Eleanor Bigden PG Dip Cognitive Behavioural Therapy BABCP

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Consulting Rooms (by appointment)
9 Coldbath Square | Farringdon | London | EC1R 5HL | UK

BABCP Accredited Cognitive Behavioural Therapist

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

Fees: Individuals £85.00 - 55 minutes
Approximate length of therapy: short term from 6 to 24 sessions
Languages: English

I provide Telephone Counselling

Fee: Individuals £70.00

Approximate length of one Telephone appointment: 55 minutes
Approximate length of Telephone Counselling: short term from 4 to 16 sessions
Languages: English

I offer Private Counselling and Psychotherapy Services for these Issues

Abuse, Addictions, Affairs, Agoraphobia, Alcohol Dependence, Anger, Anger Management, Anxiety, Anxiety Neurosis, Assertiveness, Avoidance, Bereavement, Binge Eating Disorder (BED), Bipolar Disorder, Bulimia Nervosa, Career Issues, Childhood Issues, Creativity, Critical Parents, Death Anxiety, Depression, Dread of Dying, Drug Abuse, Employment, Exhaustion, Faith Issues, Fear, Frustration, Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD), Grief, Guilt, Identity, Integration of Experience, Isolation, Lack of Meaning in Life, Loneliness, Loss, Low Self Confidence, Low Self Esteem, Midlife Crisis, Negative Thoughts, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Panic Attacks, Parenting, Personal Growth, Personal Relationships, Pet Bereavement, Phobias, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS), Rape, Redundancy, Relaxation Training, Repetitive Negative Patterns, Self Development, Self Harm, Self Responsibility, Sexual Abuse, Shame, Shyness, Sleep Problems, Social Phobia, Spirituality, Stage Fright, Stress, Stress Management, Tiredness, Transitions, Trauma, Unresolved Issues, Weight Loss, Work Stress, Workplace Issues and Work Relationship Problems

My Counselling and Psychotherapy Therapeutic Approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Client Centred Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Experiential Therapy, Integrative Therapy, Solution Focused Therapy (SFT), Transpersonal Therapy

I am Registered with these Private Health Insurance Companies to provide Counselling and Psychotherapy

Aviva Health, AXA PPP Healthcare, CIGNA, PruHealth

Gender

Female

Clinical Experience in Counselling and Psychotherapy

I have twelve years' experience using Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) with a client centred approach, and Integrative Therapy that draws on a wide range of research based approaches to counselling, psychotherapy and coaching for your optimum wellbeing. I have sixteen years experience working in health and wellbeing services, helping people: - break free from unhelpful habits and thinking patterns - discover their inner strengths and wisdom - activate the ability to create the life they want with passion presence and purpose I have specialist skills and experience in assisting with: - building confidence, assertiveness and self esteem - overcoming anxiety, panic and phobias - effective communication skills and public speaking - building better relationships at home and at work - healthily managing stress, challenging emotions and mood swings - overcoming perfectionism and unrelenting standards - transforming body image, food and weight issues - moving from unhappiness and depression to appreciation and contentment (even joy!) - freedom from guilt, shame and self criticism - finding courage, strength and calm in the midst of pain - healing the pain of separation and bereavement and re-building your life after a loss - overcoming anger, un-forgiveness, frustration and irritability - healing and recovery from childhood and adult trauma - freedom from addictions and self harm - deeper intimacy in personal relationships - handling uncertainty and major life transitions - turning your vision and goals into reality I've been providing supervision and training for therapists and therapy students for nine years and am committed to holding an encouraging, supportive space for people to reflect, learn and develop from all experiences. I’m currently a lecturer and tutor in psychology, counselling and healthcare departments at two London Institutes of Further Education and I am registered as a fully qualified lecturer with the Institute for Further Education. I am 100% committed to my own professional and personal development to ensure I continue to offer the very best service to all my clients and the therapists I train and supervise. My clinical experience is therefore informed by ongoing: - supervision from one of London’s leading clinical directors of CBT - training in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy developments and compatible therapy approaches - research - evaluation of practice - mindfulness group practice - professional and personal development workshops

What to Expect during Counselling and Psychotherapy

I offer a non-judgemental, collaborative and encouraging professional relationship, to support you in actively addressing your challenges, needs and goals.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) covers a range of approaches that help you improve the way you feel about yourself and others and handle life situations, by identifying unhelpful thinking and actions, and developing your ability to address challenges with healthy, balanced and wise ways of thinking and responding in both the short and longer term. CBT is about helping you act in your own best interest rather than unintentionally against yourself.

All CBT approaches are carefully developed on the basis of thorough research. The type of CBT approach used will vary from client to client according to each individuals' particular issues, needs and preferred way of working. This means CBT is a client centred and solution focused way of working that is specifically tailored to you.

CBT has a practical, solution focused approach to problem solving, designed to enable you to respond to life's challenges with resourcefulness and confidence.

CBT is about learning through experiencing, experimenting and trying things out - not just talking! Through this experiential learning, CBT can teach you skills for building relationships, handling life situations, responding to challenging scenarios and dealing with problems. These can include techniques to help you relax, get grounded and stay centred. It can include training in assertiveness, effective public speaking, or communication skills that help you develop greater closeness with others or handle disagreement and resolve conflict. My CBT approach can also help you learn skills to handle strong - maybe overwhelming - physical and emotional feelings, and helpfully respond to your underlying needs. You can learn skills to develop concentration, awareness and the ability to problem solve more intuitively, wisely and effectively in any future situation as well as the here and now.

I work with an interpersonal and collaborative approach which means your ideas and perspectives are genuinely sought out, including your perspectives on the therapy relationship. You are given the encouragement and empowerment to shape your own path and to arrive at decisions in a mature and insightful way, which takes interpersonal relationships into consideration. This is designed to give you the confidence, self esteem and skills to develop more empowering, authentic and mutually respectful relationships elsewhere in your life.

I can also offer you the benefit of an integrative approach, by drawing on other therapy models as appropriate to your particular needs. For example, if you are living a very fast paced, stressful city lifestyle which is depleting your energy, drawing on Eco-therapy may help you reconnect with a more personally - and environmentally - sustainable lifestyle, that's more in tune with your body's natural rhythms, and supports your longer-term stability and wellbeing.

You may feel that you have lost a deeper sense of direction in your life, in which case, CBT combined with a transpersonal approach could help you discover a sense of real purpose and meaning to your life. You may also find that you are able to reveal very personal matters, with complete confidentiality, and finding a place of compassion and acceptance, or perhaps forgiveness, may be deeply healing for you.

Clinical Qualifications in Counselling and Psychotherapy

My professional qualifications, accreditation and registration offer you assurance that my practice is well regulated and has a well informed and ethically sound basis. They are:

- Post Graduate (Masters Level) Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, with Distinction; University of Royal Holloway

- Certificate of Extended Training in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, with Distinction; The Association of Psychological Therapies

- Diploma in Belief Therapy for Addictions; The Therapons Institute, USA

- Board Certification to Practice as a Therapons Addictions Counsellor; Therapons Institute

- BSc (Hons) in Occupational Therapy; University of Southampton

I'm a very enthusiastic life-long learner, so I’ve participated in many other continuing professional development and training workshops. If you want to see the list do let me know and I’ll email it to you – (I’ve not included it here because it’s very long, but I’d be happy to show it off!)

Additional Information

In all my work I offer you a commitment to confidentiality and integrity; non-judgemental acceptance and compassion; authenticity, creative thinking and "common sense"; broad-mindedness and a good sense of humour!

I celebrate the richness of diversity in our human-ness, life experience, background and orientations and really welcome differences in perspective.

I strongly believe in ethical business practice and gift 10% of earnings to charity, and, very importantly, I love the work I do!

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Consulting Rooms (by appointment)
9 Coldbath Square | Farringdon | London | EC1R 5HL | UK

My Consulting Address is in easy reach of: Clerkenwell, Farringdon, Chancery Lane, Finsbury, Bloomsbury, Grays Inn, Barbican, Holborn, Temple, Fleet Street, Kings Cross, Angel, Islington, Barnsbury, Blackfriars, Covent Garden, Old Street, Square Mile, Moorgate, Euston

Nearest Train Stations: Farringdon, City Thameslink, Barbican, London Liverpool Street, King's Cross Thameslink, London Cannon Street, London King's Cross, London St Pancras, London Blackfriars, Old Street

Nearest London Underground Tube Stations: Chancery Lane, Farringdon, Barbican, Russell Square, Holborn

Wheelchair access: No