Ondine Smulders
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This professional is available for new clients.
About me
These are strange times. Perhaps you find life is overwhelming you or maybe you are struggling with a sudden crisis? Have you lost your sense of direction? Do you feel down and is It affecting your quality of life, your relationships with family and friends? Maybe you are trying really hard to accept life as is, or no matter how hard you try to make changes, time and again you meet similar situations, recognisable patterns seem to be repeating themselves?
Whether you feel stressed or bereaved, experience anxiety or feel depressed, uncertain about the future and worried about work, I am here to listen to you and provide you with the space to explore your experiences, feelings, emotions.
As psychotherapist, I offer a confidential setting where you can get away from the treadmill of life. In my room you can feel safe and I will help you explore and clarify areas of your life where you are struggling. I will work with you to optimise a better understanding of yourself and will encourage you to gain a broader perspective on your life. This may assist you to explore new avenues and to face life’s challenges with different eyes, both today and in the future.
What to expect
Starting therapy can be daunting. I understand that it can be hard to confide your thoughts and feelings in a stranger.
For therapy to work, it is important that you feel safe and comfortable. I therefore offer an exploratory meeting so that you will be better able to decide whether you feel at ease talking to me and whether my approach is right for you. The meeting does not oblige you to start therapy. The decision to proceed is yours entirely.
If you decide to begin therapy, we will agree on a mutually convenient weekly time slot. Each therapy session will last 50 minutes from the time scheduled.
I will see individuals aged 18-100, and offer therapy covering a broad range of issues.
Training, qualifications & experience
I have more than a decade of experience of providing both long-term and short-term individual psychotherapy. I am also a clinical supervisor and executive coach. I am able to work in English, Dutch, Spanish and French.
Before training as a psychotherapist, I worked for more than a decade in investment banking followed by more than a decade as an economist/political analyst in a think-tank/publishing house. My banking and publishing jobs gave me first-hand experience of the highly competitive and stressful nature of these work environments. I maintain my involvement in business as a non-executive director in an energy-services company.
My professional qualifications include:
- PgDip, Integrative Psychotherapy and Counselling Psychology (Regent’s University);
- ADEP, Advanced Diploma in Existential Psychotherapy (Regent's University);
- Diploma in Relational Supervision (Relational Change);
- Diploma in Transformative Coaching (Animas);
- Certificate Existential Coaching (Society for Existential Analysis).
I am accredited through the UKCP (UK Council for Psychotherapy) and abide by its code of Ethics and Conduct. As part of this code, I receive supervision from a UKCP-accredited supervisor and undertake regular further training and personal development.
I am a member of the Society for Existential Analysis (SEA - www.existentialanalysis.org.uk) and the Book Review Editor for the Journal of Existential Analysis.
Member organisations
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.
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
I also work with employment issues including conflict at work, gender inequalities, inter-personal issues, communication, motivation/satisfaction, career development and unemployment.
I support clients dealing with long term illness, including their struggle with meaninglessness, isolation, identity, and fear of death and dying.
Given my expat status and third culture upbringing, I have a particular interest in working with expat and third culture issues including rootlessness, insider/outsider status, belonging, freedom, identity and home.
Therapies offered
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Fees
£100.00 - £130.00
Free initial telephone session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Please note that no-shows or cancellations within three working days will be charged in full.
All cancellations or rescheduling need to be made on Monday-Friday.
When I work
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Further information
In West London (W1), I work six minutes walk from Oxford Circus and Bond Street tube stations.
In SW7, I work a few minutes away from Gloucester Road tube station.
