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Paola Pomponi - Advanced Training Existential Psychotherapy

Therapist: Paola Pomponi
Consulting Rooms (by appointment)
Full address provided upon booking | Elm Park Lane | Chelsea | London | SW3 6DB | UK

General Availability

Weekday Daytimes, Weekday Evenings

  • British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) Member (MBACP) Psychotherapist
  • College of Sexual and Relationship Therapists (COSRT) General Member Psychosexual Therapist
  • UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) Registered Psychotherapist - Existential Psychotherapist

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I provide Face to Face Counselling and Psychotherapy in Chelsea, 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 £70.00 and £90.00 - 60 minutes.
Approximate length of therapy: short term from 6 to 24 sessions
Languages: English, Italian

I offer Private Counselling and Psychotherapy Services for these Issues

Abuse, Addictions, Adolescence, Anger, Anxiety, Assertiveness, Bullying, Business Leadership, Career Issues, Childhood Issues, Codependency, Couple Relationships, Creativity, Cultural Issues, Depression, Divorce, Domestic Violence, Drug Abuse, Exile Issues, Fear, Identity, Immigration, Impotency, Inhibitions, Integration of Experience, Lack of Meaning in Life, Loneliness, Loss, Low Self Confidence, Low Self Esteem, Marriage (Marital Relations), Midlife Crisis, Obsessions, Personal Growth, Personal Relationships, Personality Difficulties, Post Natal Depression (PND), Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Pregnancy, Psychosexual Issues, Psychosomatic Symptoms, Rape, Redundancy, Same Sex Relationships, Self Development, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Behaviour, Sexuality, Sleep Problems, Social Phobia, Spirituality, Stress, Transitions, Trauma, Unresolved Issues, Workplace Issues and Work Relationship Problems

My Counselling and Psychotherapy Therapeutic Approaches

Existential Therapy, Psychosexual Therapy, Relational Therapy

I am Registered with this Private Health Insurance Company to provide Counselling and Psychotherapy

CIGNA

Gender

Female


Clinical Experience in Counselling and Psychotherapy

I have worked in a variety of clinical posts providing counselling and psychotherapy; these settings offer help with drug and alcohol misuse, adult learning difficulties, career planning and developing. I have a deep knowledge of issues concerning mid-life, sexuality, marriage and relationships, self-esteem and resourcing. I offer life-review therapy and help with defining personality strengths and weaknesses. I work with trauma, abuse and violence issues.

What to Expect during Counselling and Psychotherapy

I am a trained Existential Psychotherapist. This means that I approach psychotherapy through a philosophical stand-point. Far from being an intellectual or abstract approach, Existential Psychotherapy examines the individual in his/her context and in relation to others and to the surrounding world.

I draw attention to my clients’ understanding of their own philosophy of life. I analyze and discuss with them what they wish to retain and what they wish to change in order to identify and take advantage of new opportunities and increase the quality of life.

Existential Psychotherapy can be time-limited or open-ended. It can be cost-effective and solution focused. It involves creating an understanding of clients’ basic beliefs and inherited assumptions and it helps clients to make choices and to re-define their world-view in order to achieve their goals and aspirations.

I integrate different techniques within my Existential orientation, such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT ), Attachment Therapy, Focusing and Mindfulness, just to name a few.

Life Review Therapy

We usually take for granted that a car needs a yearly service and MOT and a Company has to file accounts and hold an AGM. Yet people rarely think of setting aside a little time to review their own life situation, and assess their achievements or draw plans for the future.

I invite my clients to take advantage of Short-Term Existential Psychotherapy in order to assess, in a professional and confidential way, how things are going and, better still, how they could be improved. This not only helps identify areas that may need to be clarified and developed, but also highlights achievements and success and offers an opportunity for corroborating awareness of one’s strengths.

Although the word therapy implies the idea of a cure, I feel that there is much more than that within the Existential Psychotherapy discipline. Talking with a professional practitioner facilitates understanding and develops ideas and motivation. It alleviates hardship and suffering and it brings meaning into everyday life.

I offer Life Review Therapy as cost-effective, short term modules of six sessions.

Clinical Qualifications in Counselling and Psychotherapy

  • College of Sexual and Relationship Therapists (COSRT) General Member Psychosexual Therapist since 2010
  • UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) Registered Psychotherapist - Existential Psychotherapist since 2009
  • British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) Member (MBACP) Psychotherapist since 2009
  • Advanced Training Existential Psychotherapy - School of Psychotherapy and Counselling Psychology Regent's College (SPCPRC) London (UK) 2009

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 and Principles of Good Practice of the College of Sexual and Relationship Therapists (COSRT), the Code of Ethics of the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) and the Code of Ethics of the Society for Existential Analysis (SEA) London.

Additional Information

My dissertation titled 'The age of Opportunities? A study of the transitional period into Mid-Life' provides research into the experience of mid-life as a moment of re-birth and renewal, when opportunities for growth, development and fulfillment offer a pathway to a rewarding future.

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Consulting Rooms (by appointment)
Full address provided upon booking | Elm Park Lane | Chelsea | London | SW3 6DB | UK

My Consulting Address is in easy reach of: Chelsea, South Kensington, Brompton, Earls Court, Chelsea Harbour, West Brompton, Knightsbridge, Fulham Broadway, Sloane Square, Fulham, Sands End, Battersea, Kensington, Parsons Green, Battersea Park, Olympia, Clapham Junction, Belgravia, Victoria, Mayfair

Nearest Train Stations: Imperial Wharf, West Brompton, Kensington (Olympia), Queenstown Road (Battersea), Clapham Junction, London Victoria, Wandsworth Town, Wandsworth Road, Battersea Park, London Paddington

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

Wheelchair access: No



Updated 27|01|2012

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