Maria Galani
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About me
My name is Maria and I am a registered MBACP Psychotherapist. I hold Graduate membership with the British Psychological Society. I am member of the Counselling Psychology Division, and working towards the Doctorate in Counselling Psychology.
I provide an empathic, non-judgemental space where you can open up and feel seen and heard for who you truly are. Our therapeutic sessions will be tailored to meet your unique needs, based on a shared understanding of your concerns and problems. We will work collaboratively and I can help you live more fully, drawing from your internal resources and abilities.
As an existential- integrative therapist, I am drawing on the approaches that best suit the issues the clients bring into the therapy room. I offer both short-term and long term therapy for adults.
In existential therapy, emotional and psychological difficulties are viewed as inner conflict caused by an individual's confrontation with the givens of existence. Rather than delve into the past, the existential approach looks at the here and now, exploring the human condition as a whole and what it means for an individual.
Whilst focusing on the existential approach, I can also work in an integrative approach, which means that I draw on the approaches that best suit the issues the clients bring in to the room. Therefore, I can work with other various psychological approaches including Person-Centred Therapy, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and Psychodynamic Therapy. I have a special interest in working with the Transactional analysis model, to help clients manage their relationships in a healthier way and understand their own mechanisms and how that plays out in their relationships. My approach as a whole, is tailored to the individual client.
Training, qualifications & experience
Experience:
I started working in mental health in 2009, and since then I have gained extensive experience in various settings including NHS Primary Care (Improving Access to Psychological Therapies IAPT Services), Employee Assistance Programmes in international and national level,as well as charitable and private agencies. I have delivered trauma therapy work to private corporate organisations, and ran well-being groups in the UK and Greece.
I have worked with young people, adults and groups with a wide range of difficulties, from feelings of depression and anxiety, low self-esteem, difficult relationships and workplace problems to cultural difficulties and diagnosed mental health conditions.
I have a special interest in work place bullying and conflict at workplaces and helping clients to identify healthy ways of managing the feelings that come out of that process.
Qualifications:
- Professional Doctorate in Counselling Psychology&Psychotherapy- New School of Psychotherapy&Counselling/Middlesex University (completion date January 2021- Have completed the 2 year Postgraduate diploma level studies in Counselling&Psychotherapy)
- M.Sc. Child& Adolescent Mental Health (King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology& Neuroscience- 2013)
- B.Sc.(Hons) Psychology (National&Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece- 2011)
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
£50.00 - £70.00
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
- £50- £60 Online sessions
*Concession rates available for low income groups
*Currently offering online sessions only.
Further information
I have a cancellation policy of 48 hours notice, if notice is under 48 hours the full fee is charged. I am now available for new bookings/ face-to-face appointments on Monday, Thursday &Firday evenings. To arrange an initial consultation or to discuss any questions or concerns you may have, please contact me by phone, text or email.
When I work
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From 1st June 2023- I will be available Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday &Friday mornings, and afternoons. Occassional evening appointments too.
Further information
Additional training:
Panic Attacks & Complex mental health presentations, Trauma skills, Brief Focused Therapy,
Personality Disorders, Refugees, Self-harm and Suicide
