Rebecca O'Donovan
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About me
Rebecca O'Donovan - Reg. MBACP (Accred'), PgDip, BA (Hons).
Hello and welcome to my page. I offer counselling/psychotherapy sessions weekly at my private practice in N15.
I provide clients with a space where they can feel safe to share their story, express their feelings and feel heard. Together we work towards you feeling more able to cope, and understand what's going on for you.
I offer in person and online sessions. So the choice of how you attend your session is yours. All of my clients are in person, but when they can't make their session they often have it online. My clients tell me this blended approach works well for them.
Your first session - An initial or first session provides you with the opportunity to discuss what brings you to counselling. It will also enable you to get a feel for how I work and how it feels to be in therapy.
Please email me to arrange a time to discuss your needs and my availability on the phone. Or you can use the Introductory Call feature on this site.
Sessions - are 50 minutes long and are held at the same time weekly.
Cost - is £55.00 per session.
Here are some of the areas and issues I work with:
- Anxiety and general anxiety disorders.
- Depression, feeling sad and low mood.
- Panic, panic attacks and managing feelings around anxiety and panic.
- Relationship issues with partners, friends and family members.
- Social anxiety - coping with people in person and online.
- Low self-confidence and self-esteem.
- Addiction, drugs, alcohol, supporting families with family members who have an addiction.
- Issues relating to being on the Autistic Spectrum.
- Eating disorders - an unhelpful relationship with food.
- Bereavement and coping with loss.
- Bipolar disorder.
- Self-harming behaviour - historical or current.
- Trauma (childhood and adult).
- Physical Health issues and conditions.
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia.
Please feel free to contact me via email with any questions you may have.
Training, qualifications & experience
I have worked as a counsellor with MIND a mental health charity, the NSPCC a national children's charity, and CGL an addiction agency in London.
My qualifications -
- British Association of Counselling & Psychotherapy - Accredited Diploma in Counselling.
- 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.
Further Training:
- 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
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
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This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£55.00 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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I currently have availability during the day and evening.
Further information
Tube - My nearest tube is Seven Sisters on the Victoria line. I am 6 minutes 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.
