About me
I'm a Chartered Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society (AFBPsS), a Clinical Psychologist registered with the Health and Care Professionals Council (HCPC), and a Licensed Psychotherapist.
I have been working as a Psychologist since 2006 in voluntary, public and private sectors, with adults and adolescents who present a range of emotional and psychological difficulties including, but not limited to, psychosis, depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, self-harm, eating disorder, loss of and bereavement, trauma, relationship difficulties, and work-related stress.
I'm a Trained and Accredited Supervisor who offers supervision to both newly qualified and experienced psychologists, psychotherapists, and counsellors.
Self-referrals as well as referrals from all major private healthcare providers are accepted.
Language: English and Italian.
Training, qualifications & experience
I'm Maria a Chartered Clinical Psychologist, Psychotherapist, and Yoga Teacher with 16 years of experience in the public and private sectors, working with people who suffer from anxiety, depression, eating disorders, bereavement and loss, stress, trauma, disconnection, and relationship difficulties.
I encourage my clients to work with me in creative ways, adopting curiosity to potential underlying dynamics. I combine well-established therapeutic approaches with innovative techniques. Together we will search for the root of your problem, then work together moving towards meaningful change in your life.
Clinical supervision available for qualified and trainee Psychologists and Psychotherapists.
I work from a pluralistic approach, depending on the individual’s needs, with the awareness that one approach does not fit all. The modalities I trained in Existential Phenomenological, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, and Humanistic.
Depending on the individual’s needs I offer time-limited work or open-ended work.
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 HCPC are an independent, UK-wide health regulator. They set standards of professional training, performance and conduct for 16 professions.
They keep a register of health professionals who meet their standards, and they take action if registered health professionals fall below those standards. They were created by a piece of legislation called the Health Professions Order 2001.
Registration means that a health professional meets national standards for their professional training, performance and conduct.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£150.00 - £200.00
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
- Accepted Insurance Companies
- Allianz
- Aviva
- Bupa
- Cigna
- Healix
- Nuffield Health
- Vitality
- WPA
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Further information
Over the course of the several years of training required to become a Clinical Psychologist, I found myself continually stimulated by the study of phenomenology and in meantime engaged to dance, exploring body language and body consciousness and how to act on the stage. I worked professionally as a dancer, choreographer, and actress in theatre and films.
Influenced by my personal passion, I decided to become a psychotherapist who adopts a psychologically dialectical stance and creative approach.
Since 2006 I lead personal psychological projects and attend as a mentor, exploring dance interventions, and drama therapy.
It allows me to know you in your own uniqueness, and take into account the way in which your personal and social needs interact with each other. Additionally, it lets me appreciate the role that these needs play in your own socio-cultural context. The therapeutic relationship provides an opportunity to better understand and overcome your suffering, but also to further develop yourself and your aptitudes within both the local and broader social backdrop.
