Richard Jefferson

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M.Sc., Reg. B.A.C.P

About me

I spent the first part of my career abroad, about 15 years. First in the U.S. where I worked in the their equivalent to the NHS. After that I moved to Argentina where I had a private practice working mainly with the expatriate comunity. After this I moved to Phnom Penh Camodia where I lived for 10 years. There I opened a therapy centre where I worked with aid workers, military personnel, business people, and locals. We also trained and supervised Cambodian therapists. I moved back to London about 10 years ago, and have been in private practice here ever since. 

I work mainly with individuals, teenagers to adults. In the time I've been working, I've learned that people are amazingly resilient. That they often grow from life crisis', and that depression and difficulties with anxiety are also in time sources of strength. I don't think that you just need to be positive and everything else will be sorted. I think life is complex, but often what we think is a weakness, or a bad event, in time we see differently.

If you'd like to know more about me, or how I work, feel free to click the website link above.  

Training, qualifications & experience

I'm an Integrative Humanistic psychotherapist with a Masters in Clinical Psychology. I'm also trained in E.M.D.R. therapy, and arts therapy. I specialize in working with:

  • P.T.S.D./Trauma
  • Abuse, current or childhood
  • Culture related issues
  • anxiety
  • relationship problems including separation, affairs, and divorce
  • family issues
  • adolescence/teenager related problems
  • sexual problems
  • depression
  • Emergency Services

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
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British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy

Areas of counselling I deal with

Other areas of counselling I deal with

  • Expatriate therapy
  • Immigration
  • Third Culture Kid
  • Third Culture Experiences
  • Culture Shock
  • Counter culture shock
  • Working abroad

Photos & videos

Fees

£85.00 - £115.00

Additional information

I often do longer sessions of 80mins for £115, but can do shorter sessions of 50mins for £85.

Terapia Consultancy (Central London), 9 Coldbath Square, London, EC1R 5HL

34 Studland Street, London, Greater London, W6 0JS

Type of session

In person
Online

Types of client

Young people (13-17)
Young adults (18-24)
Adults (25-64)
Older Adults (65+)

Online platforms

Microsoft Teams

Supervision

In person
Online

I've been doing supervision for about 15 years. I'm a relational therapist, experienced in cross cultural work, E.M.D.R., Arts, and Gestalt therapy.

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Richard Jefferson
Richard Jefferson