Welcome
My name is Roland, I am a BACP accredited counsellor. I have been counselling for over
17 years and I am currently working in private practice in Beckenham, South London.
I am qualified as an integrative counsellor combining aspects of person-centred, CBT and psychodynamic counselling in my work (see below).
I worked for over five years as a lead counsellor in NHS GP practice settings in short term counselling and in a long-term counselling service for clients having more complex needs.
In addition, I have worked in a specialist trauma service for over four years, working with adult survivors of childhood and domestic abuse and sexual violence experienced at any age. I have had extensive additional training and experience in working with many types of trauma and specialised in trauma for over 12 years.
I became a BACP* accredited counsellor in 2013, a standard of proficiency within my professional body.
I also worked as a qualified adoption counsellor for Barnardos for two years.
I am also currently working as a contractor for a large EAP provider over the past two years in addition to insurance company and other directly contacted work.
(* British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy)
Professional Development
Counselling training
Diploma in Psychotherapeutic counselling
Diploma in Therapeutic counselling
Certificate in Counselling Studies
Certificate in Counselling Skills
Supervision training
CPCAB Level 6 Certificate in Counselling Supervision
Clinical experience
5+ years in a long term counselling service.
5+ years lead in GP surgery counselling
4+ years in a specialist trauma service .
12+ years specialising in trauma counselling.
14+ years in private practice.
17+ years as a counsellor.
Enhanced DBS certificate held.
CPD Training
Trauma CPD regularly undertaken including specialist training for working with:
PTSD
CPTSD
Dissociation, Dissociative Disorders incuding DID and trauma related conditions.
General CPD undertaken including working with:
Depression
General, health and social anxiety.
Bereavement
Low Self esteem and self-image
Relationship issues: divorce, separation and affairs.
Barnardos adoption counselling training
Therapy Approaches
Person-Centred
Reflecting on and discovering about who we really are and would wish to be. Reflecting on whether we have a good enough balance between how much we follow our own ideas and those of others?
Psychodynamic
Reflecting on our past experiences and how we may be influenced and unhelpfully affected by these in the present day. Discovering these impacts allows us the opportunity to act more independently of them.
Cognitive Behavoural (CBT)
Reflecting on how our unhelpful or negative automatic thought processes are activated in certain situations resulting in unhelpful emotions or behaviours and help us to replace these and so change our responses.
Integrative
I combine these approaches (1-3) allowing us to better understand and change how our past experience impacts our sense of self and relationship with others in the present, improving our self-worth and functioning.
Trauma-informed counselling.
I use a standard three stage trauma counselling framework for my integrative therapeutic approach.
Let's Talk
I look forward to hearing from you and working to assist you overcoming your current concerns.
