues including low self-esteem, anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties and trauma.
In addition to working privately, I also work with parents of young children at Headingley, Horsforth and Ireland Wood Children's Centre.
If you're interested in knowing more about psychodynamic therapy and how it differs to approaches such as CBT, I recommend this article by the BACP: https://tinyurl.com/mvvpecte
Training, qualifications & experience
I am a BACP-registered therapist, Membership Number: 404289
Masters degree in Psychodynamic Counselling and Psychotherapy from Birkbeck College, University of London.
Certificate of Higher Education in Counselling and Counselling Skills from Birkbeck College, University of London.
I have worked as a psychodynamic therapist since 2019.
Member organisations
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
Therapies offered
Fees
£60.00 per session
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I currently have limited availability on Friday lunchtimes.
