Jan Sheppard MA Psychotherapy MBACP (Snr Accred) UKCP Reg

General Availability

Weekday Daytimes, Weekday Evenings

UKCP Reg Psychotherapist | BACP Senior Accredited Psychotherapist

I provide Face to Face Psychotherapy in Walthamstow, London

I offer fees on a sliding scale depending on your financial situation (no proof required).
Individuals: first session set at £50.00, subsequent appointments between £45.00 and £55.00 - 50 minutes.
Couples: first session set at £60.00, subsequent appointments between £55.00 and £65.00 - 50 minutes.
Approximate length of therapy: 6 weeks to 2 years.
Languages: English

I offer Private Psychotherapy Services for these Issues

Abuse, Addictions, Alcohol Dependence, Anorexia Nervosa, Anxiety, Bipolar Disorder, Bulimia Nervosa, Cancer, Career Issues, Codependency, Couple Relationships, Depression, Dissociation, Divorce, Drug Abuse, Eating Disorders, Faith Issues, Fear, History of Mental Health Problems, Infertility, Integration of Experience, Lesbian Issues, Loss, Low Self Confidence, Men's Issues, Mixed Race Issues, Obsessions, Panic Attacks, Personal Growth, Personality Difficulties, Phobias, Post Natal Depression (PND), Psychosis, Schizophrenia, Sexuality, Sleep Problems, Social Phobia, Suicidal Thoughts, Trichotillomania

My Psychotherapy Therapeutic Approach

Existential Therapy

Gender

Male

Clinical Experience in Psychotherapy

I am an experienced UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) Registered Psychotherapist and British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) Senior Accredited Counsellor, working in Bow, East London, and Docklands, Canary Wharf. I have over twelve years experience of working with both individuals and couples experiencing distress in their lives, gained within both the private and public sector. I have worked within three Primary Care Trusts as an Adult Psychotherapist, and am currently in full-time private practice as a psychotherapist.

What to Expect during Psychotherapy

I work within the existential tradition, which takes a philosophical approach to psychotherapy and counselling, aiming to help people live more deliberately and purposefully in their lives. Existential therapy will help clarify your understanding of yourself and your life circumstances. It may also assist you through a specific life crisis and in becoming better at handling difficult relationships. Together we shall explore what matters most deeply to you in life and tackle what is most problematic.

The emphasis throughout our work is on you and how you see and experience the world. You will have an opportunity to tell your story and gradually come to a more satisfactory interpretation of your current predicaments until you find a way through them. The objective is for you to become more honest with yourself and more in tune with both your limitations and possibilities. By paying attention to what is of most concern to you personally we will aim to bring your life back into harmony with your aspirations so that you become more able to live your life to the full. This means understanding where you are at before establishing where you want to go and how you might get there.

You will be expected to freely discuss everything that is of concern to you in your everyday experience. You need to be prepared to verbally express your emotions, sensations, thoughts, memories, dreams, fantasies, expectations, fears and hopes without reserve, in order to get a clear picture of your way of being in the world and understand and re-organize your life accordingly. The process of existential therapy consists of an engaged and constructive discussion of past events, from which new commitments for the future will emerge.

Clinical Qualifications in Psychotherapy

- Certificate in Fundamentals of Psychotherapy (Regents College)
- MA Integrative Psychotherapy (Regents College)
- Advanced Diploma in Existential Psychotherapy (Regents College)
- Certificate in Existential Supervision and Group-work (New School)
- Introductory Certificate in Group Analysis (IGA)
- Intermediate Course in Group Analysis (IGA)

Lecturer in Psychotherapy at Regents College School of Psychotherapy, London, and Matrix Psychotherapy, Norfolk.

Employed as Adult Psychotherapist within East Sussex NHS Trust (200-2001), Newham Primary Care Trust (2005-2007), and North East London NHS Trust (on-going).

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My Consulting Address is in easy reach of: Walthamstow, Leytonstone, Leyton, Wanstead, Highams Park, Clapton, South Woodford, Forest Gate, Stratford, Upton Park, Woodford Green, Stamford Hill, Woodford, Homerton, Hoxton, Hackney, Stoke Newington, Manor Park, West Ham, South Tottenham

Nearest Train Stations: Leyton Midland Road, Wood Street, Walthamstow Queens Road, St James St Walthamstow, Walthamstow Central, Leytonstone High Road, Blackhorse Road, Highams Park, Clapton, Maryland

Nearest London Underground Tube Stations: Walthamstow Central, Leytonstone, Snaresbrook, Leyton, Blackhorse Road

Wheelchair access: No