southlondoncounselling.co.uk
Telephone: 020 8946 2014 Website:
www.counselling-help.co.uk Email:
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I am a British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) Senior Accredited Counsellor / Psychotherapist. See my entry on the Association's directory at http://www.bacp.co.uk I am registered with the United Kingdom Register of Counsellors as well, and you can look me up in the UKRC register on the same website. I work within the code of ethics published by the BACP, which can be downloaded from their site. Registered Member of Counselling www.counselling.ltd.uk
I bring to my work with clients considerable experience as a professional within the helping professions and have been counselling for more than twenty years. I have helped a wide range of people, individually, as couples and in groups, with a great variety of presenting problems, including: work related issues, relationship difficulties and anxiety.
I have worked for the NHS, the London Borough of Southwark, with corporate clients such as ITV. I have broadcast with Independent Media News.
I have taught counselling, am a qualified social worker and have an honours degree in social psychology.
Where.
I work in Wimbledon. I am within easy reach of a tube station, a railway station and buses. Parking is free most of the time. Between 11 and 3 on weekdays I can provide a permit that costs £1.50. There are public transport links to Kingston, Richmond and West London, among other places.
Wheelchair accessible premises.
When.
I work during office hours and in the evening and on Saturday. My last evening appointment starts at 8. I do not work on Wednesday or Sunday.
Easy introduction.
Arrange just one meeting as a way of getting answers to your questions about counselling and you will also get a first impression as to whether a working relationship is likely to form between us. Decide to continue and we will already be on our way.
My hours of work include evenings and Saturday to make it as convenient as possible for you.
A tip.
There is a pattern to therapy. Firstly, you will need to talk freely and easily with your counsellor. This may not seem easy at the start. Secondly, therapy has it’s up and downs. Sometimes you would rather not say what you think. The downs are often closely linked to the reason that brought you into therapy so dealing with them is likely to help you most of all. Thirdly, the job of the counsellor is to help you understand yourself. Fourthly, behaviour is the result of complex and often unconscious motivations so the work may not be easy but then doing nothing may be painful and has less hope attached to it.
3rd.November 2008