London - West > Maida Hill > W : 2 > Mic Austen Name:   Mic Austen    I practise at:   36, Warley Hill, Brentwood, Essex CM14 and at:   Warwick Crescent, Maida Hill, London W2   Website:   http://www.macounselling.co.uk     Phone:   07788-442835      Prof. membership:   UKCP  -  United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy   I seek to provide a safe, supportive, non-judgemental space for you to explore issues that adversely affect your life, either individually or as a couple. Counselling & psychotherapy gives you the opportunity to reflect on difficult experiences and thoughts and helps you to find solutions so that you can live a happier and more fulfilling life. I am a UKCP accredited psychotherapist with over 10 years counselling & psychotherapy experience. I work with individuals and couples to help you find resolutions to difficult thoughts and/or feelings. I work with couples and individuals and offer both short-term and open-ended counselling and psychotherapy. I have a particular interest in the impact of parents with personality disorders on the individual. I work in Brentwood, Essex and in the Paddington/MaidaVale/Little Venice area of West London. Offering a warm and non-judgemental approach to my clients, I respect individuals values and personal choices. I am committed to maintaining my professional development and attend regular further training. I also have regular supervision. I am also BUPA registered. (Please discuss with me the process for claiming through BUPA prior to making an appointment. It is necessary for you to be referred to me by a psychiatrist and I can help you arrange this.) Areas of counselling I deal with: Abuse Addiction(s) Anger Management Anxiety Bereavement Bipolar Disorder/Manic Depression Bullying Child Related Issues Couples Counselling Depression Eating Disorders Low Self-Confidence Low Self-Esteem Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Personality Disorders Phobias Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Postnatal Depression Relationship Issues Sexuality Stress Termination/Abortion/Miscarriage Trauma Work Related Issues Couples General dissatisfaction with life, feeling stuck Relationship issues; inc. repeating the same patterns Self-esteem issues Work issues Loss and bereavement Sex and sexuality/gender issues Life choices and indecision Qualifications & Training Diploma in Counselling & Psychotherapy (UKCP accredited). MA in Transpersonal Counselling & Psychotherapy. EMDR - Parts 1 and 2. Experience I am an accredited psychotherapist with over 10 years experience, working within the UKCP Ethical Framework. In addition I am an accredited IMAGO Relationship Therapist - specialising in helping people improve the way they relate and break free of old patterns to realise their potential. I can help you learn skills that will help you create more satisfying relationships with yourself, your spouse/partner and with your children, family, colleagues and friends. Fees £45 - £70. Key words for this entry: Couples, Individual Counselling, Adults, Men, Women, Long-term, Short-term, Time-limited, Face-to-face, Concessionary rates, Abortion, Abuse, Addiction, Adoption, Aging, Anger, Anxiety, Attachment, Bereavement, Body image, Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), Bullying, Child Abuse, Chronic illness, Commitment, Depression, Discrimination, Divorce, Separation, Domestic abuse, Eating, Gender, Identity, Infertility, Loss, Self-esteem, Mental Health, Miscarriage, Narcissism, OCD, Panic, Parenting, Phobias, Psychosis, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Rape, Relationships, Self-confidence, Self-harm, Sexual Abuse, Sexuality, Smoking, Spirituality, Stress, Suicide, Trauma, Unemployment, Weight, Workplace, Counselling, Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing, Existential, Gestalt, Humanistic, Integrative, Jungian, Psychotherapy, Transactional Analysis, Transpersonal, Relationship Coaching.