Lisa Peett - UKCP MBACP (Accred.) - Integrative Relational Psychotherapist
About me
I am currently offering remote sessions via Zoom (video) or telephone and continue to monitor guidelines from government and my professional bodies (UKCP and BACP) who retain high standards of ethical practice.
When it is practical to do so, I will additionally offer face to face sessions from my practice in Henley on Thames, South Oxfordshire. Some clients may choose to continue with remote sessions
Perhaps you are feeling stuck or overwhelmed? I offer clients (couples and individuals) a relationship which supports them to move forward with a stronger sense of themselves and so better equipped to meet whatever opportunities and challenges lie ahead.
Whilst we cannot change other people and we often cannot change difficult circumstances which we find ourselves in - we can choose to adapt our own responses with better self-awareness. I offer my clients a relationship where it is safe to explore their experiences in confidence and without judgement or agenda.
None of us could have anticipated the changes to our work and social lives arising from the pandemic. If, like many, you find yourself struggling to process difficult feelings I am pleased to be able to offer a confidential space to support you to reflect, adjust and move forward in a direction that feels right for you.
Please call me to explore how I might be able to support you to take the next step - without cost or obligation. If you would like to meet, I can usually offer an Initial Consultation within two weeks.
I allow up to 75 minutes for this session (90 minutes for couples) which is an opportunity for us to explore in confidence how we might work together. There is no commitment to meet again and I would encourage anyone to meet with several professionals to allow themselves to find the support which is right for them. If you decide that I am not the right person for you to work with, I may be able to signpost you to alternative professional support.
Because life happens. Because self-care isn't selfish.
I offer flexible agreements. Having explored together how I might best support you, we can arrange to meet for a planned number of sessions to focus on a particular aim, to work together throughout a particular time period or to begin open ended work.
Regular sessions last 50 minutes for individuals or 60 minutes for two people and are scheduled at the same time and day each week.
As I have sole use of my practice room, I am able to offer some flexibility on those occasions when life gets in the way of our usual session time.
Training, qualifications & experience
- UKCP registered psychotherapist
- BACP (Accredited) psychotherapist, counsellor and life coach
- MA / Advanced Diploma in Integrative Psychotherapy and Counselling from the Minster Centre, London
- Specialist training and experience volunteering for ChildLine and Cruse Bereavement Care
- I previously worked in marketing and communications, business development, change programmes and project management across the corporate, public and voluntary sectors
- In addition to LKP Counselling, my private practice, I continue to volunteer at a low cost service for adolescents and adults of all ages
My work with clients
Each client's story is unique and I wonder how helpful it is sometimes to assign labels - perhaps losing something of the individual experience if we rely on them for understanding. I also appreciate that it can be reassuring to potential clients to have a sense of the sorts of presenting concerns I have worked with. The following is offered with the hope that you will accept it as illustrative rather than defining.
- After the death of a loved one following a long illness, or unexpectedly, or by suicide
- Depression, including before and after pregnancy and childbirth (perinatal and post-natal)
- Difficulties adapting to a new life stage, including adolescence to adulthood, parenting, separation and aging
- Feeling overwhelmed, stressed or anxious, including experiencing panic attacks
- Low confidence or self-esteem, often accompanied by a harsh inner critic
- Making positive choices including maintaining recovery from alcohol addiction
- Recognising destructive patterns of behaviour including expressing anger, self-harm, substance misuse and disordered eating
- Individuals and couples experiencing relationship difficulties, including problems with communication, feeling unheard or unseen and infidelity
- Sense of feeling stuck or that something is missing, often including concerns about the future
- Concerns about sexual intimacy including questioning sexuality
Member organisations
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.
British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
BACP is one of the UK’s largest professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy. Therapists registered with the Association fall into a number of different membership categories such as Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP and Registered Member MBACP (Accred), each standing for different levels of training and experience. MBACP (Accred) and MBACP (Snr Accred) members have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by the Association.
Registered members can be found on the BACP Register, which was the first register to achieve Accredited Voluntary Register status issued by the Professional Standards Authority. Individual Members will have completed an appropriate counselling and/or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but will not appear on the BACP Register until they've progressed to Registered Member MBACP status.
All members are bound by a Code of Ethics & Practice and a Complaints Procedure. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
UK Council for Psychotherapy
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.
Accredited register membership
Accredited Register Scheme
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.
Accredited Register Scheme
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
- Resilience building
- Bereaved by suicide
- Parenting concerns
- Experience of living or working abroad
- Living with brain injury
- Communication skills
Therapies offered
Fees
Individual
Initial Consultation (up to 75 minutes) - fee of £55
Weekly sessions (50 minutes) - fee of £60 - £75 depending on time of day
Couples
Initial Consultation (up to 90 minutes) - fee of £75
Weekly sessions (60 minutes) - fee of £80 - 95 depending on time of day
No charge for a brief telephone conversation prior to booking a Consultation
Payment for sessions is due on a weekly basis. I am currently not able to offer any further reduced fees.
I have chosen not to register directly with any private health insurers at this time but am always happy to provide receipts for payment if you are able to claim directly or via a company scheme. In my experience, many companies are willing to part or fully fund talking therapy so it is perhaps worth asking your employer what support may be available to you.
Further information
- Ramp access and a lift are available at Chiltern House where there is a free car park available on a first come first served basis
- Additional parking is available on-street (metered) and at two pay and display car parks within a few minutes walk (opposite the station and on Meadow Road)
- Day and evening sessions offered
