About me
Rebecca O'Donovan, MBACP Accred'.
I provide in-person (face to face) and online counselling. Situted in N15. A 6 minute walk from Seven Sisters tube/BR station.
In counselling with me, I will help you to explore how you are feeling. What's going on for you, and how you feel about it. We do this work at your pace. What you bring each week is up to you.
With many years experience my clients have shown me that they will share what they think and feel, when the feel comfortable to do so. Because good counselling can bring up uncomfortable feelings and thoughts. Having a good relationship with your therapist is key to effective counselling.
Everybody is an individual so what you bring will be unique to you.
Issues I work with are: anxiety, feeling worried, depression and low mood. Issues with relationships with others, partners, family and parents. Childhood and adult trauma experiences. Worries about you emotional health.
I mainly work long-term as my clients 'commit' to improving their happiness and emotional health. But I can also work short-term, if that suits you better.
I work with people of all ages and difference. I have many years experience of working with people who are exploring (or have been diagnosed) as being neurodivergent (ADHD, AuDHD, Autistic, Dyslexic).
Next steps - If you would like to explore working with me, please contact me by email or text.
How do we start? - We have an initial session. This is a chance to meet and see how therapy with me feels. If we both decide to work together then we continue with the sessions on a weekly basis.
Please note - therapy with me is open-ended. So, you are free to end counselling at any point.
Fee - The cost of sessions is £60.00, paid weekly. This price is fixed for 2026.
Training, qualifications & experience
I have worked as a counsellor & psychotherapist with mental health charity MIND, the NSPCC - a national children's charity, and CGL - an addiction (alcohol and drugs) agency in London.
My qualifications -
- British Association of Counselling & Psychotherapy - Accredited Diploma in Counselling.
- Pg Cert Advanced Counselling and Psychotherapy - Supervision.
- Foundation Degree in Counselling from Middlesex University.
- General Certificate in Online Counselling & Psychotherapy.
- I also have a post-grad in Arts Management and a BA Hons in Early Years Childhood.
- I have an enhanced DBS check.
- I engage in continuing professional development.
Additional specialist training:
MSc in Advanced Psychotherpy & Counselling.
- National Autistic Society - Certificate in Understanding Autism (ASC).
- Professor Tony Attwood - Certificate in working with autistic girls and women.
- Anxiety Management - Foundation for the Developing Person.
- Attachment Matters with Jeremy Holmes - WPF Therapy Ltd.
- Supporting Survivors of Sexual Abuse - Into the Light Ltd.
- Neuro-somatic Therapy - WPF Therapy Ltd.
- Engaging with the Survivors of Torture - Freedom from Torture, Charity.
- Addiction as Attachment Disorder - WPF Therapy Ltd.
- Group Work – Change, Grow and Live Ltd.
Professional Memberships:
- The British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP).
- The Person-Centred Association (TPCA).
- The Association for Counselling and Therapy Online (ACTO).
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
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.
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
£60.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
For further information or to arrange a first session please email me.
When I work
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Further information
Tube - My nearest tube is Seven Sisters on the Victoria line. I am 6 6-minute walk from this tube station. There are 3 exits. Please use the Seven Sisters road exit.
British Rail - Seven Sisters is also a British Rail Station and runs directly into Liverpool Street Station.
Parking - I provide and pay for a parking permit to park outside my house.
Waiting area - I have a bench in my front garden where you can sit and wait for your session.
Buses - There are buses along West Green Road and St Ann's Road. It would then be a 6-minute walk.
