Lauren Read
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Contact information
- Phone number
- 07508 056 824
Therapist - Carshalton
Features
- Flexible hours available
- Wheelchair accessible office
- Concessionary rates
Availability
Counselling Service Offer
Face to face and online
I can offer a range of appointments and generally quite flexible.
I can provisionally schedule appointments in advance, or place you on a waiting list.
If you would like to be added to the waiting list a counselling service offer is generally available within 1 - 6 weeks. Whilst waiting for counselling, I’ll invite you to the practice to complete an assessment.
About me and my therapy practice
Thankyou for visiting my profile page.
I do hope you find the support, guidance or counselling that you need at this time.
Counselling Service offer
- Counselling can be life changing.
- It can help resolve and understand a variety of presenting issues.
- Counselling offers a space to reflect.
Collaboratively we agree on a counselling arrangement that promotes;
Self discovery, client led, understanding, aid change and enhance overall wellbeing.
My approach to counselling originates from psychoanalysis, I practice as a psychodynamic counsellor. I've found this method to be highly effective it can be transformative.
Psychodynamic principles and concepts are useful tools to help understand a range of presenting issues and can be offered over a longer and shorter period of time.
I also offer solution focused therapy such as; Cognitive behaviour therapy and Brief psychodynamic counselling.
Practice description
What is psychodynamic counselling and what does it look like in practice?
Sometimes we are not aware of what drives behaviours, relationship difficulties, unhelpful ways of thinking, disorders etc. Psychodynamic counselling will explore the concept of the unconscious and maybe bring this into awareness.
We will spend time talking about your relationships, childhood, traumas and patterns of behaviour.
You will find I listen to you in a different type of way and utilise our relationship to guide and inform our work. Together we will explore and understand you in more depth that will hopefully provide insight and aid change.
This is a slightly less flexible counselling approach than does require commitment. Counselling sessions will be set at the same time each week any disruptions to our work are ideally kept to a minimum.
My first session
Your first session will be an assessment but also an opportunity to experience what counselling will feel like, It sets the scene for future work.
Together we can decide what might be helpful for you right now or long term. Following our first session it should highlight our mutual understanding on what your looking for. At this stage I will be able to provide a counselling service offer.
What I can help with
Abuse, ADD / ADHD, Addictions, Anger management, Anxiety, Autism spectrum, Bereavement, Cancer, Child related issues, Cultural issues, Depression, Disability, Eating disorders, Health related issues, Identity issues, Infertility, Loss, Menopause, Men's issues, Mood disorder, Obsessions, OCD, Phobias, Post-traumatic stress, Pregnancy related issues, Redundancy, Relationships, Self esteem, Self-harm, Sex-related issues, Sexual identity, Sexuality, Spirituality, Stress, Trauma, Women's issues, Work related issues
Types of therapy
Brief therapy, CBT, Psychodynamic, Solution focused brief therapy
Clients I work with
Adults, EAP, Older adults, Organisations, Trainees, Young people
How I deliver therapy
Long term sessions, Long-term face-to-face work, Online therapy, Short term sessions, Short-term face-to-face work, Time-limited
Languages spoken
English