Paul Vallance - MA Core Process Psychotherapy

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Consulting Rooms (by appointment)
136 Albert Road | Leyton | London | E10 6PB | UK

UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) Registered Psychotherapist

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

Fees: Individuals £50.00 - 60 minutes
Approximate length of therapy: long term from 6 to 200 sessions
Languages: English

I offer Private Counselling and Psychotherapy Services for these Issues

Abuse, Addiction to Love and Sex, Anger, Anxiety, Assertiveness, BDSM Fetish Kink, Bereavement, Betrayal, Bisexual Issues, Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), Childhood Issues, Codependency, Compulsive Behaviour, Compulsive Sexual Behaviour, Creativity, Depression, Dissociation, Domestic Violence, Dreams, Employment, Existential Crisis, Faith Issues, Family Problems, Fear, Frustration, Gay Issues, Grief, Guilt, Helplessness, HIV and AIDS, Hopelessness, Identity, Impulsive Behaviour, Internet Pornography Addiction, Isolation, Lack of Meaning in Life, Loneliness, Loss, Low Self Confidence, Low Self Esteem, Melancholia, Men's Issues, Midlife Crisis, Old Age, Organisational Restructuring, Paraphilias, Perfectionism, Personal Growth, Personal Relationships, Psychosexual Issues, Purposelessness, Redundancy, Relationship Problems, Religion, Religious Cult and Sect Leavers, Sadness, Same Sex Relationships, Separation, Sex, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Addiction, Sexual Behaviour, Sexual Harassment, Sexual Offences, Sexuality, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI), Shame, Shyness, Social Phobia, Spirituality, Stress, Terminal Illness, Transitions, Trauma, Workplace Issues and Work Relationship Problems

My Counselling and Psychotherapy Therapeutic Approaches

Core Process Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy

Gender

Male

Clinical Experience in Counselling and Psychotherapy

I am an experienced psychotherapist with over six years experience of delivering psychotherapy and counselling in private practice. In addition to providing psychotherapy to individuals I have provided psychotherapeutic services at a Criminal Justice Intervention Project and via an Employee Assisted Programme. Professionally I come from an NHS background. I worked for 15 years delivering health promotion programmes, and training healthworkers. I specialised in HIV, sexual health and mental health. I have collaborated in the production of a book, 'Living In a Hospice', and undertaken social research for a range of organisations including the National Patient Safety Agency, the Healthcare Commission, and the National Academy of Parenting Practitioners. I have worked for the The Minster Centre, a psychotherapy training organisation providing clinical assessments and advising on counselling placements. I have taught at the Karuna Institute and advise students on their academic work.

What to Expect during Counselling and Psychotherapy

If you are interested in having psychotherapy or counselling with me please contact me to arrange an initial meeting. This is an opportunity to meet face to face, for you to say what you are wanting to explore in therapy, and for me to assess your needs and situation. Its also an opportunity for us both to get a sense of whether we would like to work with each other, and there is no obligation to continue. If I feel I am not able to help I may suggest someone else who can. If you decide to work with me I suggest we have six sessions and then review and decide if you wish to continue after that.

My work is informed by the wisdom and compassion of Buddhism and western approaches to psychology. You do not have to be a Buddhist to benefit from this therapy and I am happy to work with people of all faiths and none.

I help clients understand their suffering and how they relate to it; exploring how current behaviour, expectations and character strategies have been formed and shaped by the conditions of early life, and expressed and reflected in the unfolding therapeutic relationship.

As clients increase their capacity to compassionately be with their experience and 'self as process' (rather than 'self as thing'), they are able to live with greater confidence, happiness and freedom.

Clinical Qualifications in Counselling and Psychotherapy

UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) Registered Psychotherapist since 2004
MA Core Process Psychotherapy - Karuna Institute (KI) Newton Abbot (UK) 2004

I am committed to Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in Counselling and Psychotherapy. I abide by the Code of Ethics of the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) and the Code of Ethics of the Karuna Institute (KI) Newton Abbot.

Additional Information

Now is the moment.

Whatever has been is gone.

Whatever will be does not yet exist.

'Don't waste your life for that which is going to be taken away. Trust life. If you trust, only then can you drop your knowledge, only then can you put your mind aside. And with trust something immense opens up. Then life is no longer ordinary life, it becomes full, overflowing.' From the Transcendental Game of Zen.

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Consulting Rooms (by appointment)
136 Albert Road | Leyton | London | E10 6PB | UK

My Consulting Address is in easy reach of: Leyton, Leytonstone, Wanstead, Maryland, Snaresbrook, Stratford, Clapton, Walthamstow, Forest Gate, Aldersbrook, West Ham, Waltham Forest, South Woodford, Manor Park, Redbridge, Homerton, Bow, Hackney, Plaistow, Upton Park

Nearest Train Stations: Leyton Midland Road, Leytonstone High Road, Maryland, Walthamstow Queens Road, Stratford International (London), Wood Street, St James St Walthamstow, Walthamstow Central, Forest Gate, Stratford (London)

Nearest London Underground Tube Stations: Leyton, Leytonstone, Walthamstow Central, Wanstead, Snaresbrook

Wheelchair access: Yes

Updated 30|08|2011

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