Maria Aristidou
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About me
I provide counselling and psychotherapy sessions for adults in North London, covering Enfield, Barnet and Southgate. I mainly work in person and online. I work with individuals who have been affected by current or early life traumas such as the loss of a loved one, sexual abuse, physical abuse and emotional neglect. I also work with parents of trauma who struggle in their relationships with their children, as well as couples who struggle in their relationship with one another.
Therapy plays a crucial part in supporting you to understand how 'your' trauma has impacted your psychological well-being and the relationships around you. By talking through your problems, you can find ways to manage your anxiety, helping you to cope significantly better in the important relationships in your life. Trauma is not always an obvious or even cognitively known, but may present itself as emotional suffering. For example your surface symptom may show as anxiety, addiction, depression, eating disorders or ADHD, however the core of your difficulties may be coming from a place of trauma. It is only when trauma is understood and worked through, that you can begin to feel attuned and in control to the needs of your internal world.
Choosing to begin therapy can also be a personal development choice that comes from a place of curiosity to understand yourself more deeply. By having a regular talking space to check in with yourself and develop insight, can empower and inform your life personally and professionally. Emotionally healthy relationships begin when you have built an emotionally healthy relationship with yourself.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am a fully qualified psychodynamic counsellor and psychotherapist. The psychodynamic approach enables you to gain in-depth self-awareness of your thoughts, feelings and behaviours. I offer a setting which provides a non-judgemental, confidential and therapeutic space to support you in working through your difficulties and making sense of your situation.
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
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£80.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Concession spaces available
Further information
My personal and professional background is rooted in diversity, enabling me to work inclusively with people from various circumstances. I believe everyone should have access to professional therapy should they choose to pursue it. Having a space to express, reflect and explore one's emotional world is essential for facilitating positive change.
