Rossella Vaccaro
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About me
I am a qualified and experienced psychotherapist with consulting rooms in south-west and central London offering short and long term therapy to individuals.
I provide a safe space where you can freely express your thoughts and feelings and be attentively listened to. I will assist you in seeking clarity and understanding of your situation and investigating the meanings you attach to past events and to your current experiences. This will be the gateway to identifying approaches to enable positive changes in the present.
Embarking on psychotherapy or counselling is a positive step either on a short or open ended basis as it offers an opportunity for growth and understanding of yourself and others. The therapeutic process can be challenging, but also enlightening and rewarding as new perspectives emerge and as your awareness of your strengths and abilities develops. It can help deal with those moments of uncertainty or vulnerability that we all face at some points in our lives. These may be connected to a specific crisis; to difficulties in relationships; a sense of meaninglessness; issues of self-esteem; anxiety about the future or recurrent unsettling memories of past events. You may be held back in a situation that prevents you from reflecting upon and identifying your real possibilities and choices. Any one or a combination of these feelings can lead to a sensation that you are being prevented from living fully.
At our first meeting I will encourage you to express, in complete confidence and without fear of being judged, your current concerns. I will ask question aimed at assisting you to clarify and define what is on your mind and the circumstances that brought you to my consulting room. We will look at what you hope to achieve in therapy and you will gain an impression of what it will be like to work with me. If we agree to work together we will regularly evaluate whether our sessions are useful and beneficial to you.
I share the view that effective psychotherapy is based upon the quality of the relationship between the therapist and the client developed through openness, trust and respect.
Training, qualifications & experience
I have five years post-graduate training in psychotherapy at Regent’s University, London achieving:
- A Post Graduate Diploma in Integrative Psychotherapy & Counselling
- An Advanced Diploma in Existential Psychotherapy
- The Hans W Cohn Award for Excellence from the university for outstanding achievement on the Advanced Diploma in Existential Psychotherapy.
I have been working in the context of community based psychotherapy and counselling services since January 2011 providing face-to-face therapy to individual clients, mostly referred by their GP, from different age groups and diverse cultural backgrounds.
I am able to offer counselling in English, Italian or French.
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.
The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) is a leading professional body for the education, training and regulation of psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors. Its register is accredited by the government's Professional Standards Authority.
As part of its commitment to protect the public, it works to improve access to psychotherapy, to support and disseminate research, to improve standards and to respond effectively to complaints against its members.
UKCP standards cover the range of different psychotherapies. Registration is obtained by training or accrediting with one of its member organisations, or by holding a European Certificate in Psychotherapy. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
- Lack of meaning in life.
- Migration issues
Therapies offered
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Fees
£90.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Sessions are charged at £90 for a 60-minute session.
I offer concessions to students and others in special circumstances.
When I work
Weekdays and Saturdays.
Further information
I am a member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and a fully accredited therapist with the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP). I am also a member of the Society for Existential Analysis and adhere to the codes of ethics and codes of practice of both the BACP and the UKCP.
I continue to engage in academic research, professional development and have regular supervision with a registered UKCP supervisor.
I am fully insured and have an enhanced DBS criminal record check- formerly known as CRB.
