Mike Penhaligon MA (Hons) Dip Counselling Dip Stress MGMT

General Availability

Weekday Daytimes, Weekday Evenings

BACP Senior Accredited Counsellor and Cognitive Behavioural Therapist

I provide Face to Face Counselling and Psychotherapy in Waterloo, London

I offer fees on a sliding scale depending on your financial situation (no proof required).
Individuals: first session set at £45.00, subsequent appointments between £40.00 and £50.00 - 50 minutes.
Couples: first session set at £50.00, subsequent appointments between £45.00 and £55.00 - 50 minutes.
Approximate length of therapy: general review at fifth session.
Languages: English

I provide Telephone Counselling

Fee: Individuals £50.00

Approximate length of one Telephone appointment: 50 minutes
Approximate length of Telephone Counselling: generally review at fifth session.
Languages: English

I offer Private Counselling and Psychotherapy Services for these Issues

Abuse, Addiction to Love and Sex, Addictions, Adolescence, Alcohol Dependence, Anger, Anxiety, Assertiveness, Bereavement, Bipolar Disorder, Bullying, Business Leadership, Cancer, Career Issues, Childhood Issues, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) (ME), Codependency, Couple Relationships, Creativity, Cultural Issues, Depression, Disability, Dissociation, Divorce, Domestic Violence, Drug Abuse, Faith Issues, Fear, Gambling, Grief, History of Mental Health Problems, Hysteria, Impotency, Infertility, Inhibitions, Integration of Experience, Internet Addiction, Internet Gambling Addiction, Internet Pornography Addiction, Internet Sexual Compulsivity, Lack of Meaning in Life, Loneliness, Loss, Low Self Confidence, Low Self Esteem, Marriage (Marital Relations), Men's Issues, Midlife Crisis, Mixed Race Issues, Mother and Baby Issues, Obsessions, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Panic Attacks, Personal Growth, Personal Relationships, Personality Difficulties, Personality Disorders (PD), Phobias, Physical Illness, Post Natal Depression (PND), Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Psychosexual Issues, Psychosis, Psychosomatic Symptoms, Racial Abuse, Rape, Redundancy, Same Sex Relationships, Schizophrenia, Self Development, Self Harm, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Behaviour, Sexuality, Sleep Problems, Social Phobia, Spirituality, Stage Fright, Stress, Transitions, Trauma, Unresolved Issues, Workplace Issues and Work Relationship Problems

My Counselling and Psychotherapy Therapeutic Approaches

Brief Therapy, Cognitive Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Systemic Therapy

Gender

Male

Clinical Experience in Counselling and Psychotherapy

I have worked as a Cognitive Behavioural Therapist for nearly fifteen years in various settings. I have met clients from a wide variety of backgrounds, in private practice with individuals and couples, work and employment programmes in the City and Emergency Services, teenagers and children and people in rehabilitation following accidents. For many years I worked within a large employee programme as a Case Manager, talking to counsellors about their work from all over the country. And this brought me into contact with Occupational Health Professionals and Doctors, HR Managers, Psychologists and so on. Much of this background deals with considering the overall needs of clients for referral on, securing other professional resources and making tentative diagnoses. However I have always kept in touch with main stream counselling meeting clients with relationship difficulties, depression and anxiety.

What to Expect during Counselling and Psychotherapy

Most of my work is about using the Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) approach at least initially to gain some improvements in clients situations. Some clients continue into more open ended sessions, if it suits them. Reviews are conducted around every five sessions or so.

Since my training background includes two main trainings, that is Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and a psychodynamic training, I believe I am able to move from the more practical (getting improvements in the short term ) to a broader less structured approach.

I work a good deal with trauma and difficult life events - trauma, abuse, bullying for example. The CBT trauma focused approach and Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) is pointed to by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE). I use these approaches, fitting in with other sources of help as needed. Sometimes this will result in reports or referral letters to other professionals.

I increasingly meet other family members or partners as part of the progress of therapy where this is relevant. So many difficulties seem to need to be understood more widely and communicated about within families. With this approach important changes are possible in the short term.

Clinical Qualifications in Counselling and Psychotherapy

Relate Conversion Course, Doncaster College 2009.
Diploma in Counselling, Huntingdon Regional College 1997.
Diploma in Stress Management, Centre for Stress Management 1995.
Certificate in Counselling, Cambs Consultancy in Counselling 1995.
Personal Therapy four years.
MA (Hons) Social and Political Science, Cambridge 1974.

Additional Information

I also provide counselling and psychotherapy (by appointment only) at:
8 Robins Field | Wansford | Peterborough | Cambridgeshire | PE8 6JW
I do make site visits, usually for companies.

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My Consulting Address is in easy reach of: Waterloo, North Lambeth, Southwark, Borough, Lambeth, Kennington, London, City of Westminster, South Bank, Embankment, Blackfriars, Elephant And Castle, Charing Cross, The Borough, Fleet Street, Strand, Temple, Walworth, Vauxhall, Cannon Street

Nearest Train Stations: Elephant & Castle, London Waterloo, London Waterloo East, London Charing Cross, London Blackfriars, London Bridge, Vauxhall, London Cannon Street, City Thameslink, Farringdon

Nearest London Underground Tube Stations: Lambeth North, Elephant & Castle, Waterloo, Borough, Southwark

Wheelchair access: Yes