William Secretan
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About me
With twenty years experience in the field, I offer highly skilled psychotherapy to individuals and groups in my private practice. I am also Lead Psychotherapist for a specialist NHS service in West London treating adults with severe, complex and enduring mental health problems. Within the NHS I manage and supervise other psychologists and psychotherapists as well as well as providing specialist consultation and treatment. In my private practice, I work with a wider spectrum of people experiencing everything from mental and emotional distress to major life changes, as well as those who are seeking to make more meaning in their lives or gain a deeper understanding of themselves.
I provide a safe and supportive environment in which you can make positive changes to your way of being - in relation to yourself, others, and the wider world. I work through a mix of verbal exploration as well as more creative and expressive techniques such as 'action methods' and the arts. My aim in this is to support you in accessing your own innate wisdom and personal sense of direction. There is no need for you to have any previous experience of the arts to work in this way. It is part of my role to help make this way of working accessible to you.
All potential clients can have a free fifteen-minute telephone discussion before deciding whether or not to attend an initial assessment session in which we will explore your reasons for seeking counselling or psychotherapy and what approach (group or one-to-one) would be most appropriate.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am a highly experienced UKCP accredited integrative psychotherapist, having completed an in-depth five-year training in Psychodrama, Group & Individual Psychotherapy at the Maudsley Hospital, London. Furthermore, I hold professional registration with the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) as an Arts Psychotherapist and I am a full member of the British Association of Dramatherapists (BADth) and the International Association for Group Psychotherapy & Group Processes (IAGP). In addition to my membership of professional associations, I am also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) - awarded for outstanding achievements in social progress and development.
Over the last twenty years, I have trained and worked in a variety of creative approaches to psychological therapy. I originally completed a foundation certificate in Integrative Counselling and a postgraduate diploma in Wilderness & Creative Arts Therapy between 2003 and 2006. Since then I have gone on to complete an M.A. in Dramatherapy, a postgraduate certificate in Environmental Arts Therapy, a postgraduate certificate in Family Interventions for Psychosis and an advanced postgraduate diploma in Psychodrama, Group & Individual Psychotherapy. Further to this, I am currently in the preliminary stages of training in Analytical Psychology and Jungian psychoanalysis at the Independent Group of Analytical Psychologists (IGAP), London.
Member organisations
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Registration means that a health professional meets national standards for their professional training, performance and conduct.
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UKCP standards cover the range of different psychotherapies. Registration is obtained by training or accrediting with one of its member organisations, or by holding a European Certificate in Psychotherapy. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
Accredited register membership
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Some of the other areas that I can help with include life transitions, loss and grief of all kinds, blocks in creativity, connection with self, eco-anxiety and modern masculinity.
Therapies offered
Fees
£100.00 - £120.00
Free initial telephone session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Group psychotherapy sessions, which are weekly and last two and a half hours, cost £250 per month (an average of £60 per 2.5 hour session). These are held in a private studio space in north London. This is a special group therapy rate and a significant reduction from one-to-one therapy fees.
One-to-one psychotherapy sessions, assessments and initial consultations are on a sliding scale of £100-£120 per fifty minute session.
When I work
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Further information
My approach is integrative and creative, drawing on psychodynamic and existentialist traditions.
As well as offering indoor one-to-one and group psychotherapy, I also offer therapy in a beautiful outdoor location. This practice is informed by ecopsychology, ecotherapy and environmental arts therapy.
