About me
Hello and welcome,
Is therapy right for you, right now? Perhaps you don't know, and that's okay. Maybe you're feeling anxious or depressed and just need someone to listen. Can you imagine telling me where you are with life and what that's like for you?
I specialise in addictive and compulsive behaviours, relationship and identity issues, and overwhelm and/or absence of feelings.
- UKCP Registered Advanced Dip/MA Integrative Psychotherapy
- BACP Accredited Diploma Integrative Counselling
- Foundation Certificate Integrative Counselling
- 7 years Clinical Experience
- 8 years Addiction Recovery Support
Qualities I bring into the therapy room include curiosity, kindness, humour and respect.
Located: Abbey Wood SE2, Fleet Street EC4Y and Brockley SE4 at £85 - 125 per 50 minute session, income dependent. Some low cost slots available. There is unfortunately no disabled access. I also deliver online when necessary.
Email: oliver@fromthegrounduptherapy.com or call: 07762 652 796
What will it be like? I practise integrative psychotherapy, which means that I apply different theoretical models to the way that I think and work. This includes how we can safely guide the sometimes conflicting parts of your inner-world into an integrated, harmonious whole.
Issues I have experience with include: abuse, addiction, anger, assault, anxiety, avoidance, bereavement, criminality, depression, eating issues, existential crisis, exploitation, gender identity, ill health, isolation, life-on-street aka 'gangs', relationships, sex and sexuality, shame, social issues, stress, trauma.
Training, qualifications & experience
Qualifications, Training & Experience
- UKCP Registered Advanced Dip/MA Integrative Psychotherapy
- BACP Accredited Diploma Integrative Counselling
- Foundation Certificate Integrative Counselling
- 7 years Clinical Experience
- 8 years Addiction Recovery Support
Additional Information:
- Registered member of the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) #2011195418
- Registered member of the British Association of Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP) #384184
- Fully insured
- Full Member of the Diamond Approach UK
Depending on what best suits your needs, you may, for example, experience me spotting patterns of relationships in your life. Our therapeutic relationship can then become a space to safely explore newer, healthier ways for you to be-in-relationship. Or I may invite you into the ever-present experience of your bodily feelings and sensations, which can nurture autonomy and enhance your capacity for self-reflection and awareness. And sometimes I'll just listen, perhaps because no one has listened to you before.
I have experience working across ethnic, cultural and class backgrounds and with multiple gender and sexual identities, learning and physical needs and abilities. I welcome and celebrate difference and diversity in all areas.
I enjoy playing my drum kit, swimming, and slow walks in nature.
Member organisations
school 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.
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 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.
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
Sex work
Life-on-street ('gangs')
Therapies offered
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Fees
£85.00 - £125.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I encourage those with wealth privilege to pay it forward so there is equity in the service. My pay scale is £85-£125 per 50-minute session. Some concessionary sessions are available for people on low incomes, please let me know what you can afford.
When I work
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I am available on Tuesday mornings and evenings in Abbey Wood SE2, Wednesday afternoons/early evenings in Brockley SE4 and Thursday mornings/early afternoons in Fleet St EC4Y.
