Vikki Scott
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About me
I’m an accredited Integrative Psychotherapist and Life Coach with a holistic approach. I’m warm, empathic and work intuitively. I don't believe that one size fits all so I employ an integrated style, drawing upon psychodynamic, humanistic, Jungian, cognitive behavioural and existential principles, all underpinned by a Transpersonal framework. I utilise a variety of tools but also have a very practical approach and really champion my clients and have achieved successful outcomes with clients who have really turned their lives around. Please visit my website for more information. www.vikkiscottpsychotherapy.com
I felt compelled to train and work as a psychotherapist having gone through a family crisis and early bereavement, where psychotherapy provided me with the much-needed turning point to change my life for the better. As a result, I believe that it is never too late to reclaim your personal power.
Prior to undertaking a 5 year training and qualifying as a psychotherapist, I worked in the media for two decades: producing films for the charities, Mind, Kick It Out and Peace One Day. I also worked in wellness publishing, promoting an assortment of prominent psychotherapist and wellbeing authors for Watkins Publishing. Before this, I ran a coaching company which worked with young people in schools building their self-esteem, resilience and honing their interview skills.
I have experience of working across a broad range of issues including: anxiety, depression, addiction, relationship or family difficulties, OCD, adverse childhood experiences, career stress, bereavement, loneliness.
As well as talking therapy, I utilise a number of tools including: visualisations, behavioural experiments, inner child work, vision boards, dream work and chair work. I occasionally incorporate life coaching in relation to goal setting but only if the client has requested it.
Training, qualifications & experience
I have completed a five-year training and have a Psychotherapy Post Graduate Diploma from Counselling and Psychotherapy Education (CCPE). During my training I completed 18 month placements at: The Maudsley Hospital, where I worked in the acute men’s ward and Help Counselling. I also completed one year placements at the Caravan in Piccadilly and Maytree, a suicide retreat centre in Finsbury park.
Qualifications & Ethics
- 4 Year Post Graduate Diploma in Counselling & Psychotherapy - Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy Education (CCPE)
- 1 Year Foundation in Psychotherapy - Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy Education (CCPE)
- UKCP Member no. 2011170332
- BACP Membership no. 00976591
- Life Coaching Diploma (Achievement Specialists)
- BMUS Honours from Goldsmiths College, University of London
I have full professional indemnity and public liability insurance. I have regular clinical supervision and work to a strict code of Ethics set by UKCP and BACP.
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.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
OCD
Childhood abuse
Issues with Family
Therapies offered
Fees
£95.00 per session
Free initial online session
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
My fee is £95 a session.
When I work
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I have some availability on a Wednesday and Friday in Wimpole Street.
Further information
Psychotherapy can help change negative patterns of behaviour by shedding light on what has been repressed and supporting you to implement new behaviours. It can also help you process past traumas and deal with everyday stress, as well as supporting you with relationship, health and work issues.
In psychotherapy you’ll learn the skills to recognise what is true to you and what belongs in the past.
The success of therapy lies in the healing relationship between the client and therapist so it is imperative to choose the right therapist. You are the expert on your life but I will endeavour to do my best to walk beside you and help facilitate transformation.
