Paulo Camara
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This professional is available for new clients.
About me
I offer regular long-term open-ended Psychodynamic Psychotherapy as well as time limited therapy (12/16 sessions) including Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy - DIT - to adults and young people presenting a wide range of emotional difficulties.
I am particularly interested in problems related to difficulties in forming and sustaining relationships, depression, anxiety, low self esteem, issues regarding ageing and old age, and feeling excluded.
I am also interested in seeing foreign clients who find difficult living abroad and integrating into a new country and culture and those who English is not their mother tongue.
The work is totally confidential and I work in a safe and holding environment.
I offer sessions in English and in Portuguese.
I offer therapy face to face and on line
Training, qualifications & experience
I am a Psychodynamic Psychotherapist and I am qualified and accredited Dynamic Interpersonal Therapist (DIT), accredited by the British Psychoanalitic Council (BPC).
I am an Accredited Member of the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) and the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and I work within their code of ethics.
I work in my private practice in Hove and in London near Pimlico.
I have worked with older patients suffering from Dementia in NHS setting and have extensive experience in carrying out clients’ Assessments.
Member organisations
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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
Issues around feeling excluded; being a foreigner; ageing and old age.
Therapies offered
Fees
Additional information
I usually charge £60-80 for an initial consultation where we will explore, what brings you to seek therapy, discuss the way I work and agree the contract.
Fees are negotiable in the first consultation.
I am also able to provide limited opportunities where I can offer lower rates, depending on my availability.
When I work
Weekdays from 8 am to 8 pm
Face to face and on line
Further information
I can also offer therapy in Portuguese.
