Counselling
in London

Counselling & Psychotherapy In London & Online - Additional Information

Mode, Frequency & Duration Of Therapy Sessions

Counselling Sessions In London, Camden Following an initial meeting in London, Camden, Kings Cross, a regular weekly, open-ended therapy sessions will usually be agreed. Over time things can build up and for many areas in our life there is usually no quick fix, easily resolution and I don't pretend to offer these. Any pain that comes from deep inside may take time to be discovered and healed and lasting change takes time.

Counselling Training My counselling training has given me a broad counselling knowledge, including Humanistic, Psychospiritual, Transpersonal Psychosynthesis models and others. I also hold a psychodynamic context and am able to offer CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) counselling techniques if required. Yet besides all the training and theories, I learnt that the most profound connections and healing take place not through models, theories but through the value of experiences. My experience and training as a counsellor includes acknowledging multiple meanings, working creatively with a range of integrative counselling approaches and strategies. My psychotherapy training acknowledged and combined the physical, emotional, psychological, sexual, and spiritual aspects of each person helping me gain a broader understanding of myself and others.

My Continued Professional Development In Counselling I undertake continuing professional counselling development and training in order to enhance my counselling knowledge and experience, and be informed of advancement in the counselling field.

Counselling & Psychotherapy Unsuitability

• Couples, children, adolescents, families
• Individuals who are unwilling to address their acute addiction problems
• PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder)
• People with obsessive thoughts, behaviours, OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder)
• People with severe mental health problems
• People who self-harm, are suicidal, or need urgent help, when it may not be the right time for psychotherapy and psychiatric input may be more appropriate
• People with eating disorders (e.g. anorexia nervosa, bulimia)
• People whose main focus of work is about adoption
• Work related bullying, harassment, attitude, proactivity, disciplinary problems
• Pre-trial therapy, impending or current court cases, probation reports
• In certain situations diagnosis and labels can be invaluable, provide us with access to treatment, medication. Some people feel relief with diagnosis, being given a label, and that is our choice if we want this, yet this is not the role of counselling and psychotherapy to provide this. Divulging the content of our work together to third parties, including people who need a character reference, diagnosis, assessment, reports, medical or psychiatric input, a "label" of a condition, a comment on someone's psychological fitness, mental health or whether they are cured of a condition, behaviour or attitude (including references or a statement of fact, e.g. fit/unfit for work, suitability for a profession, undergo medical treatment, or certificate of therapy attendance), clinical or other reports, including any letters, forensic reports, to third parties, e.g. medical professions, lawyers, insurance, courts. If these are required, this is the domain of your GP, a counselling psychologist (see British Psychological Society) or psychiatrist. Therefore, the therapist does not make decisions, comment on a person's suitability or capability, nor will the therapist give permission, advice to third parties whether or not to go ahead or decline anything in a client's personal or professional life. Certain "labels" may manifest in our life, but they are not our self, our essence (see also Identifying, Disidentifying & Integrating All Aspects Of Us). The human being and therapeutic relationship is valued in the therapy work as opposed to the (often subjective) "condition", "label" (often influenced by social norms - the society we live in), "pathology", "diagnosis", "disorder" or "report" (see also Identifying, Disidentifying & Integrating All Aspects Of Us). The psychotherapy therefore acknowledges we are not just a "problem" to be fixed like a broken car. (See also Science Or Art?)
• People who want absolute, guaranteed results

As an individual, private practitioner I am unable to offer an emergency service, even by phone or online. The therapy offered is not a crisis service. Therefore, please be aware the therapy is not appropriate for people in emergencies or at risk to themselves or others.

If you need urgent help
Please contact emergency services on 999, visit your nearest Accident & Emergency department, or call 111 or visit www.111.nhs.uk. For a range of information on how to access mental health services for free on the NHS click here. You can also contact your GP surgery and ask for an emergency appointment, or go straight to A&E at a hospital.

If in crisis or need to talk to someone
You can speak to Samaritans on 116 123 or visit www.samaritans.org (they are a 24 hour service). For those of us who prefer text there is a 24/7 free confidential text service for anyone in crisis text SHOUT to 85258. giveusashout.org. You can also contact TogetherAll who foster positive mental health, offering a safe, stigma free environment where people can work through what they are experiencing, using a combination of community and clinical support. You can also contact Mind on 0300 123 3393.

If feeling suicidal
If your life is in danger, or you have seriously harmed yourself, or feel like you are about to harm yourself, call 999 for an ambulance or go straight to A&E. Alongside speaking to Samaritans on 116 123 or visiting www.samaritans.org, you can contact Maytree respite centre at www.maytree.org.uk - 020 7263 7070. For suicide prevention there is an app, which provides a pocket suicide prevention resource with full of useful information and tools to help you stay safe in crisis - Staying Alive.

Contacting The Counsellor in London Feel free to ring for an initial chat 020 7916 1342 or email me to arrange a meeting at my London counselling practice based in Camden, near Kings Cross. As well as in-person counselling I can offer Skype counselling, online counselling as another option.

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