Seán Kinahan

Name: Seán Kinahan
Address: London, Greater London, E10, GB
Telephone: +447413874808
Price range: £70.00 - £85.00

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About me

I strive to provide a non-judgemental and safe counselling space and my approach is warm, empathetic and utilises different ways of working relative to each client.

This may involve healthily challenging clients to explore aspects of themselves and their lives that can be difficult to look at, but which may be holding them back.

I have a strong belief in empowering clients to bring aspects of themselves and their behaviours into awareness with a view to seeing how these are or aren’t serving them and by examining their choices in relation to these.

I have a natural inclination towards working with people in a person-centred way and helping them to explore issues and giving space to exam and reflect on their emotional regulation, supporting behaviour change and helping them closer towards self-identified goals.

I believe that the relationship is key and I work with the client from where they are, helping them to explore feelings, identify patterns and uncover what’s behind them.

I have a desire to support people through a range of life development stages, and to help them manage and navigate a range of personal growth and mental health issues with the ultimate task being "to identify and remove obstacles blocking the path to growth and self actualisation".

My first session details

I offer a free initial 20 minute phone conversation to discuss the issues you wish to explore, explain how I work and to answer any questions you may have.

The first few sessions of therapy would offer us an opportunity to contract/explore how we might work together, and a review will occur by the 3rd session to ensure we are clear on the work / your needs.

One of our first sessions would also involve gathering some background information and doing a deeper assessment of what you wish to explore in therapy.

Training, qualifications & experience

My name is Seán and I am a fully qualified Senior Registered Counsellor /Psychotherapist with the BACP (MBACP). I gained my Masters in Counselling and Psychotherapy at the University of East London.

My Masters was informed by research into what works in psychotherapy to respond to the needs and preferences of individual clients, using an integrative approach (Psychodynamic, Person Centred, Existential & Cognitive Behavioural Therapies)

My dissertation was published in the Counselling and Psychotherapy Research (CPR) Journal: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/capr.12881

My experience includes over 18 years of delivering support services within the social, health, community, and voluntary sector, and I currently work as a Lecturer on Counselling and Psychotherapy programmes within a University, and as a Secondary School Counsellor.

My counselling work includes working with adults and adolescents experiencing anxiety, depression, trauma, self-harm, suicidal thoughts and who are struggling with relationships to themselves & others and finding their place/meaning in the world.

I have experience of working with a range of diverse clients and issues via my work with MIND, The Claremont Project, HQ Therapy, and the Everyman Project. I also worked as a Place2Be Counsellor in schools, and I have been a Childline counsellor with the NSPCC, a bereavement Counsellor with Cruse & Islington Bereavement Service, and an elder befriender with LIC.

I also have extensive experience of working with Social Services & NHS providers and working with diverse groups, including:

Individuals (and their families/ carers) living with trauma and neurological conditions
Families/couples experiencing domestic abuse
Parents in the early stages of pregnancy and/or with newborn children
Young people and families engaged in the criminal justice system
Young people with special educational needs
Group and 1-1 work with teenagers in secondary and primary schools