Allan Frater BEng (Hons) PGDip MBACP

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MBACP Counsellor

I provide Face to Face Counselling for £30

Fees: Individuals £30.00
Approximate length of one appointment: 60 minutes
Approximate length of therapy: from eight sessions upwards.
Languages: English
Nearest Tube Station: Bethnal Green - 2 minutes.
I am in easy reach of: Bethnal Green, Tower Hamlets, Hackney, and Dalston.
Wheelchair access: No

Problems I work with: Abuse, Addiction to Love and Sex, Addictions, Anger, Anxiety, Assertiveness, Bereavement, Bulimia, Career, Childhood issues, Codependence, Confidence issues, Couple relationships, Creativity, Cultural issues, Debt, Depression, Dissociation, Divorce, Eating disorders, Faith issues, Fear, Grief, History of mental illness, Identity, Impotency, Inhibitions, Integration of experience, Internet addiction, Internet pornography addiction, Internet sexual compulsivity, Lack of meaning in life, Loneliness, Loss, Marriage (Marital relations), Midlife crisis, Obsessions, OCD, Panic attacks, Personal growth, Personal relationships, Personality difficulties, Phobias, Post traumatic stress, Psychosexual issues, Psychosomatic symptoms, Rape, Same-sex relationships, Self-development, Self-esteem, Self-harm, Sexual abuse, Sexual behaviour, Sexuality, Sleep problems, Spirituality, Stress, Transitions, Trauma, Unresolved issues, Work relationships

Clinical Experience

I have over three years experience as a Psychosynthesis counsellor, both in private practice in North and East London, and within the charity sector, working with the range of emotional and psychological issues already mentioned above.

How I Work

The first session is an opportunity for us to meet and get to know each other. It will be a space for you to ask any questions you may have about me or the counselling process and to talk about what brings you to counselling. At the end of this session we should have a good idea as to whether we want to work together and continue with further sessions, although you may want to think it over for a few days.

Once the decision is made to continue we will establish a ‘contract’ that we both feel comfortable with. This will make clear the confidential nature of the sessions, the cancellation policy and establish our commitment to working together in regular weekly sessions. For example we may initially contract to meet for 8 weeks, to see how that works out. This may be a sufficient number of sessions or you may then decide to continue open-endedly.

While my Psychosynthesis training was integrative (drawing from all schools of psychology), my approach is particularly influenced by the reflective viewpoint of archetypal psychology and the healing attention of contemplative psychotherapy.

My approach is rooted in the original meaning of psychotherapy as the ‘care’ or ‘charge’ of the psyche. It is a caring for the troubled psyche, creating a safe space inside the consulting room, which helps us come through our difficulties.

Such care and support creates the imaginative space that allows our perception of what we find distressing to change, enriching and strengthening our relationship to life. In this way my approach is a holistic one that helps with life’s difficulties but not to the neglect of our larger potential in the world.

Clinical Training

I hold a Postgraduate Diploma in Psychosynthesis Counselling (PGDip). This involved a three year training at the Psychosynthesis & Education Trust, and is validated by the University of East London and accredited by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherpay (BACP).

I am a full member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP), the professional and regulatory body for counsellors. As a member I adhere to the ethical framework for good practice as set out by the BACP.

Additional Information

I grew up in a village outside Edinburgh. Having obtained an engineering degree & a teacher training qualification, I eventually moved to London to work in the charity sector. I was a co-director of the Karuna Trust for several years & now work part time with charities as a consultant fundraising trainer.

I started meditating in 1993. This led to my ordination as a committed Buddhist in 1999 when I was given the name Manjuka, which some people call me by & means ‘sweet and gentle voiced'.

Updated 14|02|2008