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The practice partners have many years of counselling and psychotherapy experience and professionally recognised training based upon Integrative, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Existential traditions. The partners also bring extensive experience from careers in the business, social and voluntary sectors.
Lesley Haswell. is a registrant of the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP), a member of the Society for Existential
Analysis (SEA) and a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).
In recent years Lesley has worked as a counsellor and psychotherapist at a large London based NHS hospital, for a charity supporting survivors of physical and emotional abuse and in her own private practice. Before this Lesley worked in senior roles in the private and not-for-profit sectors, in IT management, politics, internet and banking systems. Her corporate experience includes career development, mentoring and coaching. Prior to starting her career Lesley was drawn to her interests in people's well-being with her primary degree being a BSc in Medical Sciences with Physiology.
Christine Martin. I have worked therapeutically with clients from all walks of life: retired people, business managers, women working in the home or outside, people brought up in caring families and those from unstable family backgrounds ,
 | people in prison, people working in steady jobs and those without employment, people born in Britain and those who have moved here to live.
In my private practice and while working for government-funded organisations, my clients have chosen to explore a wide range of concerns, including: problematic relationships, drug or alcohol use, compulsive behaviours, bereavement, depression, living in an adoptive country, criminal behaviours, destructive childhood relationships, lack of motivation and purpose in life. I also enjoy my work as part-time tutor for students of counselling and psychotherapy at Regents College School of Psychotherapy and Counselling Psychology, and at Thames Valley University as supervisor of trainee counsellors working in a range of counselling centres. I also fulfil a role as committee member for the Society for Existential Analysis. Prior to my work as a therapist, for many years I was director, consultant and trainer in the social and voluntary sectors.
Nicholas Rose. Nick is a registrant of the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP), a member of the Society for Existential Analysis (SEA) and an accredited member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
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As a counsellor and psychotherapist Nick has experience of working with a wide range of client issues in a variety of settings, including multiple trauma, working with clients where English is not their first language, sexuality, HIV, long term mental and physical health issues and shorter term solution focused therapy. Nick's corporate experience includes senior management positions with an emphasis on marketing and strategy within the retail, telecommunications, internet and not-for-profit sectors, both domestically and internationally. He has lived and worked abroad and latterly pursued an interest in human rights violations and the impact upon the survivor.
Counselling and Psychotherapy
You may be concerned with hopes or fears for your future, current situations and relationships in life or those from your past. We offer counselling, psychotherapy and employee support that is confidential, empathic and which is in accordance with the ethical and good practice guidelines laid down by the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP), the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and the Society of Existential Analysis (SEA).
If you would like further information on particular contexts and issues please see our pages "Work" and "Personal" and if you would like to understand a little more about what to expect in your sessions please see the "About Sessions" page. Finally, if you would like further general information on counselling and psychotherapy you might find the websites of the professional bodies helpful.
Counselling and psychotherapy involve you and the therapist meeting, talking and listening together with the mutual purpose of paying careful attention to your life and how you experience it. As such therapy is a shared process and the therapeutic relationship can only be nurtured in a safe and dependable environment. We work carefully and respectfully, honouring your privacy, autonomy and independence and your freedom and ability to make choices for yourself. Within the therapeutic relationship you can explore your physical and emotional feelings, your thoughts and behaviours and the contexts in which they arise.
Personal
We offer individual short and long-term counselling and psychotherapy focusing on issues related to your personal, family or social life. Examples of the kinds of experience we can work with therapeutically include:
• personal development
• feelings of anxiety, stress, panic or confusion
• feelings of depression
• dreams
• lacking confidence or self-esteem
• feelings of anger, frustration or aggression
• concerns about your personal relationships
• sexuality
• suffering loss or bereavement
• questioning your sense of identity
• feeling lonely, isolated or unable to connect with those around you
• having physical problems with no clear physical cause
• lacking a sense of meaning or purpose in life
• experiencing conflict, tension or divided viewpoints
• feeling overly dependent on a particular substance or activity
• suffering from trauma or abuse
• coping with pain and physical illness
• mental health issues
• creativity blockage
• significant birthday
• parenting
• infertility
• sleeping
Work
We offer one to one explorations of work-related issues to achieve greater understanding of difficult situations or relationships and to maximise your potential at work. Examples of the kinds of issue we can explore include:
• concerns about your working relationships
• conflict resolution
• concerns about your capabilities at work
• feeling that you are not making use of your full potential
• exploring career options
• questioning whether you fit into your workplace
• lacking a sense of meaning or purpose in your working life
• feelings of anxiety or stress related to work tasks or responsibilities
• coping with change at work
• difficulties with your manager that you feel uncomfortable discussing at work
• concerns about the way personal issues may be affecting your work and vice versa
• work life balance
Please feel free to contact me with any questions.
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