Luisa Diaz
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About me
You may be struggling to cope with anxiety or feelings of depression due to the uncertainty of current events. Perhaps you’re feeling overwhelmed by difficult emotions due to losses and changes you’ve experienced recently, or in the past. I provide an opportunity for you to explore your problems and navigate a way through your challenges, from within a safe, confidential and non-judgemental space.
Working at a pace that’s right for you, we will explore the thoughts and feelings behind your current difficulties and uncover their relationship to past experiences. My aim is to help you to gain a deeper understanding of your self, your relationships and to strengthen your inner resources, so that you can live your life more fully.
Sessions are weekly and last 50 minutes. I offer both open-ended and short-term work from New Southgate/Bounds Green N11. For more information or to arrange a consultation session, you can phone or text me on 07305 098556 or email me via this site.
The first session is an opportunity for you to share your difficulties, and for us to begin to explore what has brought you to counselling and your expectations. I will ask about your present circumstances and also something of your past. Together we can consider whether we feel we would like to work together.
Training, qualifications & experience
I have a Diploma in Psychodynamic Counselling that is accredited by the the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). I'm a registered member of the BACP, and I work to the professional standards as set out in their Ethical Framework.
I work with people from all walks of life who are experiencing a diverse range of issues, as my training, practice and experience is not limited to one particular specialism. However I do have particular experience of supporting autistic people (pre and post diagnosis as well as self-identifying). This is both as a counsellor, but also in my role as a Specialist ASC Mentor working with UK and international students in higher education. I also work with the siblings, parents and partners of autistic people. I have undertaken additional training and continuous professional development, including through the National Autistic Society and the National Association for Disability Practitioners. I am listed on the National Autistic Society's Autism Service Directory: https://www.autism.org.uk/directory/l/luisa-diaz
In addition to my private practice, I have experience counselling staff from across the public, private and charitable sectors, through an Employee Assistance Provider. Previously I provided Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) interventions, for staff experiencing work-related trauma at a large transport sector employer. I have also worked for two different counselling organisations in London within the charitable sector.
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
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
£65.00 per session
Additional information
I offer both remote and face-to-face sessions from New Southgate/ Bounds Green N11
I offer a free 15 minutes phone chat as an opportunity for you to ask any questions you might have and for us both to see if it would feel useful for us to work together before going forward. For more information or to arrange a session, please phone/text me on 07305 098556 or email me via this site. You can find more information at my website: www.mindinpractice.co.uk
When I work
Day times and evenings throughout the week, and weekends. I also offer early mornings and late evening slots. Please contact me for more details.
Further information
I offer both face-to-face and remote counselling.
