Glen Gibson
Consulting Rooms (by appointment)
Full address provided upon booking | Rossendale Way | Camden Town | London | NW1 0XB | UK
Full address provided upon booking | Rossendale Way | Camden Town | London | NW1 0XB | UK
General Availability
Weekday Daytimes, Weekday Evenings, Weekends
- British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) Accredited (MBACP Accred) Counsellor and Psychotherapist
- UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) Registered Psychotherapist
- UK Register of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (UKRCP) Registered Independent (UKRCP Reg Ind) Counsellor and Psychotherapist
I provide Face to Face Counselling and Psychotherapy in Camden Town, London
I offer fees on a sliding scale depending on your financial situation (no proof required).
Individuals: first session set at £80.00, subsequent appointments between £60.00 and £100.00 - 50 minutes.
Approximate length of therapy: ongoing
Languages: English
Individuals: first session set at £80.00, subsequent appointments between £60.00 and £100.00 - 50 minutes.
Approximate length of therapy: ongoing
Languages: English
I offer Private Counselling and Psychotherapy Services for these Issues
Abuse, Alcohol Dependence, Anger, Bereavement, Binge Eating Disorder (BED), Dependent Personality Disorder (DPD), Depression, Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD), Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Panic Disorder, Personal Development, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Relationship Problems, Self Esteem, Sexual Problems, Sleep Problems, Stress, Substance Dependence, Work Problems
My Counselling and Psychotherapy Therapeutic Approaches
Humanistic Therapy, Integrative Therapy, Transpersonal Therapy
I am Registered with this Private Health Insurance Company to provide Counselling and Psychotherapy
Simplyhealth
Gender
Male
Clinical Experience in Counselling and Psychotherapy
I value each person's uniqueness and respond in an individual way to your circumstances, and at the same time appreciate what we human beings hold in common - that beneath our differences are fundamental shared experiences and concepts, that the human heart and suffering are universal. I welcome and respect people's diversity. My experience includes working with men or women, old or young, who are straight, bisexual, lesbian or gay, white, black or mixed race, of many nationalities and cultures, those who are religious, hold spiritual beliefs, atheist or agnostic. What I have found clients value the most is feeling comfortable with the therapist.
In normal social life it is unacceptable to express all our feelings and tell everyone about our experience - even with our closest friends and family. Our concerns or suffering can feel almost unbearable to ourselves or others. Even with people we trust, limits are usually set in what we say or are prepared to hear, restraining what we disclose about ourselves. Therefore, many people value professional help by talking to a counsellor as someone independent, not directly connected, who isn't too close and can hear you without a vested interest or preconceptions. Receiving a different response and perspective to what is usual in life can also be significant. Many people view counselling as a supportive resource, just as acceptable as learning about diet and physical health.
As a psychotherapist I have both a professional and human approach, which is not just "symptom" related. I focus not so much on techniques or analysis and more about curiosity, exploration and reflection, providing an external perspective, helping to shed light upon the obstacles in your life, so you can change the areas you want to change or manage your life differently. My approach here can be to offer a mirror, reflecting back how I experience you, so you may be able to see more of yourself and focus upon the important areas in your life. Some people come to psychotherapy wanting to begin a new chapter in their life. Others may experience their life being like a jigsaw, and I see my role as helping make sense of the whole picture with the separate pieces, including any redundant, new or missing ones.
My role is to support you in discovering not only your external sense of yourself - what you do and would like to do, but also your internal sense of yourself - your home truths, who you are and what you may become.
What to Expect during Counselling and Psychotherapy
Having an impartial perspective, I aim to bring clarity and sensitivity to my work with warmth, humour and fresh insight, together with my passionate beliefs of self determination and responsibility.My affirming approach is also to be alongside you, and the issues you bring to counselling, so the choices you make, enrich rather than limit life. As a counsellor I hold the view that each person takes responsibility for the way they use therapy in their life, so the outcome is in the individual’s hands.
Entering into psychotherapy is no small step and becomes a commitment for both of us ...
At the beginning my role is to listen and to understand why you have come, what you might need and how I can help. I usually ask a lot of questions to find out about your life now, your issues, who you are and a little about your past. Alongside the current issues you bring to counselling, we may look at where you’d like to be, and what stops you to getting there, so far.
We are all hampered by how the limits of language, don't quite explain the full depth of our experiences and my role is to find out about you and the way you do things - your modus operandi. Therefore, my initial approach as a psychotherapist is to get to know you and for you to develop a greater understanding of yourself in a safe, confidential, supportive and jargon free environment - a space for you to explore what you want to explore and say the things that for some may be hard to say.
Psychotherapy will include making connections to how you feel, think and act in your life. This may involve developing an understanding that you don't have to allow your feelings to have power over you, and that you can make different choices. Working at your own pace, I offer guidance and support, so fresh ways of seeing yourself, different options and choices may become available.
I recognise that no one theory holds the truth, and that deep and lasting change is possible at any stage of life. Counselling is not a medical treatment or an exact science, we are infinitely complex with many possibilities, and I do not hold a “one size fits all” approach. No one is a stereotype and because we are different, what works for many people does not work for everyone. My experience and training as counsellor includes creatively working with a range of approaches and strategies. Most people have found that our way of working together and the quality of the therapeutic relationship is the most important factor.
Clinical Qualifications in Counselling and Psychotherapy
- UK Register of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (UKRCP) Registered Independent (UKRCP Reg Ind) Counsellor and Psychotherapist since 2000
- UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) Registered Psychotherapist since 2000
- British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) Accredited (MBACP Accred) Counsellor and Psychotherapist since 2000
- MA Integrative Psychosynthesis Counselling and Psychotherapy - British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) Lutterworth (UK) 1997
I am committed to Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in Counselling and Psychotherapy. I abide by the Ethical Framework for Good Practice in Counselling and Psychotherapy of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), the Code of Ethics of the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP), the Code of Ethics of the Institute of Psychosynthesis (IPS) London and the Conditions of Registration of the UK Register of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (UKRCP).
Additional Information
Everyone, universally, has some ingrained ways of relating, so in a sense the focus and benefits of counselling are always about relationships with:
• Our partner
• Others - parents, siblings, children, friends, peers, colleagues, acquaintances, neighbours, authority
• Things, Objects - alcohol, overworking, internet, which reduces the time & energy in developing flesh & blood encounters
• Ourselves - our internal relationship, how well we understand & manage our own feelings & emotions
If you have a question not answered on my web profile, please contact me via the green Contact Me button.
• Our partner
• Others - parents, siblings, children, friends, peers, colleagues, acquaintances, neighbours, authority
• Things, Objects - alcohol, overworking, internet, which reduces the time & energy in developing flesh & blood encounters
• Ourselves - our internal relationship, how well we understand & manage our own feelings & emotions
If you have a question not answered on my web profile, please contact me via the green Contact Me button.
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Consulting Rooms (by appointment)
Full address provided upon booking | Rossendale Way | Camden Town | London | NW1 0XB | UK
Full address provided upon booking | Rossendale Way | Camden Town | London | NW1 0XB | UK
My Consulting Address is in easy reach of: Camden, Camden Town, Barnsbury, Chalk Farm, Kentish Town, Euston, Kings Cross, Grays Inn, Holloway, Primrose Hill, Belsize Park, Tufnell Park, Bloomsbury, Regents Park, North Marylebone, Regent's Park, Barnsbury, Gospel Oak, Lower Holloway, Tottenham Court Road
Nearest Train Stations: London Euston, London St Pancras, Camden Road, London King's Cross, Kentish Town, Kentish Town West, King's Cross Thameslink, Caledonian Road and Barnsbury, Gospel Oak, Highbury and Islington
Nearest London Underground Tube Stations: Camden Town, Mornington Crescent, Euston Square, Kentish Town, Euston
Wheelchair access: No
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