Neha Malik
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About me
Having worked as a counsellor / psychotherapist for over 20 yrs, I am experienced at treating emotional and psychological issues and with promoting inner growth and change. 'Change can only come about once we become who or what we truly are' (our true self). I aim to help you explore what feels real to yourself (your thoughts, feelings and attitudes), so that you can develop insight into who you truly are. In meeting yourself - with your raw emotions and vulnerabilities - you can gain the clarity, strength and courage to meet life (and others) with greater authenticity and well-being.
I offer evidence-based psychotherapy, which is personalised and tailored to meet your needs, as I don't believe in one size fits all. I aim to help you attain the goals you are striving for, by providing you with a warm, accepting and compassionate space, where together we can explore your issues in depth. I am committed to developing a therapeutic relationship with you that is deeply authentic, free of judgement, confidential and totally safe.
Trauma Therapy
I am a 'Certified Clinical Trauma Professional' (Level 2), trained in working with PTSD / CPTSD / developmental trauma / dissociative states. Within the context of a safe and trusting relationship, in which healing becomes possible, I follow the ‘tri-phasic model’ for trauma recovery:
Phase 1) Safety and Stabilisation.
Phase 2) Reprocessing the Memories (clearing the past charge).
Phase 3) Integration, Meaning and Growth (forward-facing).
I am adept in the use of treatment protocols such as CPT (Cognitive Processing Therapy), EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique), IRRT (Imagery Rescripting and Reprocessing Therapy), NET (Narrative Exposure Therapy), the IFS model (Internal Family Systems) and several (Embodiment-based interventions). These interventions promote healing of both the mind and the body, and each intervention has a strong evidence-base for trauma recovery.
Couples Therapy
I am Certified in The Gottman Method of working with couples. The Gottman method has a strong evidence base for establishing successful relationships. It is centred around managing conflict and improving overall communication, enhancing the foundation of friendship and intimacy within the relationship and establishing a shared system of meaning and connection, for the couple building a life together.
Formerly, I have also received Certificate in Esther Perel's Transformative Approach to couples therapy, which is highly impactful and research-based.
Other aspects of my work with couples (and family relationships) involves an exploration of the relationship issues and difficulties, including attitudes towards 'differences' within the relationship, exploration of needs and feelings, making unconscious beliefs and expectations conscious, paying attention to communication difficulties and providing training in assertiveness skills, resolution of perpetual conflict, establishing greater understanding and empathy within the relationship and establishing healthy boundaries. I also work towards the resolution of any trauma incurred within the context of the relationship.
Integrative-Relational-Transpersonal Approach
My approach is integrative-relational-transpersonal, which means, I work by combining a whole range of therapeutic approaches and techniques, such as, psychodynamic, gestalt, transactional analysis, cognitive-behavioural, client-centred, existential and transpersonal. I work in a very relational and respectful way and am highly trained in the practice of meditation, as a systematic means of uplifting and expanding one's consciousness. I am passionate about writing poetry. Since the past 20 years, poetry has been a means of expressing my innermost self.
Psychotherapy can enable you to have a deepened awareness of yourself, your relationship patterns and the choices available to you in the present. Through a recreation of your past, it can help you to gain understanding and insight into the origins of your disturbing issues, be they emotional, psychological or relational. Increasing awareness along with a range of helpful strategies and techniques, in turn, can help you to work through your difficulties.
I am respectful of individual and cultural differences, whether of gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion or any other difference.
I work both nationally and internationally and offer weekly sessions of 50 mins duration to individuals, and of 1 hour duration to couples, which can be either face-to-face or online (via Zoom). These sessions may be short-term (time-limited) or on a longer-term basis, depending upon your individual needs.
For further information on my way of working and client testimonials, please have a look at my website: nehamalik.uk
Training, qualifications & experience
My qualifications and training (BACP registered):
- B.A. (Hons) in Psychology.
- M.A. in Psychology.
- Diploma in Humanistic-Integrative Counselling.
- Advanced Diploma in Humanistic-Integrative Counselling.
- Certificate in 'Working with Children and Young People'.
- Certificate in 'Working with Couples and Other Relationships'.
- Diploma in 'Trauma Therapy' (CCTP-1) training.
- Certificate in 'The Internal Family Systems (IFS) Approach'.
- Certificate in 'Embodiment-based Interventions' (to move clients from surviving to thriving).
- Certificate in 'Working with Shame and Compulsivity'.
- CPD in 'The Web of Shame in the Therapeutic Space'.
- Certificate in 'Janina Fisher's Approach to working with Complex Trauma and Dissociative Disorders' (CCTP-2) training.
- Certificate in 'Esther Perel's Transformative Approach' to Couples Therapy.
- Certificate in 'The Gottman Method (Level 2)' of Couples Therapy.
I am a 'Certified Clinical Trauma Professional' (CCTP, Level 2) and a 'Certified Couples Therapist'.
My past work experience includes counselling service to the IAPT / NHS (South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust). At the start of my career, I worked as an 'assistant psychologist' at a mental health centre for four years, whereby I gained a lot of clinical experience. I have previously worked as an associate counsellor at Brunel University, Uxbridge.
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
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Accredited register membership
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Loss of meaning / purpose, existential dilemma, personal development.
Communication difficulties and conflict resolution (within context of work with couples & other relationships).
Therapies offered
Fees
£90.00 - £120.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
£90 per session (for individuals) and £120 per session (for couples). My fee is reflective of my wide professional experience and extensive post-qualification training, acquired over the course of the last 20 years.
As part of my commitment to inclusivity, I offer '2 low-cost, concessionary slots' for those on low income. I want people from all walks of life to be able to benefit from therapy, so please enquire regarding spaces.
When I work
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I normally work from 9 am to 1 pm during the mornings and from 6 pm to 9 pm during the evenings/nights on each of the weekdays
Further information
I have a daily lifestyle practice of meditation and I also strive to do yoga exercises on a daily basis, considering the powerfully beneficial impact yoga has on the mind and body.
I regularly engage in self-expression through poetry. I believe that there is 'no boundary to personal growth', so I am whole-heartedly committed to my personal journey of development.
Here is a poem I wrote.......
The Wildflower and The Jagged Rock
When the wildflower that emerged from the rock,
first became aware of it’s surroundings,
the hard, unyielding rock,
the rough, jagged terrain,
It must have thought to itself,
‘Life isn’t fair!’
But when that wildflower,
In it’s desperate bid to survive,
sprung forth, emerged and broke free,
defying the odds,
disobeying the harshness of its surroundings…
It gradually arose,
to reveal a beauty,
that was only slightly overshadowed by its courage.
Any passer by, who took notice,
paused,
and thought to himself,
‘How on Earth? Life is beautiful’!
