Richard Jefferson
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About me
I've been working for about 20 years with many different types of problems such as depression, anxiety, abuse, and trauma. In that time I've learned to always respect the problem, or issue, as unique to each person. The most important component therefore is understanding; Only then can solutions and ways out be found. If you'd like to know more about me, or how I work, please click the website link just 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
Most of my career has been spent in private practice working with individuals struggling with the issues mentioned. I find that in the time I've been working I've learned that people are not only amazingly resilient, but also that people often grow from life crisis', and that depressions 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 is sorted. I think life is complex, and often what we think is a weakness, or a bad event, in time we see differently.
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
- Expatriate therapy
- Immigration
- Third Culture Kid
- Third Culture Experiences
- Culture Shock
- Counter culture shock
- Working abroad
Therapies offered
Fees
£110.00 per session
Additional information
Sessions last about 1 hour 20 minutes, and my fee is £110. For regular 50 minute sessions I charge £80.
When I work
In person I work Wed and Thurs in the Chiswick/Hammersmith area, and Fridays I work in central London near Chauncery Lane/Farringdon. I do online through the whole the week.