Nick Archer
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About me
The thought of starting therapy can feel daunting.
I’m an experienced and accredited Psychotherapist - and I believe I can potentially help you.
I believe that therapy can help you to explore and untangle your difficulties, to understand yourself better in relation to the world and others, and to process your thoughts, feelings, and experiences. It can lead to positive and lasting change and can help you to develop ways of dealing with your issues.
How can I help?
I believe in providing a supportive, confidential, and non-judgemental space in which to talk about whatever you would like.
I offer therapy online, over the phone, or in person in my private consulting room in the North Laine, a few minutes from Brighton station.
Clients talk about whatever they like and early on we explore your issues and background. As sessions progress, we can focus in more on different areas and can formulate a plan to address your difficulties.
Several weeks or months of therapy can help you to gain insight into a particular issue, whilst more deep-seated difficulties often need much more work. As sessions progress most clients start to feel a benefit.
My approach
I encourage clients to speak about whatever they would like - even if it seems irrelevant. I also work with dreams, which can be a useful tool for understanding our unconscious.
I believe that we’re all individuals and so I believe that it can be important to tailor our approach to you and your issues, using a range of ideas, techniques, and approaches.
My core training is psychodynamic, which understands that many of the ways we think, feel, and act can be influenced by our earlier life experiences, relationships, and the unconscious. By considering these things within a safe and containing space - and in the context of a trusting and empathetic relationship - we can come to understand ourselves, our relationships, and our thought and behaviour patterns better.
Over time this can lead to change, and help us to become more self aware and integrated people, more grounded, and better able to negotiate life’s challenges.
This approach is research validated and evidence based, and has been shown to be effective in helping with a range of issues.
I’m experienced at working with difference and diversity and my approach is open and inclusive. My practice is LGBTQ+ affirmative.
Getting started...
If you’d like to discuss the possibility of therapy with me, then please be in touch and I’d be happy to talk.
More information about me and how I work can be found on my website: www.nickarchertherapy.co.uk
Training, qualifications & experience
I’m a Registered Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP) and an Accredited Psychodynamic Psychotherapist registered with the British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC). These are two of the UK’s leading bodies for the profession and I abide by their strict ethical codes.
I undertook a rigorous course of training and personal therapy which took over 4 years and included the PgDip in Psychodynamic Psychotherapeutic Counselling from Brighton University and the Clinical Qualification in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy from the British Psychotherapy Foundation (BPF).
I’ve worked as a clinician with a wide range of clients of different ages and backgrounds in various settings, over several weeks, months, or years. I’ve worked in private practice, for agencies in Brighton and London, for an employee counselling scheme, and at a university counselling service. I also volunteer for the NHS in an acute psychiatric hospital.
I have a background in community work and pastoral care and I have experience of working with and listening to a wide range of people. I hold degrees in Maths and Theology.
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.
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Fees
£60.00 - £70.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I offer a sliding scale of fees, depending on your circumstances. I have a limited number of slots for those on lower incomes.
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I offer therapy online, over the phone, or in my private consulting room and I have flexibility throughout the week and into the evenings.
