Joel | BACP Registered Therapist, MSc, MBACP, AMACCHP

Counselling Clapham - London

BACP Registered Therapist, MSc, MBACP, AMACCHP

I am an integrative therapist using a variety of tools and approaches to best meet client goals. I work therapeutically with individuals experiencing a range of issues, including anxiety, depression, bereavement/loss, anger, stress, shame, self-esteem and relationship issues, addictions, eating disorders and trauma. I can help you make sense of your experience, to find balance among your thoughts, feelings and behaviours, and to discover meaningful ways of being and belonging in the world. 

Whatever challenges you are facing, I provide a comfortable, confidential space, which is safe and non-judgmental. You can expect to be heard and respected no matter your age, gender or non-binary, sexuality, lifestyle preferences, spiritual beliefs, neurodiversity, physical abilities, politics or any other identity. I will treat you first and foremost as a unique individual. 

My practice is grounded in the humanistic, person-centered tradition that believes individuals have a natural tendency towards their own well-being and growth, and that my job as a therapist is to help you connect or reconnect with this powerful human drive. I believe that empathy, realness and unconditional respect are the bedrock of effective therapy. 

As an integrative therapist, you can expect me to build on these foundations by drawing on a range of tools and modalities (e.g., psychodynamic, cognitive behavioural, humanistic, creative) tailored specifically to your unique individual circumstances, experiences and needs at a particular point in time. This could mean exploring your childhood relationships and how they are impacting on your life today (psychodynamic) or exploring how you are being influenced by patterns of thought and behaviour in the present day (cognitive behavioural). It could involve creative techniques such as visualizations, artwork and drawing, or role play. A combination of approaches will be tailored specifically to suit your needs, preferences and personality. 

I have particular experience working with addiction, codependency, shame, self-esteem and relationship issues.

I work both short-term and open-ended, ultimately led by each individual's need. I work face to face from my practice in Clapham, London, online and also offer 'walk and talk' therapy in the Sevenoaks, Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells areas of Kent.  

I offer an initial 20-minute Zoom consultation for you to find out more and to see if we would be a good fit to work together.

If you would like to know more or book an appointment, please send me a message. 

Joel