Therapeutic Orientation
My philosophy is Humanistic-Existential and my approach is Integrative: Person-centred, Transactional Analysis, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Schema Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Psychodynamic, Systemic, Transpersonal, Gestalt and Mindfulness.
“Existential therapists do not pamper their clients” Emmy Van Deurzen
The role of the existential psychotherapist is to help the individual focus on personal responsibility for making decisions.
Coaching
My approach is structured, goal-oriented, solution-focused, collaborative and conversational.
Additional Services
Alongside clinical work and coaching I also offer, management training, team-building, supervision and continuing professional development (“CPD”) workshops in a variety of interventions and specialist interest topics including attachment in relationships, trauma, memory, alcohol and substance misuse, anxiety, anger, personality disorders and disordered eating.
How do I begin therapy?
The first courageous step is to make contact and arrange a time that we can chat about your concerns. This chat is known as the assessment appointment and starts the process. The assessment is not so clinical as in attending a GP or hospital, neither is it interrogative, intrusive or invasive. It is simply the space where we look at your history leading up to you choosing to seek help. A platform for us to decide how best we might work together going forwards, a chance to talk about confidentiality (NB for security notes are handwritten only, stored and securely archived), receive a clear overview of the options available, discover the therapist’s philosophy informing what therapy in practice really looks like. If we decide we are a fit and choose to continue, review takes place approximately every six weeks. Please note that although you may experience a range of feelings, the first session is for assessment only and no therapy takes place.
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Practice Location and Opening Hours
Leigh-on-Sea Appointments are on the hour, 1 pm to 6 pm Mondays, 9 am to 6 pm Tuesdays and Wednesdays, Thursdays 9 am to 2 pm. Alternative appointment times available upon request and will be given consideration. On street parking available.
Counselling & Psychotherapy £60 to £85 per 50 minute session individuals and couples. Fees are payable either in cash or via Paypal or Bank transfer.
Please contact separately for Local Authority fees and funding arrangements
Zoom, Skype, WhatsApp, FaceTime and telephone counselling available amandaperl £60 per 50 minute session
Supervision £60, nb student discount will be considered on an individual basis.
Groups email or phone for availability, fees upon request
Training Available
Equality and Diversity, Group Dynamics, Change Management, Staff Management, Communication and Presentations, Discourse Analysis,
School Staff INSET days, Seminars, Conferences
Essex located in Leigh-on-Sea covering Southend, Thorpe Bay, Westcliff, Basildon, Benfleet, Billericay, Pitsea, Wickford, Rayleigh, Eastwood, Chelmsford, Witham, South Woodham Ferrers, Grays, Thurrock, Colchester and all other locations within a 1 hour journey.
Zoom, Skype, WhatsApp, FaceTime available for London, the rest of the UK, Europe, the United States and International requirements.
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CPD Workshops
New workshops to be announced for 2025
Saturday 22nd February 2020, 10:00am – 4:00pm, 6 hours CPD
Practitioner Certificate in Eating Disorders and Nutrition
4 Saturdays 10:00am – 3:00pm, Chelmsford, Essex
26th September, 10th October, 7th and 21st November 2020
30 hours CPD (including 10 hours guided study):
A complete integrative training drawing on biological, psychological and psychosocial perspectives in understanding and working with clients presenting with disordered eating.
Registered / Accredited
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