About me
Hello I'm Philippa, also known as Pippa. I am a BACP-registered psychodynamic psychotherapist providing an empathetic, confidential and non-judgemental space to explore the challenges you may be facing.
I work with adults aged 18 and upwards and have developed my counselling experience in a range of sectors. My psychodynamic approach forms the foundation of my therapeutic practice, which I adapt to each individual's unique needs. The clients I work with typically present with anxiety, depression, negative thinking, bereavement, loneliness, anger, relationship issues, work issues, past trauma, and abuse. I have worked with clients from different backgrounds, ethnicities, genders and ages.
Psychotherapy is not about giving advice, it is a talking therapy in which you discuss issues you may currently be facing. Psychotherapists are trained to understand the different layers of the mental inner world, much of which lies outside conscious awareness, helping you recognise how this affects your day-to-day life.
Many of the people I work with find therapy a healthy way to understand themselves better, improve their emotional health and feel more positive about their lives. Over time, working with a therapist can support you to change and show up differently in personal and work relationships, in ways that are more aligned to the person you want to be.
Therapy is also a healthy way to process your emotional reactions to specific life events. These could include divorce, parenting, bereavement, infertility, and redundancy.
Perhaps you have become overwhelmed or frustrated with your emotional responses to particular people in your life, whether at work or at home. Or maybe you feel stuck in habits that are no longer beneficial to you or are making your life more difficult.
We can discuss this and work together to understand how these patterns may have become established and how you can make positive changes in your life.
Training, qualifications & experience
I have a Level 7 MSc in Psychodynamic Counselling & Psychotherapy qualification from Birkbeck, University of London. I continue to undertake regular professional development to ensure my practice remains up to date.
I currently work part-time for the University of Cambridge as a Staff Counsellor, and I have also worked for Anglia Ruskin University, Cogwheel Counselling and Mind Hertfordshire Network. I have always had a keen interest in psychology, and before retraining as a therapist, I worked in higher education and publishing, specialising in market research, customer behaviour and curriculum development.
Member organisations
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.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£70.00 per session
Additional information
Concessionary rates available.
