Dr. Christina Moutsou - Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy

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British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) Member (MBACP) Psychotherapist
UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) Registered Psychotherapist - Analytical Psychotherapist

I provide Face to Face Counselling, Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy in Queen's Park, London

I offer fees on a sliding scale depending on your financial situation (no proof required).
Individuals: first session set at £60.00, subsequent appointments between £50.00 and £70.00 - 50 minutes.
Couples: first session set at £80.00, subsequent appointments between £60.00 and £100.00 - 50 minutes.
Approximate length of therapy: ongoing
Languages: English, Greek

I offer Private Counselling, Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy Services for these Issues

Abuse, Addiction to Love and Sex, Anger, Anorexia Nervosa, Anxiety, Assertiveness, Bereavement, Bipolar Disorder, Bulimia Nervosa, Bullying, Cancer, Career Issues, Childhood Issues, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) (ME), Codependency, Couple Relationships, Creativity, Cultural Issues, Depression, Disability, Divorce, Domestic Violence, Eating Disorders, Fear, Grief, History of Mental Health Problems, Hysteria, Identity, Immigration, Impotency, Infertility, Inhibitions, Integration of Experience, Internet Addiction, Lack of Meaning in Life, Loneliness, Loss, Low Self Confidence, Low Self Esteem, Marriage (Marital Relations), 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), Pregnancy, Psychosexual Issues, Psychosis, Psychosomatic Symptoms, Racial Abuse, Rape, Redundancy, Same Sex Relationships, Schizophrenia, Self Development, Self Harm, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Behaviour, Sexuality, Sleep Problems, Smoking Addiction, Spirituality, Stage Fright, Stress, Transitions, Trauma, Unresolved Issues, Workplace Issues and Work Relationship Problems

My Counselling, Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy Therapeutic Approaches

Eclectic Therapy, Existential Therapy, Psychoanalytic Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy

Gender

Female

Clinical Experience in Counselling, Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy

I have been working as a psychotherapist for almost ten years. I have acquired my clinical experience in private practice, a counselling centre for young people in Cambridge, at the Women's Therapy Centre, and in the intensive care unit of an adolescent Psychiatric Hospital. I have also worked as a house psychotherapist in a Philadelphia Association therapeutic community household for five years for people with severe and enduring mental heath problems and I was centrally involved with the reopening and setting up of this community household. I have been a member of the Philadelphia Association's Management Committee for three years and I am currently a member of the Ethics Committee. I have published widely in the fields of anthropology and psychotherapy. I have long clinical experience in women's and young people's issues such as body image and eating problems, self harm, pregnancy and motherhood, depression, anxiety and lack of self confidence. I also have experience in working with people having a diagnosis of personality disorder and or psychosis. I am particularly interested in working with cultural diversity and issues around race and ethnicity. I have a very good understanding of the French language and I can also provide psychotherapy in Greek. I have experience of working with individuals, groups and couples. I am able to offer counselling and psychotherapy in both Kilburn and Islington.

What to Expect during Counselling, Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy

Although I am psychoanalytically trained, my background in social anthropology has enabled me to keep some critical distance from some 'orthodox' psychoanalytic approaches liable to thinking that it is possible for the therapist to have a map of the patient's mind and or to know the patient's unconscious motives and wishes. In my experience, assuming such knowledge can often be experienced by the client as patronising and disempowering and or can quite simply lead to false conclusions. In my view, therapy is a form of attentiveness to the experience of and relationship with another. Mental suffering can often be a state of not feeling comfortable in one's skin and in one's ways of being, a state which can be altered and alleviated through accepting and understanding one's experience of the world. Making sense of a person's history and how it has contributed to their difficulties can be an empowering and healing experience. I am very interested in diversity and thinking about difference, be it cultural, ideological political, gender etc, rather than adopting a universal theory of health and pathology. I also pay close attention to existential struggles that come about through important life events such as bereavement, dislocation, having a baby etc. I believe that people who find their way to therapy can feel more contented in their lives through developing a therapeutic relationship of trust and respect, where they can be honest and safely explore their difficulties. Through being given space to listen to their voice, opinions and needs, people can activate and use their own healing powers.

Sessions last forty to fifty minutes for individuals and one hour for couples. Once in ongoing therapy, sessions take place between one and three times a week. Short term therapy of one session a week is also offered, when suitable for the client's needs.

Clinical Qualifications in Counselling, Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy

British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) Member (MBACP) Psychotherapist since 2007
UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) Registered Psychotherapist - Analytical Psychotherapist since 2002
Advanced Training Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy - Philadelphia Association (PA) London (UK) 2002

I am committed to Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in Counselling, Psychoanalysis 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) and the Code of Ethics of the Philadelphia Association (PA) London.

Additional Information

I offer clinical supervision to trainees and trained counsellors and psychotherapists. This follows my experience of teaching and facilitating group work in a number of trainings across London as well as supervising students doing a placement. I have a particular interest in 'cross-cultural' supervision. This can include supervising therapists working with a particular ethnic group, or facilitating therapist - client work when the therapist is unfamiliar with the client's cultural origin.

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My Consulting Address is in easy reach of: Brondesbury, Brondesbury Park, Queen's Park, West Hampstead, Kilburn, Abbey Road, Ladbroke Grove, South Hampstead, Maida Vale, Hampstead, Swiss Cottage, Maida Hill, Notting Hill, Warwick Avenue, Westbourne Green, Kensal Green, St. Johns Wood, Willesden, Hampstead Heath, Harlesden

Nearest Train Stations: Brondesbury Park, Brondesbury, Kilburn High Road, Queen's Park (London), West Hampstead, West Hampstead Thameslink, Kensal Rise, South Hampstead, Finchley Road & Frognal, Kensal Green

Nearest London Underground Tube Stations: Kilburn, Kilburn Park, Queens Park, West Hampstead, Maida Vale

Wheelchair access: No