Beverley Archdale - MA Counselling and Psychotherapy

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UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) Registered Psychotherapist

I provide Face to Face Psychotherapy in Earls Court, London

I offer fees on a sliding scale depending on your financial situation (no proof required).
Individuals: first session set at £55.00, subsequent appointments between £50.00 and £60.00 - 50 minutes.
Couples: first session set at £70.00, subsequent appointments between £65.00 and £75.00 - 50 minutes.
Approximate length of therapy: ongoing
Languages: English

I offer Private Psychotherapy Services for these Issues

Abuse, Addictions, Alcohol Dependence, Anger, Anxiety, Assertiveness, Bereavement, Bullying, Career Issues, Childhood Issues, Couple Relationships, Depression, Divorce, Drug Abuse, Fear, Grief, Impotency, Lack of Meaning in Life, Loneliness, Loss, Low Self Confidence, Low Self Esteem, Marriage, Midlife Crisis, Panic Attacks, Personal Growth, Personal Relationships, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Psychosexual Issues, Psychosomatic Symptoms, Redundancy, Self Development, Sexual Behaviour, Sexuality, Sleep Problems, Stress, Trauma, Unresolved Issues, Workplace Issues and Work Relationship Problems

My Psychotherapy Therapeutic Approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Client Centred Therapy, Existential Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing (EMDR), Integrative Therapy, Psychosexual Therapy, Relational Therapy

Gender

Female

Clinical Experience in Psychotherapy

I am a counsellor and psychotherapist of several years experience working in a private and voluntary capacity with a wide range of emotional difficulties. I have worked in general counselling services with individuals and couples as well as in the field of drug and alcohol addiction.

What to Expect during Psychotherapy

My way of working is an integration of several different approaches. These include Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, (a branch of cognitive-behavioural therapy) which is a mindfulness-based therapy shown tobe effective with a diverse range of clinical conditions in short-term work. The goal of ACT is to create a rich and meaningful life, while accepting the discomforts that are inevitably part of it.

Understanding childhood roots of styles of thinking and behaviour may be important even in short-term work but in longer term therapy we may look deeper at early attachments and relationships. This facilitates the client in understanding how these early experiences may have affected them, the patterns of behaviour they have used as defences against difficult emotions and encourages them to evaluate whether these patterns of behaviour arestill necessary and helpful or can gradually be dispensed with and replaced with more life enhancing behaviour. Of supreme importance in my work is the ability to meet and relate to clients in an in-depth way. This involvesbeing real and genuine with my clients, making the implicit explicit, thus increasing the possibility of deeper connection. Such a relationally deep encounter may be a crucial element in helping clients overcome theirdifficulties in therapy.

My way of working also involves many person-centred and existential concepts and practices and I endeavour to provide a non-judgemental, warm and accepting relationship.

My aim is to facilitate greater insight, self-understanding and clarity, increased self-acceptance, improved interpersonal relationships and a better quality of life.

In this way I offer both short-term or longer term, open ended therapy, with individuals or couples and I am open to working with sexual minorities.

Clinical Qualifications in Psychotherapy

COSRT Approved Diploma Psychosexual and Relationship Counselling - Judi Keshet-Orr Psychosexual Training London (UK) 2010
Advanced Training Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing (EMDR) - Richman Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing (EMDR) Training (UK) 2010
UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) Registered Psychotherapist since 2009
Advanced Diploma Integrative Psychotherapy - School of Psychotherapy and Counselling Psychology Regent's College (SPCPRC) London Validated by City University London (UK) 2009
MA Counselling and Psychotherapy

I am committed to Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in Psychotherapy. I abide by the Code of Ethics of the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) and the Code of Ethics of the School of Psychotherapy and Counselling Psychology Regent's College (SPCPRC) London.

Additional Information

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My Consulting Address is in easy reach of: Earls Court, Fulham Broadway, South Kensington, Fulham, Knightsbridge, Chelsea Harbour, Kensington, West Brompton, Chelsea, Brompton, Olympia, Parsons Green, Sands End, West Kensington, Notting Hill Gate, Sloane Square, Hammersmith, Battersea, Holland Park, Bayswater

Nearest Train Stations: West Brompton, Imperial Wharf, Kensington (Olympia), Clapham Junction, Wandsworth Town, Shepherd's Bush, London Paddington, London Victoria, Queenstown Road (Battersea), Putney

Nearest London Underground Tube Stations: Earls Court, West Brompton, Gloucester Road, Fulham Broadway, West Kensington

Wheelchair access: No

Updated 06|07|2012

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