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My name is Jo, and I am a qualified integrative psychotherapeutic counsellor and CBT practitioner. I worked for over 20 years as a researcher and educator in a British university, before I trained as a mental health practitioner in 2018.
I am an accredited member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). I am also a certified clinical trauma professional (CCTP) and qualified PCE-CfD practitioner. I offer a confidential space where I will listen to you without judgement, and together we can work through any challenges you are experiencing in the present and/or from the past.
I offer short and long-term counselling and I have experience of working with a wide range of issues. I have worked in an IAPT Centre providing NHS funded therapy to adults in West London, and consequently I have experience of working with people of various ages and backgrounds.
I am an integrative counsellor, and therefore I draw upon a range of therapeutic approaches to treat a variety of mental health issues. In the first instance I may suggest using somatic activities/exercises to help regulate your autonomic nervous system (ANS). These are evidence based neurological practices that I prescribe alongside my main therapeutic approaches.
I am trained to use a variety of therapeutic approaches. These include the rewind technique to work with childhood trauma and PTSD, and Person Centred Experiential Counselling for Depression (PCE-CfD) to treat depression. In addition, I am trained in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), which is particularly effective for working with various forms of anxiety (EG general, social, OCD and phobia), as well for treating anger management problems. CBT also provides helpful tools that enable you to self-manage any future mental health problems. All of my approaches are NHS approved, with evidence to support their efficacy.
I am also trained to work with grief and loss of any kind, including bereavement from the death of a loved one, but also divorce, separation and pet bereavement.
In the first instance, I will suggest a telephone consultation where we can explore your hopes and goals for therapy. I can also answer any questions you might have about me or my practice, and we can work out how we might work together. Once we start working together I will suggest regular reviews of our progress. These reviews will use NHS approved mental health audit tools to guide us to a successful outcome.
Face-to-face or in-person psychotherapeutic counselling provides an opportunity for you to explore any difficulties you are having, with someone who is trained not to advise or judge you, but who will provide acceptance, empathy and unconditionally value you as a human being. This takes place in a comfortable private and confidential space that is provided for you.
In the same way as face-to-face therapy provides an opportunity for you to explore any difficulties you are having, with someone who is trained not to advise or judge you, online and telephone counselling allow you to access the same service from a remote location. This enables you to engage in therapy from the comfort of your own home.
CBT is more directive than psychotherapeutic counselling. It involves homework and the gathering of evidence in the form of diaries, behavioural experiments and audit tools. CBT teaches you how to become your own therapist, and gives you the transferable skills required to change your unhelpful thoughts and/or behaviours. Given the visual
CBT is more directive than psychotherapeutic counselling. It involves homework and the gathering of evidence in the form of diaries, behavioural experiments and audit tools. CBT teaches you how to become your own therapist, and gives you the transferable skills required to change your unhelpful thoughts and/or behaviours. Given the visual content of CBT work, I can only offer in-person or online CBT sessions.
Private Practice Counselling and CBT, August 2020 - Present Day.
Therapeutic Counsellor and Assessor, The West London Centre for Counselling, Nov 2018 - March 2023.
Counsellor and CBT therapist, Headstrong Counselling (London), May 2020 - April 2021.
PG Diploma in Person Centred Experiential Counselling for Depression (PCE-CfD), Metanoia Institute, London.
PG Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling, Counselling and Psychotherapy Central Awarding Body (CPCAB).
PG Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Skills and Theory, Counselling and Psychotherapy Central Awarding Body (CPCAB).
Certificate in Counselling Studies, Counselling and Psychotherapy Central Awarding Body (CPCAB).
Certificate in Counselling Skills, Counselling and Psychotherapy Central Awarding Body (CPCAB).
Integrating Coaching into Counselling Practice, BACP.
The Rewind Technique for PTSD and Complex Trauma, Complex Trauma Institute.
Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP) Intensive Training Course, IATP.
Applied Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) Level 2 Practitioner, National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society.
Moving Your Practice Online, the Online Therapy Institute, London.
How to Do Counselling Online, the Open University.
Walking Therapy Training with Jonathan Hoban, Creative Counselling, London.
My standard fees start at £40 for a 50 minute online or telephone counselling session. I can offer a reduced rate to those receiving universal credit and/or low income.
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