Monika Celebi UKCP AVIGuk ADMP
About me
I am a Psychotherapist working with families, couples and individuals. I specialise in using video interaction guidance (VIG) to support parents improve their communication with each other and with their children. I especially recommend VIG for parents and babies, where it can make a huge difference to increase parents' confidence, attunement and enhance their pleasure in their baby. The period before and after birth is a crucial time for families to adjust to changes and for babies to develop their basic brain architecture. Supporting attuned communication at this time will make a life-long difference.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am a psychodynamic psychotherapist (UKCP registered), a national video interaction guider, parent infant psychotherapist and senior movement psychotherapist. I have over 30 years experience helping a wide range of clients. I have worked in a refuge for women and children escaping from Domestic Violence, psychiatric institutions, and in a parent infant counselling agency. I have run many groups for parents and babies and developed projects to support professionals and families . I teach and have published as well as edited the book 'Weaving the Cradle'.
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.
Association for Dance Movement Psychotherapy UK
ADMP UK is the professional organisation for the profession for Dance Movement Psychotherapy in the United Kingdom.
They aim to support the development of DMP in the UK and internationally; foster communication among Dance Movement Psychotherapists (DMPs); and promote the use of DMP throughout the United Kingdom and abroad.
UK Council for Psychotherapy
The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) is a leading professional body for the education, training and regulation of psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors. Its register is accredited by the government's Professional Standards Authority.
As part of its commitment to protect the public, it works to improve access to psychotherapy, to support and disseminate research, to improve standards and to respond effectively to complaints against its members.
UKCP standards cover the range of different psychotherapies. Registration is obtained by training or accrediting with one of its member organisations, or by holding a European Certificate in Psychotherapy. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
Accredited register membership
Accredited Register Scheme
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).
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Parent infant psychotherapy: working with parents and babies
Video interaction guidance : filming parents interacting with their children (of all ages from baby to teenager), then microanalyse the successful moments to see themselves at their best and reflecting on what they did well.
Therapies offered
Photos & videos
Fees
My fees are £55 per session.
Concessions offered for
Further information
I have founded Babies1st, which aims to support parents and babies especially before and after birth: www.babies1st.net
I offer video interaction guidance, which is an innovative way of supporting relationships between members of a family by filming and then editing out and micro-analysing the very best moments. This method increases parents' confidence and helps improve their relationships with their children of all ages. It is a short term therapeutic method. Families usually attend 3 - 9 sessions.
