Mariella Michaelides
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About me
When we sit together, you can talk about whatever it is you'd like to share. If you don’t know what to say, we can simply begin with that.
Why Therapy?
Maybe you need to tell your story and have it witnessed. Maybe you are seeking clarity around a specific problem. Maybe you are suffering a bereavement, or a separation, or hoping for a space in which you can simply cry, or rage, without being judged. It is all welcome.
Couples Therapy
As well as one-to-one work, I am offering 6-session blocks of therapy to couples from 17th March. These will be at a discounted rate, while I complete my training in Imago Couples therapy. Places are limited, so please get in touch if you are interested.
How I work with Couples
Through the modality of Imago Therapy, I will teach you a method of dialoguing with your partner that fosters empathy, re-connection, and the valuing of each other's subjectivity. The work will help to uncover what lies at the root of relational conflicts, resolve frustrations, reduce negative interactions, and cultivate intimacy, strong communication, and mutual appreciation.
How I work with Individuals
My hope is that through working with me you will become more aware of what obscures your joy and what gets you closer to your truth. With this in mind, I help you to look for meaning. I think with you about how your past might be affecting the present. I encourage you to examine your fears and your shame, untangle beliefs that no longer serve you, and build your muscle for self-compassion.
What is created through therapy is a relationship. I therefore use the relationship that we build together as a doorway into understanding other relationships in your life. I might also invite you to explore what is happening in your body when you are experiencing emotion, as the body is a remarkable access point into feelings.
I welcome people of any gender identity, sexuality, background, or with any relationship style and I always endeavour to investigate my biases.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Imago Couples Therapy trainee
- MA in Integrative Psychotherapy, Minster Centre
- Advanced Diploma in Integrative Psychotherapy & Counselling, Minster Centre
- Psychodynamic Counselling Skills, WPF
- BA (literature / languages)
- M.Phil Cantab (literature / culture)
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
Additional information
I am offering 6-session blocks of therapy to couples from 17th March. These will be at a discounted rate, while I complete my training in Imago Couples therapy. Places are limited, so please get in touch if you are interested.
Further information
- I work face to face and I am also offering online therapy
- Sessions for individual therapy last 50 minutes and take place weekly
- Sessions for couples last 1.5 hours
- I offer therapy on an open-ended basis
Please feel free to send me an email if you have any questions, or if you would like to set up an initial session.
Initial sessions are half price and serve as an opportunity to meet, discuss what brings you to therapy, and find out if we feel we are a good fit to work together.
