Counselling & Psychotherapy

We have several counsellors and psychotherapists working at Bodywise, most of whom are fully qualified and some who are still in training and under supervision. Professional Counsellors are represented by the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and our Psychotherapists are recognised by the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP), each of which has its own code of ethics and system of Accreditation/Registration.

Counselling and Psychotherapy can be of great value when coming up against a problem or situation in life which we feel we can't deal with on our own. It can also be useful for our personal growth and self-development. The therapist support and encourage us to change those sometimes deeply-rooted patterns and habits that stand in the way of fulfilling our own potential as happier, more integrated human beings. It can help us come to terms with loss and bereavement, or support us through difficult times in our lives. The number of sessions will be negotiated beforehand. They can be a specific number or open-ended and will be reviewed as necessary. The approach taken by the counsellor or therapist is always in relation to the needs of the client.

Counselling and Psychotherapy can help, amongst other things, with the following issues:

• relationship problems
• eating problems (bulimia/anorexia/binge eating)
• substance abuse, emotional or physical trauma
• support in times of crisis, such as loss, bereavement, or facing life threatening diseases
• depression, isolation, anxiety, hopelessness looking for more direction in life phobias.
  
  

Person Centered Counselling

is non-directive which may be short or long-term in duration and encourages the client to work on the issues they wish to explore.   Client Centred counsellors believe that the best vantage point for understanding behaviour is from the internal frame of reference of the individual (client) themselves.

Stephen Davy www.realityshift.co.uk

qualified with certificates in Life Coaching and Counselling in 1996 and a diploma in Therapeutic Counselling from the Counselling & Psychotherapy Central Awarding Body in 1997. He sees clients at Bodywise on Saturday mornings, and charges £35 for 50mins for both the 1st, and subsequent appointments. He also holds a certificate in  Life Coaching which he practices here.

Humanistic counselling and psychotherapy

In humanistic psychotherapy, each client is considered the expert in their own life with a fundamental impulse towards increased health and growth. The therapist supports you to develop your own understanding and solutions.

Mary Hemming

www.maryhemmingtherapy.co.uk

Mary Hemming is a warm and thoughtful counsellor and psychotherapist, who offers you the opportunity to deepen and develop your understanding and awareness of yourself. Through gentle conversation and reflection, you will be supported to find ways forward that will work for you. Prior to training as a counsellor and psychotherapist, Mary worked in social and community work and in book publishing in a variety of roles, including Joint Managing Director of The Women’s Press. Mary is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and holds an OCR-accredited certificate in counselling skills (2006). She began psychotherapy training at the Spectrum Centre for Humanistic Psychology in 2003, where her training has included Advanced Counselling Skills, Gestalt, Anger Management and Formative Psychology.

• Mary has worked as a volunteer counsellor at City & Hackney MIND since 2006.
  She practices at Bodywise on
  Saturdays 9 - 5.15pm
• Thursdays 1 - 9pm
• Tuesday evenings 5 - 9pm
• Tuesday afternoons Low-cost clinic 1pm- 5pm
  

and charges £40 for a 50-minute session. You can contact her through Bodywise reception or by calling 07914 044717 or emailing mhtherapy@googlemail.com.

Counselling

is generally for shorter-term work (up to 6 months) agreed in advance, and tends to focus on a specific issue in the client's life.

Helen Jeffreys

Helen has a psychodynamic background in mental health work, then trained as a person-centred counsellor gaining Diploma in Counselling in 2003. She is a member of the BACP and adheres to their code of ethics. Offers individual and couple counselling.

She is also a Reiki Master and can work with a combination of counselling and Reiki to release, process and heal.

Helen practices alternate Tuesday evenings 5 - 9pm

Potential clients are welcome to phone on 07960 913069 before booking.

Counselling 55mins - £35

Reiki - 1 hour - £40

Reiki/counselling combination - 1.5 hours - £60

Couples counselling - 1.25 hours - £50

Integrative Counselling

reflects a mixture of counselling styles with an emphasis on feeling release and insight into healing.

Bernadette McGregor (Integrative Counsellor) holds a certificate in Counselling skills from Westminster Pastoral Foundation, and a post-graduate diploma in Integrative Counselling from the Minster Centre in North London. She is at Bodywise on Friday evenings, and charges £35 for 50 minutes.

Psychotherapy

is longer term and consequently can focus on complex and deep-rooted issues in greater depth.

Martin Adams (psychologist and counsellor) qualified as a counsellor in 1986, and as a psychologist from the North East London Polytechnic in 1992. He is also qualified to supervise trainee counsellors. He sees clients at Bodywise on Monday evenings and Wednesday mornings, and charges £35-£40 for a 50 minute session.

Body Psychotherapy

Body Psychotherapy is a therapeutical approach based on the fundamental unity between body and mind, which are complex and interactive aspects of the whole human being. It brings together humanistic and analytic perspectives, using techniques such a body-awareness, breathing and movement to facilitate internal self-regulative processes and the accurate perception of external reality. The explicit theory underlining body-psychotherapy has developed over the last seventy years from research in biology, anthropology and neuro-psysiology, among other interdisciplinary areas.

Lilamani (Teresa del Soldato) qualified as Body Psychotherapist in 2002, from the Chiron Centre for Body Psychotherapy based in Ealing, London. She works at Bodywise on Monday and Wednesday mornings and charges £30 for a 50 minute session, first session free. Concessions available.

Psychotherapeutic Counselling

Keith is an imaginative, insightful and compassionate psychotherapeutic counsellor.  He has a strong feeling for the suffering, and joy, experienced in the search for meaning, purpose and wholeness.  He is a Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.Keith has been in private practice as a psychotherapeutic counsellor since 2006.  He holds a Diploma in Psychosynthesis Counselling accredited by the United Kingdom Association of Psychotherapeutic Counsellors (UKAPC) and continues in supervision and professional development at the Institute of Psychosynthesis in Hendon, North London.  

As a Member of BACP Keith is bound by their ethical framework for Good Practice in Counselling and Psychotherapy, and is subject to the BACP Professional Conduct Procedure. 

 Keith's background is in local government and working creatively with teams.  He has a passion for the arts, especially literature. To contact Keith ring 0775 957 3153.
Keith works at Bodywise low-cost clinic on Tuesday and Thursday mornings between 6.45 and 9.00 a.m.