About me
Reaching out to begin counselling can be quite scary and requires a lot of courage. However, it can be the best step you can make to take your experiences seriously and connect to who you really are.
My name is Kyoko. I am a BACP and UKCP registered, fully qualified psychotherapist with over 10 years of experience. Over the years, I am privileged to have supported various people across different ages and cultural backgrounds. I worked in NHS Talking Therapy service for more than 5 years. Currently, along with my private practice, I work in the staff counselling service at the University of Cambridge.
I see therapy as a creative and collaborative process of facilitating self-understanding and connecting with your values, as well as acknowledging the limitations and possibilities in life. We are all unique and different, yet no one is perfect. Therapy is not a magic wand to resolve all of our life problems, or ‘fix’ you into a different person. Instead, I believe examining your life allows you to connect with who you are and empowers you to make better decisions that feel right for you.
Training, qualifications & experience
My work is informed by 5 years of intensive integrative psychotherapy training, which included Psychodynamic, Humanistic, and Existential psychotherapy. I am also a qualified PCE-CfD (Counselling for depression) practitioner, which is the NICE recommended approach for working with depression within the NHS.
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
£70.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Further information
If you are interested, please get in touch with me directly to arrange an introductory session.
Finding the right therapist may be a confusing and challenging process. It is important to me that you feel safe and comfortable with me in our sessions.
For this reason, I offer the first session for half the price to explore whether we can work together. There is no commitment afterwards to continue with regular sessions.
In the introductory session, I usually ask about your current circumstances, background and what you hope to achieve from the experience of therapy.
