Naomi O'Connor
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About me
Hello! I'm Naomi, a UK qualified psychotherapist. I offer online counselling to adults in the UK and EU countries. I understand that it's not the easiest step to embark on a counselling journey, so thank you very much for clicking on my page.
Counselling can help you make sense of your past, re-assess your present and think about the direction you would like your future to be. As a therapist, I am able to provide you with a safe and non-judgemental space, to help you build a kinder relationship with yourself and in turn, be able to make sense of your concerns, facilitate your own insight, and explore solutions in a way which has meaning for you.
I provide a service that is uniquely tailored to you and your difficulties, no matter how big they may seem. My aim is to support you to explore challenges, painful situations, negative thoughts/behaviours and more, which may be preventing you from living your life to the fullest.
- My specialism is working with recovery from narcissistic abuse, trauma, relationship difficulties, anxiety & depression, overthinking & intrusive thoughts, low self-esteem, and emotional distress.
- I also have extensive experience of working with bereavement and simply feeling stuck in life.
I am aware that each person is unique so I work in an integrative and relational way where I am able to take from a variety of various counselling approaches and techniques to best fit your needs. These include person centred, attachment, CBT, and the psychodynamic approach.
You will have the option of doing short or long term sessions depending on your financial situation, and depending on what you aim to get out of counselling.
I have worked with the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies program (IAPT) where I offered counselling to adult clients (18+) referred by their GP to the IAPT service funded by the NHS.
*I currently only offer a few face to face sessions in Tunbridge Wells, otherwise I do offer online video or phone call sessions which my clients and I have found to be as productive over many years.*
Please feel free to email me to arrange a free brief phone call to discuss whether we can work together and to give you the opportunity to ask any questions.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Extensive experience of working with depression, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma, abuse, low self-esteem & self-doubt, and simply feeling stuck.
Extensive experience of working with adults with a myriad of learning difficulties. - Postgraduate Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling – University of Greenwich
- Counselling Certificate- Birkbeck College, London
- Bachelor of Psychology Degree
- Registered BACP member. I work according to the BACP ethics and guidelines.
- Worked as a counsellor with the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies program (IAPT) where I saw adult clients referred by their GP to the IAPT service funded by the NHS.
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
- ADHD
- Addiction
- Anxiety
- Autism
- Bereavement
- Career Guidance
- Codependency
- Coping Skills
- Depression
- Developmental Disorders
- Divorce
- Family Conflict
- Infertility
- Infidelity
- Learning Disabilities
- Life Transitions
- Marital and Premarital
- Narcissistic Abuse
- Parenting
- Peer Relationships
- Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum
- Racial Identity
- School Issues
- Self-Harming
- Sexual Abuse
- Sleep or Insomnia
- Spirituality
- Suicidal Ideation
- Trauma and PTSD
- Women's Issues
Therapies offered
Fees
£55.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Sessions are £55 per hour. Some concessionary rates are available.
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