Penny Foley

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location_on London, Greater London, N19 5AA
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About me

I am an Integrative Psychotherapist working with adults in North London to bring clarity and understanding to the causes as well as the symptoms of mental distress, finding the most appropriate approach to support your individual needs.  I offer session both online and in person.

People come to therapy for many reasons, including difficulties with relationships or family life, challenging events such as bereavement, loss or trauma, and emotional distress such as anxiety, depression and obsessive thinking. I offer a collaborative and compassionate approach, with your goals and needs at the forefront: a safe and non-judgmental space where you can give voice to your life experiences and unhelpful thoughts, and we can explore together how best to understand them and make changes.

Sometimes long-held beliefs about ourselves and where we fit in deserve to be challenged, allowing us to stop what happened in the past from dictating our future. Therapy can help you to live your best life – which is what we all deserve.

Training, qualifications & experience

I hold a Master’s Degree in Integrative Arts Therapy and  an Advanced Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Studies and Skills.I have worked as a psychotherapist both within the NHS, and across a number of mental health charities including MIND.  I now focus on private practice and offer one-to-one sessions in person and online.

Member organisations

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

British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
Accredited Register Scheme

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British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy

Areas of counselling I deal with

Therapies offered

Further information

I work using a range of therapeutic approaches, including psychodynamic, (including attachment-based theory), person-centred and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT).

Courtyard Therapy, 225-225A Brecknock Road, London, Greater London, N19 5AA

Type of session

In person
Online