Shiri Spector
Every professional displayed on Counselling Directory has been independently verified by our team to ensure they have suitable credentials to practise.
This professional is available for new clients.
This professional is available for new clients.
About me
I am a psychodynamic counsellor and psychotherapist, with many years of experience working both in the NHS and in private practice.
In private practice I welcome anyone who feels that psychotherapy may be of help, whether you are looking to have just a few sessions to think about a specific issue or situation, or would like to consider longer-term therapy. Depression, anxiety, relationship difficulties, illness, bereavement, self-esteem, employment, life-changes, are just some of the reasons why you may want to try psychotherapy.
In my role as Consultant Psychotherapist and head of the Counselling and Psychotherapy Department at King's College Hospital, I was leading a team of psychotherapists offering psychodynamic psychotherapy for inpatients, outpatients and their relatives, and helping those who were battling with medical illness or injury and at times, facing death. Modern life often revolves around being able, healthy and mobile, and medical illness or physical injury, whether chronic or acute, curable or terminal, can have profound social and psychological impact. Working with these issues is an ongoing interest and one of my specialities.
In my experience, psychotherapy can help you make sense of what you are going through, face some difficult feelings and thoughts, feel less overwhelmed by your worries and fears, and make some choices and decisions. You may just need and want a few sessions to think about what is going on with you, or a longer time to be in therapy and explore present and past experiences.
Training, qualifications & experience
I studied for a PhD in Psychology at King's College London, and for a MSc in Psychodynamic Counselling at Greenwich University. I trained in Psychoanalytic Studies at the Tavistock Clinic and took courses in Assessment and in Supervision Skills with the British Association of Psychotherapists. I am BACP Accredited and UKRCP Registered.
My work experience includes:
Counsellor/Psychotherapist and supervisor in private practice (face-to-face and online)
Director of Psychotherapy for Healthcare Limited www.psychotherapyforhealthcare.co.uk
Consultant Psychotherapist, head of the Counselling and Psychotherapy Department, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Honorary Consultant Psychotherapist, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry.
Lecturer in Counselling at Greenwich University
Lecturer in Psychology at Birkbeck College
Epilepsy Counsellor, The Epilepsy Centre at King's College Hospital
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.
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
Photos & videos
Fees
£100.00 - £130.00
Additional information
Further information
I am a warm and reflective person, with a natural interest in people and their inner world. I combine intuitive understanding with my extensive knowledge and experience, and I strongly believe in the therapeutic power of a boundaried, empathic relationship, and in people's abilities to overcome sorrow, adversity and pain.
My private practice is based at Number 42, a private psychotherapy clinic near London Bridge. I offer counselling and psychotherapy and I also provide clinical supervision to qualified and trainee counsellor/psychotherapists.
