W1 PSYCHOTHERAPY & COUNSELLING

Joanna Buick                MBACP, FPC

I am a professionally trained, qualified and experienced therapist working in central London, between Oxford Street and Piccadilly Circus. I offer confidential face-to-face counselling and psychotherapy for adults, and an assessment service to help you clarify your needs.

 

ABOUT PSYCHODYNAMIC PSYCHOTHERAPY & COUNSELLING

What is therapy?

Psychodynamic psychotherapy, including counselling, is concerned with the interaction between two people, the client and the therapist. I treat each person as a unique individual.

A counsellor or therapist working psychodynamically does not advise you, or suggest ways to solve problems. Instead, you and your therapist think together about the issues that concern you, exploring the feelings and thoughts you have about your life.

How can therapy help?

People seek counselling and therapy for a wide range of problems, including

• emotional difficulties such as depression, unexplained anger or sadness, low self-esteem, empty or suicidal thoughts
• stress or anxiety including sudden change, communication difficulties, conflicts at work and redundancy
• relationship difficulties including patterns of relating or sustaining relationships, sexual problems, separation, divorce, bereavement and loss, conflict, illness and a desire for children
• questions of personal identity, sexuality, sexual orientation, body image, addictions and obsessions, eating disorders, loneliness, the meaning of life...

If you feel you would like to know more about how therapy might help you, please get in touch. Your communication will be taken seriously, and all communication between us will be kept confidential.

Counselling and psychotherapy are suitable for people who wish to explore their feelings and choices in the medium and long-term. If you are in crisis, I would urge you to contact your GP, NHS Direct or the Samaritans.

Therapy sessions

The aim of our first meeting, which normally lasts about 90 minutes, will be to assess your needs and explore whether psychodynamic counselling or psychotherapy would be helpful to you. We may then both take some time to think about possible options. This might involve us agreeing an ongoing appointment, or you might wish me to refer you to an appropriate service.

If we decide to work together, you would agree to attend 50 minute sessions at the same time on the same day every week. We would then meet for regular appointments until we agree to end our work together.

Fees

My fee for ongoing 50 minute sessions, normally between £45 and £80, will be discussed and agreed when we meet. I also reserve a limited number of reduced-fee sessions for people with very low incomes.

The fee for an initial 90 minute consultation is £80.

Fees are payable directly to me, in cash or by cheque. I do not accept payment by credit or debit cards.