Leila Hill
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About me
There are as many reasons for coming to therapy as there are unique individuals, and no matter how complicated your life and difficulties feel, one of the central principles of therapy is you do not have to cope on your own.
A therapeutic relationship is unlike any other; with commitment it can lead to profound changes in how you think, feel and choose to live your life. I am open-minded and curious, with a focus on helping deepen your understanding of yourself through honest, sensitive collaboration and a willingness to explore different perspectives.
I work 'psychodynamically' where we think about how experiences and relationships in early life subtly but powerfully inform the way you make sense of, and interact with, the world around you now. Alongside this, I am a qualified EMDR therapist. Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a specialist technique that helps reduce the ongoing impact of trauma and it is effective in the treatment of both single events and more complex/repeat experiences. I chose to train in EMDR as it focuses on how trauma is experienced and held physically in the body as well as the mind. Trauma affects almost all of us in some way or another, but it is only one part of who we are.
Anyone is welcome, especially people with marginalised identities.
Training, qualifications & experience
- MSc in Psychodynamic Counselling and Psychotherapy
- Registered Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP)
- Registered with the British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC)
- Member of EMDR UK Association, working towards accreditation
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 British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC) is a professional association, representing the profession of psychoanalytic psychotherapy.
The organisation is itself made up of fourteen member organisations and BPC accredits the trainings of its member organisations. An individual who qualifies from one of these trainings is then eligible for entry into the BPC's register.
BPC registrants are governed by a code of ethics, a policy of continuing professional development, a statement on confidentiality and a complaints procedure. The BPC is a Member Society of the European Federation for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy in the Public Sector (EFPP). 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
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Fees
£75.00 - £85.00
