Nicola Edmonds
Psychotherapeutic Counsellor
Offering: Individual Therapy
Availability: (Days, evenings) Monday evening (Zoom) and Tuesday evenings (person - Witney)
Fees: £50 (some £35 spaces)
Frequency: Weekly
Location: OTS-Witney Therapy Centre
Also at: OTS-Oxford Therapy Centre
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Approach & Specialist Areas:
I am a qualified Psychotherapeutic Counsellor offering medium- and long-term counselling and psychotherapy for individuals. I have been trained in a combination of approaches including Transactional Analysis, Gestalt, Psychodynamic and Person-Centred approaches.
Background:
I have 35 years of experience of working supportively with people from all walks of life through; one-to-one Coaching, Executive Coaching, Group Facilitation of groups with conflicting objectives, Conflict Resolution, working with vulnerable children and troubled adolescents. I have successfully worked in Corporate, Educational, and Voluntary settings. I have been working with clients for the last five years.
Working in an open and transparent way, I tailor my approach to suit your specific needs. I will provide a calm and reflective environment through which we can be curious and explore whatever it is you need to bring. Working together, we can review how you live and relate to others, both now and in the past, to enable you to make sense of how you are feeling and why, and to locate and develop your natural capabilities to enable you to support yourself better. This will be your space to be listened to, accepted and heard.
I work with:
Training/Qualifications:
CCTP: Trauma Certification
Diploma, Humanistic Counsellor - Metanoia Institute
Masters Level: Conflict Resolution & Group Facilitation (NAOS Institute)
Registered Bodies:
BACP
Member of Oxford Psychotherapy Society
Member of OTS
Ben Barwick
Integrative Counsellor
Offering: Individual therapy
Availability: Monday to Friday (Days & Evenings)
Fees: £50 - sliding scale
Frequency: Weekly
Location: OTS-Witney Therapy Centre
Also at: OTS-Oxford Therapy Centre& Online
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Approach & Specialist Areas:
As an integrative counsellor, I draw on a few theories (Person-Centred, Psychodynamic and Gestalt) and tailor my approach to the client. I have a keen interest in Psychodynamic Counselling, which impacts my practice. I am focused on working in the present, making the unconscious conscious. We’ll explore patterns that have been established in early life and allow you to do something differently.
I offer both long-term open-ended and short term counselling. Your needs are something we would discuss in our initial sessions.
Background:
I spent over ten years as a Running Coach at Full Potential, designing training plans and supporting runners of all abilities. I felt there was more out there, so in 2018 I took a Level 2 Course in Counselling Skills. Within weeks I knew this was a career path I wanted to go down.
I’ve always been inquisitive about understanding myself, and counselling allowed me to explore my past, present, and future in a way I have never done before. It helps me make sense of my world, which I want to offer to others.
I am currently studying for a postgraduate Certificate in Psychodynamic Counselling at Oxford University. I hope to turn this into a Masters over the next few years.
Training & Qualifications:
Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
Currently Studying PG Cert in Psychodynamic Counselling
Registered Bodies & Organisational Positions:
BACP Registered Member
OTS Member
Lynne Humphreys
Therapeutic Counsellor
Offering: Individual adults (18+) therapy
Availability: no space before summer, 2024
Fees: £60 (50-minute sessions)
Frequency: Weekly
Location: OTS-Witney Therapy Centre, Eynsham & Online
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Approach & Specialist Areas:
From my experience of having counselling at different stages of my life - being ‘the client’ - I discovered that therapy can be a profound and deeply transformative process. It brought meaning, self-wisdom and vitality into my life. I believe that the relationship between client and therapist is one of the most powerful and effective ways to experience emotional healing, psychological wellbeing and personal growth. This is one of the reasons that I trained as a counsellor.
You and the challenges you’re facing are unique. I offer you a place of safety and empathy to unpack it all. As an integrative therapist, I work alongside you to create a bespoke personal therapy which addresses your needs and hopes. I draw on different ways to explore emotions and self-awareness helping you to uncover how you relate to yourself, how you relate to your past and how you form relationships and relate to those around you.
This may involve: Timelines, Attachment theory, Younger Self dialogue, Body Awareness and Breathwork, Creative Experiment, Visualization, Dreamwork and Storytelling.
Background:
After an undergraduate degree in Psychology and English, I developed a career in book publishing - commissioning authors and managing international educational publishing programmes. I’ve lived and worked in various countries either in education or the publishing sector. The creativity of story and illustration from my publishing work influences my therapy practice – offering clients creative ways to explore emotions and understand themselves more fully.
Training & Qualifications:
Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling (CPCAB, Banbury)
Diploma Intercultural and Theological Studies (OU)
BA Hons Psychology & English (Oxford Brookes)
Registered Bodies & Organisational Positions:
Member BACP (British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy)
Member of British Psychological Society GMBPsS
Member of OTS
Stephanie Davis
Attachment-Based Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist
Offering: Individual Therapy, Couples Therapy
Availability: Thursdays (+Abingdon below)
Fees: £65 - £95 per session
Frequency: Weekly or more as needed
Location: OTS-Witney Therapy Centre;
Also at: Abingdon: Mon, Tues
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Approach & Specialist Areas:
As an attachment-based therapist, I view relationships with others as a key part of human development and growth, and understand that disruptions and difficulties in relationships, in both childhood and adulthood, and feelings of isolation can damage our ability to manage our lives and our selves. These disruptions and difficulties can affect us in a variety of ways of which we may be unaware. My work with clients involves facilitating an understanding of how much of one’s behaviour, and way of relating to others, is influenced by processes linked to such disruptions and difficulties. I consider the therapy to be ‘relational’ in that it is an endeavour in which the therapist and client are both mutually engaged and working together to effect change.
I have developed expertise in working with a range of clients from different cultural and national backgrounds with concerns as diverse as depression, anxiety, trauma, eating problems and abuse as well as emotional difficulties and problems of identity and the self. I also specialise in working with the transition to parenthood and issues around PND.
I use the EFT approach when working with couples. Attachment needs are present throughout the lifespan and viewing the adult couple relationship as an attachment relationship offers a perspective which views the difficulties and disruptions as a consequence of couples struggling to have a good enough, supportive attachment with one another. When a couples’ attachment feels insecure it can result in negative cycles of behaviour which prevent them from communication and connecting effectively. Working from this perspective, I endeavour to support couples to identify and understand their negative cycles and support them in unlocking the emotions fuelling this negative cycle to facilitate a move to a more secure and supportive attachment and way of relating.
Background:
Prior to working as a therapist, I worked as a management consultant and also as a research fellow in Education and Psychiatry. As such, I have a keen understanding of the impact of different environments on mental well-being as well as mental health issues themselves. I have worked in the NHS, private practice and with several charities specialising in fostering and adoption, refugees and stroke survivors and their carers.
Training & Qualifications:
Diploma Attachment Based Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
PhD Psychology
MA (Hons) Psychology (Cantab)
Emotionally Focussed Therapy (EFT) approach with couples (Marriage Care)
Registered Bodies:
UKCP Registered
Director of the Forum for Independent Psychotherapists (FIP)
Member of TRS (The Relational School)
Member of OPS (Oxford Psychotherapy Society)
Member of OTS
OTS Witney Therapy Centre & elsewhere
Ahmed Kandeel
Psychodynamic Counsellor
Offering: Individual therapy for Adults (Arabic, English languages)
Availability: Monday am
Fees: £65
Frequency: Weekly
Location: OTS-Witney Therapy Centre
Also at: OTS-Oxford Therapy Centre
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Approach & Specialist Areas:
My training is in Psychodynamic Counselling. My approach is to create a safe and non-judgmental space for the person to talk and explore difficult feelings and emotions, sometimes we can think of the present in the light of the past and sometimes it's just this supportive and safe space to think together. I have worked with clients who have had low self-esteem issues, depression, relationship issues, childhood trauma, abuse, loss and grief. I believe each individual is unique and cannot be defined by what they suffer from
Background:
I worked for some years in different charitable organisations in the Oxfordshire area that offered general counselling or bereavement and loss-specific counselling
Training and qualifications:
Diploma in Psychodynamic Counselling from Wessex Counselling Services
Registered Bodies & Organisational Positions:
MBACP Accredited Membership
BPC Accredited member
Adi Hughes
Integrative Counsellor
Offering: Individual therapy
Availability: Monday - Thursday (day-7pm)
Fees: £55; online £50
Frequency: Weekly
Location: OTS-Witney Therapy Centre / Online
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Approach & Specialist Areas:
We all go through times in our life when things are challenging, and we find ourselves struggling in different ways. This can result in you feeling anxious, depressed, or just stuck in a rut that you don’t know how to get out of. It could be you have experienced relationship problems, financial difficulty causing you stress or have suffered a bereavement and are looking for support to cope and move forward. At times like these it can be helpful to talk to someone.
I offer a friendly, warm, empathetic, and non-judgemental approach in a safe and confidential space where we can explore your feelings and concerns that are troubling you together. I am a qualified counsellor with a Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling and a member of the BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy). I'm currently specialising in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.
I am an integrative counsellor. This means that I use different techniques from different types of therapy to tailor an approach specifically for you. Whilst working mainly from a Person-Centred approach I also draw on Psychodynamic Therapy, CBT, and Transactional Analysis where appropriate. I have worked with a range of clients from different backgrounds and with various issues including depression, anxiety, low mood, relationship issues, bereavement, low self-esteem, abuse (sexual & domestic violence), work difficulties and dealing with terminal illness.
I work in person and offer online counselling. If you would like to work with me so we can explore your issues and work together to help you, then please contact me for an initial session.
Background:
My background is in Psychology in which I have an MSc and BSc. My initial interest in psychology stemmed from my need to understand mental health after I experienced my own issues. I lectured and taught psychology for many years and during my time in education I was a pastoral tutor to students aged 14-18. In this role I supported students experiencing many types of challenges and problems including anxiety, self-harm, sexual health issues, sexual dilemmas, domestic problems, cyberbullying and relationship problems. My own experience of mental health problems throughout my life, and the help and support that therapy gave me then inspired me to train as a counsellor in order to provide others with the same healing.
Training and Qualifications:
Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
Certificate in Counselling Studies
Certificate in Counselling Skills
MSc Psychology
PGCE
BSc (Hons) Psychology
Currently completing Level 5 Diploma in CBT
Registered Bodies:
Member of BACP
Member of BPS
Natasha Humphries
Integrative Counsellor
Offering: One-to-one therapy (18+)
Availability: Monday - Wednesday (daytime only)
Fees: £45 per 50 minute session
Frequency: Weekly
Location: OTS-Witney Therapy Centre / Online
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Approach & Specialist Areas:
I am a qualified integrative counsellor, which essentially means I have a toolkit of different techniques and experiences I can draw upon in our sessions, depending on your needs. Everyone is different and counselling is not a 'one size fits all' approach.
Sometimes in life we feel out of control, lonely, stuck, struggle to cope, repeat destructive patterns or wonder why we're in the same situation again. You don't have to be 'mentally ill' to need or benefit from counselling. It can help with developing self-awareness, improving relationships and making better informed decisions.
I offer honesty, empathy, a space to talk, be heard and understood. Through our relationship I want to help you unravel your thoughts and feelings, but I won't give you answers or advice. I ask for commitment and a willingness to challenge yourself but also self-compassion; it may be bumpy.
Background:
I have over 12 years’ experience of working in education and the lack of readily available mental health resources in this sector, inspired me to become a counsellor. I have always been fascinated by ‘what makes a person’, our childhood experiences and how we interact with others.
Training & Qualifications:
Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling (Banbury Counselling Academy)
Registered Bodies & Organisational Positions:
BACP Registered Member
Caroline Phillips
Psychodynamic Counsellor
Offering: one-to-one therapy (16+), Couples
Availability: Mon 1.30pm-9.30pm; Tue 8am - 5pm; Wed 1.30pm-9.30pm; Fri 8am-7pm
Fees: £25 for initial session £50 (concessions) (50 minutes)
Frequency: Weekly
Location: OTS-Witney Therapy Centre
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Approach & Specialist Areas:
The psychodynamic approach to therapy focuses on helping us to identify and understand negative patterns of relating and behaving so we can begin to find better ways of coping with life's difficulties. As such, the work we do together involves thinking about what lies under the surface of thoughts, feelings and actions as a way of gaining greater self-awareness. It can involve thinking about past events and their impact on the present. Additionally, close attention is paid to the relationship between us in the counselling room as a way of throwing light on relationships in your everyday life.
Other approaches may also be integrated into the above (eg person-centred and elements of CBT) as and when appropriate, to best resolve your issues and meet your needs.
Background:
I am an experienced counsellor with practices in Witney and Oxford. I also have close links with the Oxford Women’s Counselling Centre (OWCC), initially as a counsellor and now as an assessor for the organisation. Prior to training as a counsellor I lectured in Psychology.
Training & Qualifications:
BSc(Hons) Psychology, PgDip in Counselling
Registered Bodies:
Registered, accredited member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and follow their ethical framework for good practice.
Member of the British Psychology Society (BPS).
Delia Taylor-Brook
Transpersonal Psychotherapist and Counsellor
Offering: Couples & individuals 18+, Supervision, Skype, Mindfulness Facilitation & Life Coaching
Availability: Tuesdays to Thursdays daytime and early evenings
Fees: £55-£65; Mindfulness groups - £235 for an 8 week course.
Frequency: Usually Weekly
Location: On-line only (Working in Wales)
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Approach & Specialist Areas:
I provide a confidential, non-judgemental and supportive environment in which we will collaboratively explore your anxieties and concerns. Sometimes called “the talking cure”, it can be a time for healing emotional pain and coming to a resolution about the past. It can also be about understanding your present behaviour and working towards change. The opportunity to talk and offload with someone who listens and moreover hears is in itself deeply therapeutic.
My role is to work empathically with you to encourage greater personal awareness and insight, in order that you can make the life changes that you long for. I work with genuine respect for you and your life values, whilst offering alternative ways of understanding you and your life. It offers you a therapeutic alliance which facilitates personal and spiritual growth. It also encourages the development of the necessary inner resources and personal qualities which will support you to develop the freedom to live more fully.
Background:
I have been in the field of people development since 1980 and I have been practising as a Counsellor and Psychotherapist since 1991. I have 9 years experience working with addiction treatment centres in London and Oxford and have many years experience working with issues around alcohol, drugs and food. I have worked for employee assistance programmes since 1996, working with a range of issues including work related stress.
Training & Qualifications:
Certificate in Life Coaching, The Coaching Academy, 2017
Mindfulness for Professionals, The British Institute of Mindfulness, 2016
Relationship Therapy training, Juliet Grayson, 2014
Diploma and Advanced Diploma in Transpersonal Psychotherapy and Counselling, CCPE, (1997 and 2003)
Diploma in Supervision, CCPE, 2001
Certificate in Obesity Management, Lighterlife, 1999
Certificate in Substance Misuse: Prevention and Education, Roehampton Institute, 1994
Registered Bodies:
UKCP
In this section you will find other OTS members who work locally, as indicated in the 'location' section of their entry.
Tanya Smith
Integrative Therapist
Offering: 1-1 adults, 11-18 yrs counselling, families
Availability: Monday am & pm, Wednesday pm and Saturday am
Fees: £65 individuals, £70 families
Frequency: Weekly
Location: Witney
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Approach:
Therapy is a very personal matter and the relationship with the therapist has to feel comfortable and safe. Finding the right person for you is key. It is generally understood in the field of therapy that the quality of the therapeutic relationship, not just the theory practised, is what makes therapy successful for the individual. An initial meeting will enable you to see if on meeting me, you feel you could work with me.
Background:
After qualifying as a therapist in 2000, I worked in private practice wth adults for 9 years. I then began working as part of a team that offered Solution Focused Therapy to families in crisis for Social Services in West London.
Since 2009 I have worked as a school counsellor with children aged 11 to 18 years old. This work requires a creative and adaptable way of working to engage a young person. My private practice then evolved to offering work to teens and families.
Training & Qualifications:
My training is in Psychological Counselling, which draws on psychodynamic, CBT and humanistic theory. I studied Counselling Psychology at Roehampton University and received PG dip in Psychological Counselling.
PG dip in Working with Adolescents from WPF,
Diploma in Family Work from Oxford College,
Certificate in Solution Focused Therapy from BRIEF.
Registered:
BACP ( British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy)
BPS (British Psychological Society)
Member of OTS.
