Dr Selen Atasoy
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About me
I am a BACP registered counsellor and a neuroscientist. After working as a neuroscientist for over a decade researching on different states of consciousness, I trained as a Gestalt counsellor at the Gestalt Centre London and attended various workshops in Jungian dream analysis and body-oriented mindfulness-based energy therapy. In my counselling practice, I use an eclectic approach integrating all these modalities and my neuroscientific knowledge within a client-centred and relational therapeutic framework.
I believe that difficult experiences have the power to transform us if we can allow the feelings they bring up. Yet, we all may need support in this process. In my counselling practice, I aim to support my clients in their individual journey to their own unique authentic self.
I work with long and short term clients face to face at the Little Health Hub and online. I offer a free 30 minutes initial session for new clients for us to meet and discuss in which ways we can work together.
As a member of British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) my practice follows ethical BACP guidelines.
Training, qualifications & experience
I obtained a Ph.D. in medical imaging jointly at the Technical Universtiy of Munich and Imperial College London. After my Ph.D. I held postdoctoral research positions at the School of Psychology, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, and at the Center for Brain and Cognition, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, at the Hedonia Transnational Research Group, University of Oxford, and at the Centre for Psychedelic Research, Imperial College London, working on neural correlates of different states of consciousness. Finally, I worked on neural correlates of meditation at the Centre for Eudaimonia and Human Flourishing, University of Oxford.
Alongside my scientific research, I trained as a Gestalt counsellor at the Gestalt Centre London and attended various workshops in Jungian dream analysis and body-oriented mindfulness-based energy therapy. In my counselling practice, I use an eclectic approach integrating all these modalities within a client-centred and relationaltherapeutic framework.
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
Fees
£75.00 per session
Free initial online session
Additional information
I offer a free 30 minutes initial session online for us to meet and discuss in which ways we can work together.
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