Philippa Lyons
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About me
I'm a psychologist and psychotherapist working with a humanistic approach. This means I work from the understanding that mental health, like physical health, is an ongoing process of recognising and balancing our needs. I take the perspective of improving mental well-being, not treating mental deficit. This means I do not diagnose clients; I work with them to understand themselves from their perspective.
I work with clients who report feeling lost, stuck or wanting to break free of cycles of perpetual doubt, panic, low mood or dissatisfaction. I offer a judgement free, confidential space where clients can explore difficulties in their life. I help them find and integrate new perspectives that develop their self-awareness and self-understanding. This reduces anxiety and fosters confidence, improves relationships with self and others and creates space for responding to personal challenges with consideration, rather than reacting impulsively.
Training, qualifications & experience
My formal academic qualifications are:
BSc Applied Psychology
MSc Social Psychology
MSc Person-Centred Psychotherapy
I gained experience in a variety of settings including horticultural and group therapies as well as conventional face to face psychotherapy. I have changed careers, working in corporate and non-for profit sectors in the UK and Europe. I have experience as an expat and the psychological challenge this brings. Currently I divide my time between providing online psychotherapy for a UK charity and working in online private practice.
My approach is non-diagnostic. I help my clients gain a deep understanding of their unique experience, their thoughts, feelings and behaviours which helps them navigate their lives optimally - whatever that looks like for them. Many training courses are provided under diagnostic titles and I have specialised training in anxiety and depression, loss and bereavement, working with neurodiversity, disordered eating and trauma sensitive practice. I have a broad and multidisciplinary understanding of these topics, however I still work with the unique challenges each individual client brings rather than responding in a set way to a diagnosis.
I have training and experience working with clients online and I provide short and long-term therapy.
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).
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£65.00 per session
Concessions offered for
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I try as much as possible to provide flexible availability to my clients on session times and frequency - please get in touch if you have an queries about this.
