Octavia Landy

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This professional is available for new clients.

St. Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, TN38
Available for new clients
Available for new clients

This professional is available for new clients.

About me

Hello, I'm Octavia, and I am an integrative psychotherapist.  I work mostly with the following theories:-

Humanistic - the 'person to person' relationship.
Psychodynamic - the importance of the unconscious and early years.
Body - the physical basis of emotion, experience, growth and change, including what neuroscience and attachment studies teach us.
Transpersonal - the experience beyond our material one.
Existential – exploring the human experience as a whole

Talking therapy can help to get to the heart of those fears and uncover patterns of behaviour or thinking. I can witness your story and guide you towards a more grounded sense of yourself. 

Sessions last for 50 minutes and start on the hour. 

Our first session is an assessment, where you tell me about yourself and your reasons for coming. It is also crucially about deciding whether you feel we can work together – do you feel comfortable, might therapy be beneficial to you and if so, in what ways?        

I offer short-term counselling and long-term, open-ended psychotherapy with individuals and couples. 

We will arrange a regular meeting date if you want to continue working with me.  It can be overwhelming trying to find a therapist. Still, finding a therapist who is a good fit for you can be an enriching and sometimes life-changing experience.

I am a neurodiverse therapist with both ADHD and ASD diagnosis, I also have first-hand experience of recovery from addictions and bereavement.   However, I work across all areas of human life experience. 

Training, qualifications & experience

I am a qualified and registered integrative psychotherapist, trained at The Minster Centre in London.  

- Diploma in Integrative Counselling - BACP Accredited Training Course 

- Advanced Diploma/MA Integrative Psychotherapy and Counselling - UKCP Accredited Course

Before training as a therapist, I worked in Television Production for over 25 years. 

I have first-hand experience of living with ADHD/Autism neurodivergence, addiction recovery and bereavement.   Processing my own behaviours and grief led to my training to help others navigate tough times to better understand themselves.  I am also trained in working with kink and an LGBTQ+ ally. 

To be integrative means I have studied many different modalities of therapy.  I often work with existential themes of belonging, identity, death and being alive.  I like to explore with the client how they relate to others and build on our relationship in therapy to create an honest and sometimes playful space for the client to explore parts of themselves they may not be able to bring elsewhere. 

I am BACP Registered (MBACP 388927) and UKCP Registered (UKCP 2011171748).  I work within the BACP and UKCP ethical frameworks. See https://www.psychotherapy.org.uk/ or https://www.psychotherapy.org.uk/ for more information.

Member organisations

Registered / Accredited

Registered / Accredited

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UKCP
UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP)

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.

BACP
British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP)

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

UK Council for Psychotherapy
Accredited Register Scheme

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UK Council for Psychotherapy
British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
Accredited Register Scheme

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British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy

Fees

£90.00 per session

Additional information

Sessions are 50 minutes long and will be at the same time and place each week. I work in London and St Leonards on Sea, in person and over Zoom. 

Fees are £90 per hour payable in advance or on the day, and I have a 48-hour cancellation policy.

Further information

I have availability now. 

St. Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, TN38

Type of session

In person
Online
Phone

Types of client

Adults
Couples

Key details

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