Psychotherapy in Forest Hill SE23 and online
Nick Williams MSc., CTA, PTSTA(P)
UKCP-registered psychotherapist and supervisor
Experienced psychotherapist offering confidential counselling and psychotherapy in South East London and online
Psychotherapy in Forest Hill London SE23, and online
It can take a lot of energy to live with troubling thoughts, feelings or patterns. Many people find talking with a professional therapist, in a confidential, non-judgemental setting, helps them form better relationships with themselves and others, and live more fulfilling lives
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Hello...
I have been a psychotherapist in private practice in South London for 22 years
I am committed to ethical, non-discriminatory practice and welcome clients of all cultures, faiths, identities and sexualities
I work with some clients for a few months and with others for a number of years. Some people come knowing what they want us to focus on, others know "something isn't right" and want space to explore what might be happening
As an accredited member of the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) and a graduate member of Metanoia Institute where I trained and taught, I abide by both organisations' ethical principles and codes of professional conduct
About therapy...
Psychotherapy offers a place to talk through your thoughts, feelings and experiences in a confidential, thoughtful and non-judgemental setting.
Therapy can be a complex and sometimes challenging process. I'm always happy to talk about how its going and how we work together.
However long it continues for, therapy is a significant commitment for both client and therapist. It's not unusual for clients to talk with more than one therapist before deciding who they'd like to work with.
If you'd prefer to work with an experienced female therapist, you might want to contact Annie Rimmer who works nearby.
About me...
Originally from South Wales, I have lived in London for more than thirty years. I first worked in the arts and then for an international corporate company.
I trained from 1998 - first as a counsellor, then as a psychotherapist, and later as a supervisor of other therapists.
Alongside my private practice with clients and supervisees, I have worked as a sexual-health counsellor, as an honorary group therapist in the NHS, and taught on psychotherapy training programmes in London and Devon.
My approach...
My counselling and psychotherapy training was in Transactional Analysis ('T.A.'). My way of working now draws on several therapeutic approaches, in response to what a client might bring.
I have a particular interest in 'relational' psychotherapy - a way of exploring repetitive, and often painful patterns, and how they might be understood, changed or released.
I've been fascinated by the work of Carl Gustav Jung for many years, and work with Jungian concepts including dreams, if clients want to do that.
Issues that therapy may help with include...
Anxiety
Panic attacks
Relationship difficulties
Self-harm or suicidal feelings
Grief, loss or bereavement
Feeling different
Trauma and stress
Depression
Anger and power
Making sense of childhood
Lack of confidence or self-esteem
Sex and sexuality
Difficulties at work
Feeling 'something isn't right'
Where I work
I work in Forest Hill, London SE23. My practice is about 5 minutes walk from Forest Hill station, which is served by Southern train services between London Bridge and London Victoria, and Windrush Line services between Highbury & Islington and Croydon
I work online on Zoom and other video platforms
Times and Fees
Individual therapy sessions are 50 minutes long
I have a sliding-scale of fees between £75 and £90 per session. The fee would be discussed and agreed at the beginning of therapy
Contact
If you'd like to enquire about starting therapy, please use this form -
If you would prefer to speak or leave a voicemail, you can call me on 07812 568 063
All enquires are treated as strictly confidential
Some frequently asked questions
Counselling tends to be seen as ‘short-term’ work with a problem that can be looked at and discussed in a clearly-resolvable way. Therapy is a word used more to describe longer-term work; discussion that tends towards substantial issues at a deeper level.
Whether counselling or therapy work best as a short- or long-term option depends on the client though, and the difficulties they are facing. In some cases counselling can prove helpful as a continuing, longer-term option, and therapy occaisionally resolves an issue in just a few sessions.
There’s no fixed or ideal length of time for the counselling process; it varies from person to person and will often depend on the depth of the issues they want to explore.
This depends on what your needs are. Some people find that after only a very few sessions they have some clarity and focus and choose to end. Other people value the ongoing support and the therapeutic relationship and come for weeks, months, or years.
Confidentiality is one of the main ways in which therapy differs from many other forms of helping; talking to friends or family can rarely offer the same degree of confidentiality. The confidentiality and trust between a client and therapist can allow the work to go as deep as necessary.
I'm happy to discuss confidentiality in depth with clients for whom this is a major concern.
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