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  Denise Sims

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  Denise Sims

  Languages:	English
  Works with:	Individuals, Couples, Groups
  Individuals:	£65/hr
  Couples:	£85/hr
  Specialisms	Depression Relationships Stress

  Denise Sims offers confidential face-to-face counselling and psychotherapy with the aim of helping people to gain a greater understanding of why they feel the way they do, and as a consequence how to manage their lives. Denise believes counselling and psychotherapy is a collaborative venture in which you work together to build a therapeutic relationship. Her aim is to facilitate a safe, supportive and authentic environment that can help clients explore freely their difficulties as well as challenge their self-limiting beliefs and relationship patterns.

  Denise is currently working towards her Masters in ‘Transactional Analysis’ Psychotherapy. She has previously obtained certificates in Humanistic Counselling Skills and Studies, Mindfulness and CBT. She has experience working with anxiety, depression, eating disorders, health, illness, relationship issues, pregnancy and childbirth, self-harm, bereavement and loss. Denise is a member of the BACP and works within their guidelines.

  Her approach to therapy is humanistic and in keeping with the ‘TA’ philosophy, Denise believes that people are born OK; people can think and have the capacity to change, achieve autonomy, spontaneity, awareness and intimacy.

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  Dilnia Horton

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  Dilnia Horton

  Languages	English, Arabic, Kurdish (Sorani dialect)
  Works with:	Individuals
  Individuals:	£55/hr
  Couples:	£85/hr
  Specialisms:	Anxiety Depression Family & Relationships

  Dilnia Horton is a qualified Counsellor. As an integrative therapist she draws on the approaches that best suit the issues that clients bring into the therapy room. She works on an open-ended basis in private practice and in the Low Cost Counselling service at The Awareness Centre. She also works short-term with NHS patients at a GP surgery in Lambeth.

  Dilnia aims to provide an empathic, supportive space where clients can open up and feel seen and heard for who they truly are. While counselling helps clients to process difficult or painful thoughts and feelings, she believes that therapy can also focus on the potential of her clients. She works with them to identify and draw on their inner resources to live a fuller, more satisfying life. Working interactively, Dilnia may use CBT to help clients identify patterns in their thoughts and behaviours, Transactional Analysis to help clients manage their relationships in a healthier way, and mindfulness to help tame anxious responses. Her approach is tailored to the individual client.

  With a background in International Social Policy, teaching and advocacy, Dilnia has an interest and experiences in workplace issues and conflict resolution. She understands the internal and external pressures people can put on themselves, which can lead to unhelpful or damaging coping strategies. She works to identify healthier ways of managing emotions and stress. She also specialises in anxiety, anger, relationships, and has a special interest in alcohol and addiction.

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  Gilly Pinkham

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  Gilly Pinkham

  Languages:	English
  Works with:	Individuals
  Specialisms:	Depression Eating Disorders Family & Relationships Self-Esteem

   

  Gilly Pinkham is working towards a BA (Hons) degree in Person-Centred counselling and is a member of the BACP. As a Person-Centred therapist, she strives to understand your perspective on your experiences and offer a safe, non-judgemental space in which you can explore whatever is troubling you. She works on an open-ended basis within The Awareness Centre’s low-cost service.

  Person-centred counselling does not rely on the counsellor interpreting your unconscious thoughts, but rather on the belief that you are the expert in your life and that the most effective therapeutic relationships are those which are equal and built on trust. Gilly's work is underpinned by genuineness, empathy and unconditional acceptance of her clients. She finds that once clients feel accepted for who they truly are, they can begin to understand why they feel the way they do and can find their own way to move forwards. She understands that taking the first step towards seeing a counsellor can be daunting, but has experienced first-hand how transformative counselling can be.

  With a background as a marketer, Gilly has always enjoyed working closely with other people and watching them flourish. She is keenly aware of the pressures of modern life and of how it feels to juggle commitments both at work and at home. Her experience has taught her that everyone is unique and has left her with a desire to help people to lead a more fulfilling life.

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  Jane Anghelatos

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  Jane Anghelatos

  Accredited:	BACP
  Languages:	English
  Works with:	Individuals
  Individuals	£65/hr
  Specialisms	Depression Eating Disorders Family & Relationships Illness

  Jane Anghelatos is a psychodynamic psychotherapist with extensive experience of working with individuals short and long term. She is accredited with BACP. She trained initially at Roehampton in Integrative Psychotherapeutic Counselling and subsequently at IATE in Integrative Arts Psychotherapy. She also holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Psychoanalytic Couple Psychotherapy from Essex University. She is currently a post trainee on the Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Training at the Society of Analytical Psychology. Jane qualified in 2000 and has worked in GP surgeries for 17 years. She also has a private practice in Southfields, SW18.

  Jane brings past experience in teaching and organisation development in the NHS. She teaches on psychotherapeutic counselling skills courses and has an MA in Self Managed Learning from Middlesex University. She has a wealth of experience working therapeutically with depression and illness, bereavement and loss. She also has particular interest in family and relationship issues. In her GP and private work she has experience of working with trauma and sexuality issues. Workplace difficulties have also formed a large part of her caseload. Jane is suitably qualified and experienced to work with students on psychotherapeutic counselling courses.

  Jane’s approach is largely derived from a developmental Jungian persepctive. She sees the therapeutic relationship as the vehicle for change and believes this approach can be applied to short or long term work. She believes in the power of the unconscious to express itself in dreams and metaphor. She integrates these beliefs with a practical relational approach to therapy. She has personally benefitted from her own ongoing 4 times weekly Jungian analysis. She is able to work with individuals once or twice weekly.

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  Lindsey Reeman

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  Lindsey Reeman

  Languages:	English
  Works with:	Individuals
  Specialisms	Depression Eating Disorders Family & Relationships

  Lindsey Reeman is a qualified Humanistic Counsellor. She specialises in families and relationships, eating disorder and body image issues, and has experience of working with adolescents. Lindsey works on an open-ended basis within the Centre’s Low-Cost Service.

  Humanistic Counselling is fundamentally optimistic and non-judgemental, with a strong focus on the client/counsellor relationship. It aims to encourage individuals to develop their personal growth and to work towards self-realization – “being all that you can be”. With the Person-Centred approach at the foundation of her work, Lindsey aims to build a safe, accepting and empathic relationship within which clients can process difficult or painful feelings, but also focus on their capacity for self-awareness and autonomy. She practices in a holistic way – ie tailored to the individual client, and encourages them to recognise their inner resources and strengths and to realise their potential.

  In addition to practising as a counsellor, Lindsey is a freelance florist. Having been through several life experiences including living and working abroad, having children, and the loss of her parents, Lindsey feels that she can contribute some of the learning this has brought her, to her counselling practice.

  Lindsey is a member of the BACP and works within their guidelines.

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  Marielle Albers

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  Marielle Albers

  Accredited:	HCPC
  Languages:	English, Dutch
  Works with:	Individuals
  Individuals:	£60/hr
  Specialisms	Addiction Anger Management Bereavement & Loss Depression

  Marielle Albers is a qualified Integrative Psychotherapist who works with adults and young people. She is registered with the Health Care Professional Council (HCPC) and currently works in private practice and at MIND. She has previously held Psychotherapy positions in two NHS trusts in London, providing individual and group art psychotherapy to inpatients and on Forensic Wards. She has also worked therapeutically for a children’s charity and in schools. Marielle has combined her desire to help others with her passion for art. She believes that therapy can help give a voice or a form to suffering, and that this expression in itself can be transformative.

  Based on your input and strengths, Marielle likes to agree on a way of working that is unique for every individual. Her approach is informed by a variety of theoretical models that focus on the importance of relationships and the patterns we form to bond with others. She aims to offer a reflective, respectful and supportive space where you can feel free to explore what is on your mind and what might be holding you back from fully living the life you want.

  Marielle offers talking therapy, listening carefully to your concerns and helping you to make sense of your problems. She also offers the possibility to use art materials or imagination, to invite you to explore deeper layers of feelings. Using art materials in therapy does not require any artistic skills or abilities: for some people it can offer a valuable extra channel of communicating. Exploring art work, dreams or imagination, can help to find new meaning and deeper insight about yourself. This way of working can be particularly useful if you find it difficult to articulate your feelings in words, or perhaps conversely, if words keep you ‘stuck in your head’ in repetitive thinking patterns.

  Marielle has worked with clients from diverse backgrounds with a wide variety of issues such as low self-esteem, depression and anxiety, loss, abuse, trauma and intimacy issues.

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  Michaela McCarthy

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  Michaela McCarthy

  Accredited:	MBACP Snr. Accred., FDAP
  Registered:	UKRCP
  Languages:	English
  Works with:	Individuals, Couples, Groups
  Individuals/Couples:	£100/hr
  Medical Insurance:	£130/hr
  Groups (2 hrs/8 members):	£30/person
  Private Healthcare:	Allianz, Aviva, BUPA, BUPA International, Cigna, Vitality Health, Simply Health, WPA
  Specialisms:	Addiction Anger Management Eating Disorders Sex & Relationships
  Phone:	07850 282 495
  Skype:	michaela.mccarthy5

  Michaela McCarthy is an experienced psychotherapist and psychosexual and relationship therapist. She has worked for 20 years as a therapist and has worked both in the public and private sector. Her achievements and contributions to psychological health are a credit to her drive and ambition to support clients wellbeing. Michaela is the Managing Director of The Awareness Centre (TAC), which runs the NHS Counselling Service in Lambeth, Brixton Prison Counselling Service and Low Cost and Private Counselling services.

  Michaela has established her private practice in Clapham, South London after leaving her practice in Harley Street.  She believes the most important process of therapy is the co-creation between therapist and client to achieve a solid professional relationship which allows space for trust and honesty to develop. Michaela’s intuitive approach enables clients to go on a journey of self-discovery which develops true awareness for personal growth. Michaela also works with other professionals especially with psychiatrists working with medication management.

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  Pegah Houshmand

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  Pegah Houshmand

  Languages:	English
  Works with:	Individuals
  Individuals:	£60/hr
  Specialisms	Addiction Anxiety Depression Family & Relationships

  Pegah Houshmand is a fully qualified counsellor with over ten years of experience in the field and is currently completing her Doctorate in Counselling Psychology. She is registered with The British Psychological Society (BPS). As an integrative counsellor, she draws on the approaches that best suit the issues that clients bring into therapy and works on a short or long term basis, depending on the clients’ needs, working towards goals that are important to the client.

  She aims to provide an empathic, supportive space where clients can open up and feel seen and heard for who they truly are. While counselling helps clients to process difficult or painful thoughts and feelings, she believes that therapy can also focus on the potential of her clients. She works with her clients to identify and draw on their inner resources to live a fuller, more satisfying life. She uses Person-Centred and CBT to identify patterns in their thoughts and behaviours; Psychodynamics to help clients to identify and address the root cause of their problems; Transactional Analysis to help clients manage their relationships in a healthier way; and Mindfulness to help tame anxious responses.

  Pegah’s experience includes working with low mood, depression and anxiety, stress, self-harm, bereavement and loss, couples counselling,  trauma, alcohol and drug misuse, post-traumatic stress disorder, abuse, agoraphobia, OCD, panic attacks, adjustment to difficult life events or illness, and many other issues. She understands the internal and external pressures people can put on themselves, which can lead to unhelpful or damaging coping strategies. She works with her clients to identify healthier ways of managing emotions and stress, and also has a special interest in eating disorders.

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  Sarah Demaree

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  Sarah Demaree

  Languages:	English
  Works with:	Individuals, Couples, Groups
  Individuals	£70/hr
  Families:	£100/1.5 hrs
  Specialisms	Anxiety Depression Eating Disorders Family & Relationships

  Sarah Demaree holds a Diploma in Transactional Analysis Counselling and Psychotherapy and has extensive experience in both the private and public sector. She is registered with the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy and the United Kingdom Association of Transactional Analysis and is a member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy. She currently works with individuals and couples in private practice at The Awareness Centre.

  Sarah’s work is focussed on helping her clients create real change in their lives, whether that is about addressing what is going on inside themselves or in their relations with other people, or both. She uses the widely accessible theories of Transactional Analysis (TA), such as ego states, psychological games, life scripts and emotional hungers to help her clients better understand themselves and other people. She also uses principles from Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) so that she can adapt her approach to the individual needs of her clients.

  Sarah works with clients struggling with relationships, addiction, bereavement, depression, anxiety including obsessive-compulsive disorder, stress, and adult survivors of childhood abuse. She also has specialist training in working with eating disorders, particularly overeating and binge eating. Sarah is keenly interested in new research looking at the role of nutrition in psychological disorders.

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  Sarah Dosanjh

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  Sarah Dosanjh

  Languages:	English
  Works with:	Individuals
  Individuals:	£60/hr
  Specialisms	Addiction Bereavement & Loss Depression Eating Disorders

  Sarah Dosanjh is in her final year of an MSc in Transactional Analysis psychotherapy. She offers face to face counselling and psychotherapy for individuals. She practices a humanistic approach to counselling and therapy; meaning you are the most important person in the room. It is not about the therapist’s agenda, or others’ expectations of you. Rather, you forging your own path so you can feel empowered to make your own choices and have the life experiences you want.

  Her philosophy is everybody is capable of change and has the capacity to make choices for themselves. Therapy provides a supportive, non-judgmental environment to explore the changes we wish to make and raise awareness of the parts of ourselves which lead us into self sabotage.

  With a background in the criminal justice system around the UK, Sarah has a particular interest in addiction and other compulsive behaviours, such as disordered eating, gambling, internet and porn addiction.

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  Tony Chapman

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  Tony Chapman

  Languages:	English
  Works with:	Individuals
  Individuals:	£65/hr
  Specialisms:	Addiction Anger Bereavement Eating Disorders

  Personal crisis and suffering provide opportunities for self-awareness and for supporting you in discovering patterns of behaviour and their underlying causes. Regardless of the intensity of your dilemma or the depth of your distress, Tony Chapman uses his training in therapeutic counselling to help you stand back and explore your inner world. Gaining greater insight, discovering new perspectives, finding acceptance and emotional resolution from your suffering.

  As a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, Tony Chapman draws on his training to support his clients in finding a more balanced and authentic life. Working with a model that expands on traditional psychodynamic and emotion focussed therapy by using experiential dynamic strategies in order to foster a deeper understanding of the complexity of your human experience. Exploring together in a safe, friendly, confidential and non judgemental environment, how we can develop your own bespoke skills. We may initially focus on exploring your behaviours, feelings and emotions, working to regulate any anxiety.  I encourage tolerating the feelings that have been defended against, and endeavour to restructure and reconsolidate your perspective toward them. An element of awareness training may be integrated into the therapy if appropriate for the client, for the therapist the practice of mindful awareness is not a “bolt-on” but an integral part of his routine. The therapy uses moment-to-moment tracking, practical and experiential techniques were appropriate, in order to encourage profound emotional experiences as an addition to intellectual understanding. Being client centred my approach evolves within its parameters to meet the specific needs of the individual, accentuating the best fit for them personally. Crucially the approach is based on evidence from current advances in neuroscience.

  Tony has lived and worked in South London as a company director for more than 25 years. He looks forward to exploring how together we can develop your own bespoke skills, he works hard to help you find practical and emotional strategies, in order to provide future resilience and a renewed zest for life. He has a special interest in abuse, trauma, addiction, rage and anxiety.

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