Deborah Butler
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About me
I am an experienced, qualified adult psychotherapist and counsellor working in the City of London and Balham, South West London. I see a wide variety of people of all ages and they bring many different issues they want to talk about. I am trained to work with adults and see young adults but not school age children. Most of the work I do is long-term open-ended but some people want short-term focussed work and when I meet with you we decide what we think would be best given your specific needs. We would meet once a week in a regular weekly session, although I am trained to see people more frequently if necessary, and we would be able to think together about what may be troubling you. Some of the issues I deal with are:
- anxiety and stress (eg panic attacks)- depression
- bi-polar/manic depression
- low self-esteem
- feeling sad
- depression
- difficulties at work
- loss, including bereavement, divorce, redundancy
- family issues
- relationship difficulties, including repeating the same relationship, difficulties finding and sustaining relationships or conflict
- trauma including abuse or violent crime
- infertility, postnatal depression, termination and abortion
- identity and sexual issues, eg sexuality.
I work from a psychodynamic and psychoanalytic perspective, based on the principle that problems and distress in the present may stem from experiences earlier in our lives. Understanding these can help you to gain fresh insights and to find the best way forward.
Taking the first step to seek help and contact a counsellor is not easy and you will want to ensure the person you chose to work with is properly qualified and experienced. It is also important that you feel comfortable with your counsellor because counselling is a collaboration between two people working together. I offer one or two initial consultations to enable you to meet me, ask any questions you may have and to explore your needs and expectations of counselling.
All enquiries are strictly confidential and you do not need a GP referral to make an appointment. To set up an initial consultation or to discuss any questions or concerns you may have please contact me by telephone or e-mail.
Training, qualifications & experience
I did my professional training at WPF Therapy and hold an Advanced Diploma in Psychodynamic counselling and Psychotherapy and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Psychodynamic Studies from Roehampton University. Following this initial four year training which qualified me to see people once a week, I did a further two years training at WPF to enable me to work more frequently with people that needed it; I am now qualified to work twice-weekly. WPF places great emphasis not only on a candidate's theoretical knowledge but perhaps more importantly on their clinical work and insight gained from personal therapy.
I am a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP), the United Kingdom for Counselling and Psychotherapy (UKCP), and the Foundation for Psychotherapy and Counselling (my training institute's graduate organisation). I subscribe to the strict ethical codes of these organisations.
I addition to private practice I taught weekly seminars on counselling and psychotherapy at WPF for the nine years. I also work in the voluntary sector running workshops on therapeutic parenting for parents and carers of fostered and adopted children.
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
Issues associated with infertility.
Issues which arise from being involved in adoption and/or fostering, either as an adoptee/'cared for' person, adopter/foster-carer or birth parent.
Therapies offered
Fees
£75.00 - £120.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
My fees for a regular 50 minute session in Balham start at £75 for daytime sessions and £80 for morning and evening sessions.
My fee for a regular 50 minute session in The City is between £90 - £120.
An initial consultation is £70. I find it works best if we meet twice before deciding whether to work together. Each session will last 50 minutes.
The purpose of the initial consultations is to enable you to meet me, talk about your needs and expectations and ask any questions you may have. If we decide to work together we will agree a regular appointment at the same time on the same day each week.
I offer a limited number of reduced fee places for those on a low income or in financial difficulties.
When I work
I have no vacancies for clients needing to pay reduced fees at the moment.
Further information
I work in comfortable safe rooms in both locations.
In the City my rooms are directly outside Mansion House tube station (District & Circle lines) and a 3 min walk from Bank station (Central, DLR, Northern, & Waterloo and City lines).
In Balham my room is located a 10 minute walk from Balham tube (Northern line) and Balham and Streatham Hill main line stations into Victoria or London Bridge. It is also accessible from major bus routes.
