Dr Michael Eko, offering effective therapy to cope with life challenges
About me
COVID-19 update: Sessions are currently available online via Skype and Zoom video conferencing and telephone. Please feel free to call or email me if you would like to discuss current challenges and how I may be able to help.
I am a counselling psychologist with several years’ experience of working in NHS mental health services with people with challenges like anxiety, depression, panic disorder, relationship difficulties, phobias, chronic pain, obsessive negative thoughts and so on.
The aim of my approach is to help you develop lasting and effective ways of coping with life challenges.
I work from three evidence based therapeutic approaches;
Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT),
Action and commitment therapy (ACT) &,
Psychodynamic psychotherapy.
Scientific evidence supports the usefulness of these therapies and their effectiveness in helping to reduce anxieties, depression, stress and many other challenges. These approaches can also have a positive impact on our general outlook by helping us cope better with seemingly difficult challenges.
My way of working also highlight mindfulness-based bodywork which can be useful for understanding/change at both body-mind level.
I am a chartered psychologist with the British Psychological Society (BPS) and registered with the Health and Care Profession Council (HCPC) which means that I am trained to the highest possible standard.
I offer therapy face to face as well as on Skype. Please give me a call for a free 10 - 15 minutes conversation about how therapy may be able to help you manage your difficulty in an effective way.
You can also text or email me for further information.
Training, qualifications & experience
BSc (Hons) Psychology – University of Buckingham
Doctorate in Psychotherapeutic and Counselling Psychology – University of Surrey
BPS Approved Certificate in Clinical Supervision
BPS Approved Certificate in Third Wave CBT
Member organisations
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.
Health and Care Professions Council
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.
British Psychological Society
British Psychological Society
Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Health-related difficulties
Chronic pain difficulties
General coping and well-being
Therapies offered
Fees
Initial free telephone conversation (10 - 15 minutes) to discuss the challenges you are facing and how I may be able to help.
£75 for a psychological assessmenet and for each therapy session
£110 for couples therapy work
I also work on Skpe, Zoom and on the telephone.
Further information
All messages are typically responded to within 24 hours
I also supervise trainee psychologists/ counsellors and qualified psychologists. Please ask me about the ongoing rates for supervision.
