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Practitioners
Jowita Kaminska
UKATA Registered - RTE Diploma Member.
Location:
Edinburgh and East Lothian
Price per Session £
55
Who I work with:
Adults
I offer empathic and nonjudgemental space where you can explore your difficulties.
We can take a look at your past and get more understanding how it influences your present thinking, feeling and behaviour.
I am interested what you want to change and will go alongside you to achieve it.
I am trauma-informed counsellor, and my practice is LGBTQIA+ affirming and inclusive. I have experience of working with neurodiverse individuals, particularly ADHD.
I am bilingual (Polish and English). I have lived and worked in two cultures for over twenty years which I find incredibly enriching and constantly providing opportunities for learning, discovery and development.
Hasan Kurtarici
UKATA Registered - RTE Diploma Member.
Location:
Bexleyheath
Price per Session £
50
Who I work with:
Adults
Hello, I’m Hasan, a Transactional Analysis (TA) therapist and a registered NCPS counsellor.
I offer online therapy across the UK, and in-person sessions in the Bexleyheath area. One of my specialties is supporting the Deaf community and individuals with hearing loss, ensuring they have a space where they can feel fully understood and supported.
I work with clients facing stress, anxiety, and depression. I’m also deeply passionate about exploring issues around identity, including the intersections of culture, race, and sexuality.
TA is a powerful tool for personal growth, designed to help you unlock your full potential and improve your overall well-being. While rooted in a Humanistic approach, TA goes beyond traditional therapy, offering a comprehensive framework for positive change in your life.
Before becoming a therapist, I spent 11 years as a sign language interpreter. This background allows me to offer a unique therapeutic experience for both Deaf and hearing individuals.
When you reach out, we can set up a free 15-minute screening to explore what brings you to therapy. If we both feel that we’re a good fit, we’ll arrange a convenient time for ongoing sessions.
Typically, sessions last 50 minutes once a week, though I’m happy to adapt the frequency based on your needs.
I look forward to supporting you on your journey to well-being.
Jane Nixon
Certified Transactional Analyst Qualified Member.
Location:
Maidstone, Kent
Price per Session £
65-95
Who I work with:
Adults, couples, groups
I am an experienced psychotherapist and supervisor.
My practice now focus exclusively on monthly therapeutic mentoring. This is for individuals or couples for whom monthly support is ideal.
Therapeutic mentoring offers elements of therapy, coaching and mentoring. It will not be suitable for those requiring immediate support or weekly therapy.
I provide a confidential and non-judgmental space for reflection, enquiry and compassionate challenge.
Make contact if you feel this would meet your needs and we can discuss.
Chantelle Adams
UKATA Registered - Provisional Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst.
Location:
Avenue Rd, Brentford TW8 9NS, UK
Price per Session £
70
Who I work with:
Adults/Couples/Supervisees
I value personal growth - yours and mine. I have an MSc in Psychotherapy with UKCP accreditation and I am a Transactional Analysis Supervisor and Tutor. Using Relational TA, my approach is integrative, drawing on both Psychoanalytic and Humanistic principals.
Whilst working with relational difficulties, trauma, bereavement/loss, Neurodiversity, BDSM/Kink, I have a particular interest in working with minority groups who have experienced being marginalised by society. My practice is non-discriminatory, race and LGBTQ+ affirmative, with respect for the individuality, experience and value of each client.
Providing a safe, confidential and empathic space, I work to support you in exploring whatever it is that has brought you into therapy.
I belong to the following professional bodies: UKCP; BACP; Metanoia Institute; UKATA; and EATA.
I am a registered provider with: AXA, Aviva and WPA.
Behnam Abdevand
UKATA Registered - Contractual Trainee Transactional Analyst.
Location:
Wilbraham Rd, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester M21 9AS, UK
Price per Session £
60
Who I work with:
Adults/Couples
My Philosophy
I believe that our beliefs and value systems or attitude guide our behaviour. There is no right or wrong answer, and everyone has the answers within themselves. My role as your therapist will be to lead you towards this self-knowledge.
Each of us sees something different when we look out into the world and no two people experience the world in the same way. Our encounter with the world and perceptions depends on who we are, what ability we have and our past experiences.
I work with you to increase your awareness and help you to find the answers or truth for yourself. I will help you become more confident and happier and help you to live your life with more wisdom, peace and freedom.
My Approach for Individuals
I use Transactional Analysis (TA) when I work with individuals. Transactional Analysis (TA) is a model of psychotherapy which helps you understand why you behave in certain way in your social interactions and how your past experiences impact your life here and now. This systematic psychotherapy can help you to make new decisions and can lead you towards personal growth and personal change.
My Approach for Couples
I use Imago Relationship Therapy with couples which helps you to improve your relationships and become closer to your partner. My role as an Imago therapist is to teach, support and guide you through the Imago Dialogue to deepen your communication and to make a good connection with each other. Through the process you will recognize how early childhood relationship experiences affect how we communicate, behave, and respond to others in adult relationships. In a safe and effective way, you will work out the misunderstandings, reduce conflict, find new ways to bond, and create a joyful and loving relationship.
Gill Murchie
UKATA Registered - Certified Transactional Analyst Qualified Member.
Location:
Kingston upon Thames KT1, UK
Price per Session £
80
Who I work with:
Adults , Couples and Groups.
Hello, I am Gill and I work as a Psychotherapist and Supervisor online and face to face as a Transactional Analyst and UKCP registered Psychotherapist.
I offer confidential, caring and non-judgmental counselling and psychotherapy for both individuals and couples. I work online and face to face depending on the needs of my clients. Whilst I specialise in Transactional Analysis, I supplement my therapy and supervision work with considering the relationship styles in terms of Attachment theory (I lectured in this for the Open University) so in some ways that is my primary modality and supplement this with a humanistic and integrative approach to support you.
I also use my background to support adults returning to study to retrain as a counsellor or psychotherapist. I will use my skills to support you on your journey to achieve your potential and to identify in what way you block and sabotage yourself on this journey, helping you to understand yourself and your script.
I am based in Kingston near to the train line connections with Clapham Junction and so also with Central London.
Lynda Britchford
UKATA Registered - RTE Diploma Member.
Location:
Southwell NG25, UK
Price per Session £
80
Who I work with:
Adults - individuals and groups
Hello! Here is a little about me and my therapy practice. I offer a safe space for trans, non binary and gender expansive clients. Whilst I am a cisgender, heterosexual person, I feel strongly that a persons gender is not up for debate, and offer an affirming supportive space for all. I am a member of TACTT (Therapists against conversion therapy and transphobia).
I also hold a neurodivergent inclusive space - I have personal lived experience of neurodivergence (ADHD) but my experience won’t be the same as yours. I provide a space in which you can explore what your neurodivergence means for you, whether thats ADHD, being autistic, or other differences.
A bit about me... briefly, I've been a therapist for nine years. I also have thirty years experience in the voluntary, care, and NHS sectors. This has been supporting individuals with emotional distress and trauma, caused by a wide range of issues. One of my commitments, is my investment in ongoing professional development in the fields of trauma, neurodivergence, and gender diversity. This ensures my practice is ethical, trauma informed and up to date. And ultimately, benefits you, the client.
The relationship between the therapist and the client is really important. It help you feel comfortable, emotionally contained and safe, which may sound obvious. But it is also predictive of positive therapeutic outcomes, and a reduction in difficult symptoms. Indeed the best way for us to find out if we will 'click', is to meet. However, I hope that by sharing some information here about who I am, what makes me tick, and my values, will help to give you a sense of whether you want to connect with me. So, if you're interested in those things, please carry on reading below.
Trust, relationship, and integrity are very important to me. I am deeply committed to offering you an honest, respectful, safe and confidential relationship, in which we can work together. All that being said, please don't think Im some kind of saintly fluffy person - Im really not! Ive purple hair, a half shaved head, I swear, and I enjoy humour - both of which can have a place in therapy. My personal values are of kindness, compassion, honesty, and inclusivity. I commit to being as flexible as I can to support people with health issues and/or neurodiversity, within my own competence. If it's helpful for you to know, I am physically disabled with long term health issues, and have ADHD. That being said, I strongly believe that lived experience is very individual, and your therapy is about YOUR experience. Everyone matters. You matter.
I will welcome you wholeheartedly, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, nationality, religious or spiritual beliefs, or colour. That being said, trust takes time to establish and I don't expect you to trust me straight away simply because Im a therapist. I need to demonstrate I am an okay person to trust. Safety is also an internal feeling - I know that providing an objectively safe space, does not mean always feeling safe in therapy. What I can do is be with you, and support you at those times. If you feel I might be someone you can connect with, please do contact me. I look forward to hearing from you.
Naomi Brewer
UKATA Registered - Contractual Trainee Transactional Analyst.
Location:
Guildford
Price per Session £
50
Who I work with:
Adults/Couples/Groups
I work in central Guildford and offer a service to all who seek to live life better. With an open mind and time to listen I am here to support your journey to mental and emotional strength. Many people carry trauma and pain in hidden places throughout their lives. From personal experience and formal training I believe that when the pain is faced in Counselling, with insight, gentleness and compassion, healing comes. Healing then releases energy which enables you to be and to live well.
Cathie Long
UKATA Registered - RTE Diploma Member.
Location:
Cardigan SA43, UK
Price per Session £
60 - 75
Who I work with:
Adults & groups
As a psychotherapist with an MA in Autism, and numerous awards for my work with neurodivergent people, I mainly work with people who have had a autism late-diagnosis, including women misdiagnosed with an emotionally unstable personality 'disorder', who discover they are autistic. I intensely dislike the concept of 'disordered' and work with my clients to unravel their brilliance and struggles from a life position of "I'm-OK, You're-OK". In-session we explore what it means to be autistic, including masking, sensory processing differences, disordered eating, co-occurring conditions, communication approaches and so much more. I have an in-depth understanding of the Family Courts, Special Education and Disability Tribunals, and Social Care. I support people who have experienced discrimination and injustice where their 'difference' has been misunderstood.
Publications:
Community Care. (2017, May 15). Pathological demand avoidance: what it is and why do social workers need to know? Retrieved from Community Care: https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2019/05/15/pathological-demand-avoidance-social-workers-need-know/
The Transactional Analyst. (2021). Autism and Trauma: a personal perspective. The Transactional Analyst, 20-21.
Gullon-Scott, F. & Long, C. (2022). FII and Perplexing Presentations: What is the Evidence Base for and against Current Guidelines, and What are the Implications for Social Services? British Journal of Social Work, 1-17
BASW, Fabricated or Induced Illness and Perplexing Presentations – Practice Guidance for Social Work Practitioners, Long et. al., 2022
Long, et. al., PANS, PANDAS and Fabricated or Induced Illness: A Guide for Social Work, Healthcare and Education Professionals, PANS PANDAS UK, May 2023.
O'Nions, et. al., (November 2023). How can autistic adults be supported in primary care? British Journal of General Practice, 518-521
Eaton, J. (2023). Autism Missed and Misdiagnosed: Identifying, Understanding and Supporting Diverse Autistic Identities, (Chapter 9) Cathleen Long. Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Nicki Wisbey
Certified Transactional Analyst Qualified Member.
Location:
Southampton SO14 3FD, UK
Price per Session £
60
Who I work with:
Adults and Couples
Hello and welcome. I am an experienced Counsellor and Psychotherapist and Supervisor working with both couples and individuals.
Sometimes life gets too much for us, it can be overwhelming, confusing and frightening. I offer a warm safe space for you to explore your thoughts and worries without judgement, where we can start to make sense of what’s happening together and where you can develop strength and resilience and find healthier ways to manage life’s pressures.
I offer both short term, long term and single sessions depending on your circumstances and needs. I have a passion for diversity and difference and multi cultural exploration.
My approach is focused on the importance of communication and the relationship and how we interact with ourselves and others.If you are ready to get to know yourself from a different perspective please get in touch.
Beverley Wiltshire-Payne
UKATA Registered - RTE Diploma Member.
Location:
Orchard Way, Tasburgh, Norwich NR15 1NJ, UK
Price per Session £
60
Who I work with:
Adults, Groups
I enjoy working with a wide variety of people who want to make changes in their lives. TA is my favourite modality by far, and I embrace the flexibility of other strands of knowledge and skills if the contract, diagnosis and treatment plan are supported eg EMDR, neurobiology, NLP, somatic practises.
Individual work (long-term and short-term, regular sessions or one-off intensives) brings the opportunity for healing relationships, one to one, maybe giving voice to innermost thoughts and feelings for the first time - maybe peeling back another layer of the onion and going more deeply into the root cause of our discomfort and adaptions, exploring sources of physis and committing to autonomy through awareness, spontaneity and the capacity for intimacy.
Group work (both open groups and closed fixed-term groups) offer many opportunities for relational work, psycho-education, trying out new behaviours, checking how one's frame of reference matches with others' and having one's own therapeutic journey witnessed and supported by other people. I've been working with survivors of sexual and domestic abuse in this way for many years and am humbled by the way in which my clients willingly bring their vulnerability and show-up.
I am keen to offer trainees the experience of group work with the attendant benefit of a reduced fee - I have been blessed with great opportunities during my training journey and am ready to give some back
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