London - Central > W : 2 > Derek Williams Name:   Derek Williams    I practise at:   Farringdon, London EC1 and at:   London, W2   Website:   http://www.londonpsychotherapy121.com     Phone:   07956 569149      Professional    membership:   BACP  -  British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy   BSCH  -  British Society of Clinical Hypnosis   UKCP  -  United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy   In addition to my psychotherapy and counselling qualifications I am also a hypnotherapist; that enables me to work with clients in an innovative and creative fashion so that lasting change at a core level can be achieved. I work both with both the conscious element of personality by assisting appropriate behavioural changes and with the unconscious so that reasons for our feelings, thoughts and behaviours may be understood and change at core level attained. The issues that I work with include: Work related stress Lack of self esteem or confidence Redundancy Depression Anxiety and stress Changes in behaviour Anger Relationship challenges Sexual or sexuality issues Internalised self dislike Homophobia Sexual orientation Conflict resolution Phobias Personal development and growth Bereavement Drug, alcohol or other dependencies and many more Professional Bodies: I am a member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP). I am registered as a Psychotherapist with the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP). I am also a full member of the British Society of Clinical Hypnosis (BSCH). Qualifications & Training I hold a Diploma in Transpersonal and Integrative Psychotherapy from the Centre of Counselling and Psychotherapy Education (CCPE); a Diploma in Clinical Hypnotherapy from the London College of Clinical Hypnosis (LCCH), have a degree in law (LLB) and have worked as a solicitor in the City of London for many years. I adhere to the rules of professional conduct for UKCP, BACP and BSCH. Experience In addition to my private practice as a psychotherapist I also hold an honorary contract with the NHS working in a secure mental health unit in south London. During the past I have worked as a volunteer with various mental health and sexual health organisations providing both long term and short term psychotherapy and counselling. In addition I am a trustee and director of a small charity called Freshstart Psychotherapy. Fees The fee payable for the first session (the assessment) is £45 for every client. The standard fee thereafter will be between £45 and £65 per session depending on the time of day for the regular appointment. Evenings (after 4 pm) and weekend appointments are more expensive than daytime ones. Up to date fee scales are given on my website. A discount may be available to psychotherapy students (who are usually charged bewteen £35 and £40 per session), members of equity, those serving with the emergency or armed services and those on low incomes for certain daytime appointments only. A discount of 2.5% will be made where a minimum of 10 full fee sessions are paid for in advance in one payment. Payment is in cash or by cheque. I do not accept credit or debit cards. Key words for this entry: Couples, Groups, Individual Counselling, Adults, Men, Women, Long-term, Short-term, Single sessions, Time-limited, Workshop, Concessionary rates, Abortion, Abuse, Addiction, Anger, Anxiety, Attachment, Bereavement, Bipolar, Body image, Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), Bullying, Cancer, Carers, Child Abuse, Chronic illness, Commitment, Conflict, Crisis Support, Depression, Discrimination, Divorce, Separation, Domestic abuse, Eating, Gender, HIV, Identity, Insomnia, Loss, Self-esteem, Mental Health, Narcissism, Pain Management, Panic, Phobias, Psychosexual, Psychosis, Psychosomatic, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Rape, Relationships, Self-confidence, Self-harm, Sexual Abuse, Sexuality, Stress, Substance Abuse, Suicide, Trauma, Unemployment, Weight, Workplace, Adlerian, Assertiveness, Behavioural, Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Content-free, Counselling, Dream work, Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing, Ericksonian, Existential, Freudian, Gestalt, Group, Humanistic, Hypnosis, Hypnotherapy, Integrative, Jungian, Mindfulness, Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP), Person-centred, Psychodynamic, Psychotherapy, Reality Therapy, Rational Emotive Behavioural Therapy (REBT), Relaxation, Sand Tray, Solution-focused, Stress management, Systemic, Time Line, Transactional Analysis, Transpersonal, Visualisation, Business Coaching, Career.