About me
Hello, my name is Robert; thank you for taking the time to look at my profile.
I offer human confidential, empathic, and non-judgemental support for both long- and short-term counselling, whether via face-to-face sessions in my home, online or on the phone, or even outdoors walking and talking on Wimbledon Common.
I place a great deal of emphasis on appropriately tailoring therapeutic relationships to help you, the client, feel at ease, safe and able to talk about even your most difficult and painful concerns. I draw on a wide range of, often gently creative, interventions to meet your individual needs so you will never feel as though you are just a number.
Sessions are 50 minutes in duration and I encourage clients to attend on the same day and at the same time each week for at least the first few weeks as this helps build your trust in the process as well as our working relationship. This said, I fully understand people's lives are busy and I am as flexible as possible to meet your work and family demands or when unexpected events arise.
In time, you may wish to reduce the frequency of your sessions or bring them to a close completely, safe in the knowledge that my door will always be open for future counselling. At no time is there an obligation for you to continue our sessions together and you can stop attending at any time if you wish.
If you feel we could work together, our first full session will include establishing the basis of our working relationship, recognising the ethical and safe nature of our work, beginning to explore what has brought you to counselling and discussing ways we can work on these.
As our relationship develops, we will have regular reviews to assess where issues have or have not yet been explored, as well as those newly arising, and any barriers in the process. I always work within my professional competency, and if I am not equipped to assist you I can signpost you to a more specialised service or refer you although, with the latter, never without your agreement.
Please be assured that from the outset you will be heard and acknowledged as a person in your own right. I will do my utmost to put you at ease in a caring, confidential, and bound environment that feels safe for you and where you feel valued.
You may have reservations about coming to counselling, and to help you decide whether you'd like us to work together, I offer a no-cost initial 20-minute online or phone session. In this, you can sound me out and tell me as much as you wish to at that stage of what you hope to gain from counselling, as well as ask any questions you may have.
I very much look forward to speaking with you soon.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am an experienced and qualified integrative therapeutic counsellor who is registered with the BACP, and as such, I work strictly within their Ethical Framework which ensures your safety and wellbeing are paramount.
I undergo mandated regular supervision, I frequently partake in continuing professional development (I am about to complete an in-depth PTSD therapist qualification which includes 'tapping'), and I assist in delivering counselling dipolma training courses. This ensures that my expertise is maintained and developed and, as importantly, that your safety and well-being remain central to our work.
My training, skills, and experience in listening to and supporting others in exploring their concerns come not only as a counsellor but also as a past Samaritan and from working with adults from all backgrounds and circumstances.
I work non-judgmentally and empathically with a wide range of life issues including anxiety, OCD, phobias, depression, bereavement and other forms of loss, PTSD, trauma from any stage of life including abuse in all its forms, suicidal ideation, loneliness and isolation, relationship and family issues, problems arising from childhood, attachment concerns, addictive behaviours, recreational and problematic substance and alcohol use, and career and general life direction.
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).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
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Fees
£70.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
My fees are £70 per 50 minute session (£50 for L4+student counsellors).
When I work
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I am available from 8.00 am on all weekdays except Tuesdays (late afternoon and evening only), with the last sessions starting at 7.30 pm Monday-Friday.
Further information
Off-road free parking is available outside my home and the 93 bus service Albemarle stops are close by from where it is a 10 minute journey time to the centres of either Putney or Wimbledon.
Prior to the first full session, I send clients directions to my home and some initial paperwork for my records.
