Matthew Pitman
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This professional is currently not accepting new clients at this time.
This professional is currently not accepting new clients at this time.
About me
Hello,
My name is Matthew and I am a psychotherapist with many years of experience working with clients dealing with depression, anxiety, trauma, stress, childhood abuse, and dissociation.
We can often feel anxious or desperate - that life seems too much or too difficult. And it's actually not uncommon for people to feel this way.
By talking to another person, therapy helps you make sense of what’s going on and to look at what you would like to change in your life. Therapy offers you a safe space to talk about the issues you might be struggling with. It’s an opportunity to talk to someone without judgment or shame.
I am an Existential therapist, which is a type of therapy that aims to try and understand your situation as best as possible so you can feel heard and understood, and to examine your anxieties and difficulties to help you make the best choices you can to face the difficulties life throws at us.
If you are interested, then please call, and we can set up a no-obligation introductory session to talk about your concerns and what you’re looking for from therapy. I believe that therapy should be accessible and affordable, so please ask about my concession rates if needed.
Training, qualifications & experience
- BSc Social Sciences
- Foundation Certificate in Existential Psychotherapy and Counselling
- PGDip in Existential Psychotherapy and Counselling
- MSc in Existential Psychotherapy and Counselling
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Childhood abuse
Therapies offered
Fees
£50.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
The introductory session has a reduced fee of £30, during which we would look into what has brought you to seek therapy and to see how and if we can work together to improve your well-being.
The standard fee is £50 for a 50 minute session. Sessions are usually arranged so that they are on the same day and time every week, which we will attempt to arrange at an day and time which is good for you.
At the moment I only provide telephone and online counselling.
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