Where I Work
I work from a comfortable, quiet room at
11 Lydd Road, Bexleyheath, DA7 5PB. Lydd Road is near local landmark The Pantiles, and is less than 10 minutes drive from the Danson Interchange on the A2. If coming by car you are welcome to park on the driveway. Local buses: 422 stops on nearby Hythe Avenue, (alight at the Pantiles) 401 stops on Bedonwell Road (alight at the junction with Hythe Ave). Bexleyheath Rail Station is 15 minutes walk, or 5 minutes on the 422. CLICK HERE for a map of the area
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About MeQualifications:
I hold a Master's Degree in Integrative Psychotherapy, an Advanced Postgraduate Diploma in Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Integrative Counselling. Registrations: I am registered with the UKCP, and am a full, Accredited and Registered Member of the BACP. Experience: Besides Private Practice in Bexley, Clapham Common and Dartford, Kent, I have managed the Counselling Services for a Kent charity and offered clinical supervision to the staff counsellors. I have also offered counselling in psychiatric settings, in schools and for other charities. Media: I have been interviewed and consulted by Radio Kent and Kent Messenger on several issues, including the link between poverty and depression, and the motivations behind one's choice to self harm. |
Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy
Counselling usually implies a brief engagement, perhaps of a few weeks or months, and is often focused to a small number of issues.
Psychotherapy usually implies a longer term engagement and will tend to focus more deeply on any number of issues. Psychotherapy trainings are often longer than those for counselling.
In practice there is often some crossover between the skills associated with counselling and those associated with psychotherapy. My ability to call upon all these skills is indicated by my designation as an integrative practitioner.
The term integrative also has further meanings. There are many different schools of thought that seek to explain how our minds work, and how we interact with the world and the people around us. I believe when considered alongside each other these theories can complement one another, which can mean for a broader understanding of the challenges we face each day.
Working integratively also refers to the process of integrating the personality. We habitually hide, suppress and defend aspects of ourselves, often without realising that we do so. These behaviours may serve a purpose in the short term, but we are denying ourselves fulfilment in the long term as the effort of so much hiding, suppressing and defending takes its toll. Integrative counselling and psychotherapy seeks to reacquaint us with those hidden and forgotten parts of ourselves and remind us of what potential lies within.
Psychotherapy usually implies a longer term engagement and will tend to focus more deeply on any number of issues. Psychotherapy trainings are often longer than those for counselling.
In practice there is often some crossover between the skills associated with counselling and those associated with psychotherapy. My ability to call upon all these skills is indicated by my designation as an integrative practitioner.
The term integrative also has further meanings. There are many different schools of thought that seek to explain how our minds work, and how we interact with the world and the people around us. I believe when considered alongside each other these theories can complement one another, which can mean for a broader understanding of the challenges we face each day.
Working integratively also refers to the process of integrating the personality. We habitually hide, suppress and defend aspects of ourselves, often without realising that we do so. These behaviours may serve a purpose in the short term, but we are denying ourselves fulfilment in the long term as the effort of so much hiding, suppressing and defending takes its toll. Integrative counselling and psychotherapy seeks to reacquaint us with those hidden and forgotten parts of ourselves and remind us of what potential lies within.
