Tom Secretan
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About me
I am an integrative counsellor / psychotherapist offering sessions in Brockley, Honor Oak and online. I support my clients to learn about themselves, to make meaning from difficult experiences and to develop new ways of being that serve them in their present lives. I am frequently struck by my clients' courage in facing themselves and their experiences, and consider it a privilege to be with them as they do so. Simply acknowledging a need for help can often be enormously difficult.
I recognise that all sorts of things may bring people to therapy. Sometimes it’s a life event or transition that feels overwhelming. Sometimes it’s because we find ourselves struggling in relationships, or troubled by our thoughts, feelings or behaviour. Sometimes we are having to cope with an environment that devalues or rejects an aspect of our identity, or we just feel deep down that our lives could be lived more fully. In many cases, we arrive in therapy already knowing what we want help with; in others, this is what we come to find out. Whatever you are struggling with, I invite you to get in touch.
Training, qualifications & experience
I trained over seven years at The Minster Centre on courses accredited by BACP and UKCP. This training was integrative, which means it combined elements from several therapeutic models: psychodynamic, humanistic, existential and body-based. The way I work is also informed by contemporary ideas in attachment theory and the relational school of psychoanalysis.
During my early training, I worked as a volunteer befriender at Maytree Respite Centre for people in suicidal crisis.
Having provided counselling for several years at a college of music and dance, I have particular experience working with younger adults, students (domestic and international), singers, musicians, composers, dancers, choreographers and actors.
I have pursued additional training on men’s issues in psychotherapy and on working with distress related to the climate crisis.
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
- relationship difficulties
- cultural identity
- gender and sexual identity
- men’s issues
- the transition to parenthood
- issues around trust or intimacy
- leaving home / homesickness
Therapies offered
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Fees
£70.00 per session
Free initial telephone session
Additional information
I offer a free introductory phone consultation of ten to fifteen minutes. If you would like a call, please request this when you email me and we can arrange a convenient time to speak.
When I work
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Wednesday and Thursday afternoons are my online slots.
Further information
I have a research interest in fathers and fathering and have written for The New Psychotherapist, the magazine of UKCP. As a member of UKCP, I adhere to their code of professional ethics.
