I am supporting adult clients; my main expertise is: Bereavement, Trauma, Loss and Suicide. I also help with dramatic life changes. My main modality is the Person-Centred & Integrative.
As a 77 years old psychotherapist my counselling is fused with my life experiences of living and working in 18 countries and rising four children and four grand-children.
About me and my practice
My therapeutic work reflects the Pluralistic approach (i.e., you decide and you lead) after all you are the main expert on yourself. My main support is to help you (to empower you) so you will gain confidence and strength to deal with your own goals and wishes.
I am also a retired management executive and I qualified as a Chartered Civil Engineer back in 1983 and worked in 18 countries around the world.
Since my retirement I have volunteered for the AGEUK and Cruse Bereavement Charities which helped me to get re-qualified as a counsellor and psychotherapist.
I am offering my counselling services and supervision to private clients as well as to companies. I have also 15 years experience volunteering for AgeUK and Cruse Bereavement Charities
Areas of my main experience
After 9.5 years of supporting bereaved clients I can offer the following support:
Bereavement support (leading to grief, loss, trauma, family problems, relationship problems, loneliness, suicidal ideations, suicides, pre-bereavement)
Stress
Relationship issues
PTSD, traumas, (Major Incidents trained support therapist)
Loss separation, divorce, family problems teenagers, adolescents, relatives
Abandonment boarding school abandonment syndrome support
Life meaning & life direction
Coping with old age, illness, death, loneliness
Addiction, Abuse in parallel with other supporting agencies e.g., AA
Retirement life changing situations, work related issues no-work related issues
The above list reflects the actual support I have provided to my clients so far.
Experience
I have started supporting bereaved clients for a national bereavement charity in 2016. The deeply positive experience from this support stimulated me to get re-qualified as an independent counsellor and psychotherapist and I have now accrued well over 2000 Clinical client facing hours. In addition, I am also a qualified Clinical Supervisor and I am supporting supervisees since 2018.
As a mature therapist (77 this year) I do bring to my counselling support my life experiences of living and working in 18 countries on 4 continents.
Qualifications
Level 7-6-5 Professional Diplomas in Clinical Supervision Level 7 Theories and Practice of Psychospiritual Care
Level 5 Professional Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling Practice
Level 4 Diploma in Counselling Skills and Theory
Level 6 & 7 Graduate Certificates in Psychodynamic Counselling and Psychotherapy
Level 4 Certificates in Psychology and Philosophy, University of Oxford
Traditional Chinese Medicine Course (Taoist)
MBA, B.A. B.Sc. (Hons)
Additional Information
I come to the UK as a student form Communist dictatorship of Czechoslovakia in 1969, just after the Russians invasion of my country. My initial experience of the real freedom and of the spirit of the 60s-70s was euphoric and I plunged head on to study Buddhism, Taoism, Yoga (Iyengar) and Traditional Chinese medicine. My main aim was to achieve enlightment. I failed and qualified as a Chartered Civil Engineer instead.
I returned to my effort to gain further understanding of human nature after my retirement and started serious study of the subject through philosophy, psychology and psychotherapy eventually gaining a full accreditation as a counsellor, psychotherapist and clinical supervisor.
I do belong to two Oxford based philosophy groups, and my main plans are to adapt the work of my favourite philosophers for the use in counselling. I specifically try for fusions(Assagioli Psychosynthesis)rather than divisions of various modalities.
Professional Membership
Professional category member of NCPS
Professional Register
National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society (NCPS)
Verified by Counsellingo on Tuesday, 1 October 2024
Initial Consultation
My initial consultation is free and is sufficiently long to establish the client and myself suitability to work together and achieve results
Fees
£ 50-60 per session
But I operate a sliding scale and do reflect clients ability to pay. If I know that I can be of use I would rather support client then ask for a fee that the client is not able to afford.
There is also a discount for students.
When I Work
I work mainly online Telephone/Zoom during the day but can also accommodate clients specific circumstances i.e., shiftwork, etc.
Therapeutic Approach
I practice Integrative counselling and have fully integrated Person-Centred modality into my work
Video Platforms
Zoom and Telephone with face-face when required
Area
Oxfordshire
