William Ogden
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About me
Are you stuck? Struggling with an addiction, struggling in recovery from addiction? Suffering from trauma? Reacting to historic or childhood wounds? Caught up in
cyclical narratives, behaviours or patterns? Do you feel disempowered? Problems with anger or rage? Would you like a safe, confidential, non-judgmental and nurturing space to explore this?
Originally trained in humanistic therapy, I continued to study Jung, neuroscience, attachment theory and child development and have an M.A in Art Psychotherapy.
I have worked in the NHS with personality disorders and have many years’ experience with addictions and problematic substance use. Such work involves exploring the often complex trauma that underlies such disorders. For the last few years, I have worked as a psychotherapist in residential treatment centres, supporting clients one to one and in groups from detox into long term recovery.
My therapeutic approach is integrative. This means I draw on a wide range of methodologies in response to a client’s needs. This may involve working with the Jungian notion of the inner child to heal historic wounds or examining what presents in the here and now and encouraging clients to experience new outcomes. I am able
to facilitate creative processes in therapy, working with artifacts you may create in our sessions to explore your psychic map.
Having traveled widely throughout the world I am familiar with a broad range of cultures, philosophies and spiritual practices. Particularly the Sufi mystical path.
As a member of the BACP, I am in regular supervision, engage in continuing professional development and have professional insurance. Psychotherapy works best when two people are honest with each other. My main aim therefore, is to create a safe, confidential, non-judgmental and nurturing space in which this can happen.
Training, qualifications & experience
- B.A. Fine Art
- M.A. Art Psychotherapy
- Primary therapist at Gladstones Clinic London
- Consulting creative therapist at Steps2recovery
- Private practice
- Previous experience with CNWL NHS Art Psychotherapy dep
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
Therapies offered
Fees
£70.00 - £150.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Start at £60 a session.
When I work
Week days and evenings
