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Specialises in

• Counselling

• Psychotherapy

• Solution Focused Brief Therapy

Offers

• Face-to-face consultations
• Video and telephone consultations

About me

I am a UKCP accredited psychotherapist providing face to face sessions in central and south east London. I also offer online sessions via a number of electronic platforms. I strive to provide a therapeutic space that allows my clients to feel heard with empathy, openness, and honesty at the core of this experience. I am committed to helping my clients face the challenges of life, no matter how overwhelming these may seem.

I have considerable experience as a psychotherapist and counsellor, helping clients from a wide range of backgrounds. My experience includes helping people with bereavement, general anxiety, depression, social anxiety, phobias, relationship difficulties, trauma, obsessions / compulsions, grief, and other mental wellbeing challenges.

I am also an adoption informed counsellor, holding a certificate in Adoption Support Counselling, allowing me to work with adults whose lives have been touched by adoption. I have a keen interest in understanding the lived experience of each person within the adoption triad, with a specific focus on the lived experience of adoptees that are thinking about starting their reunion journey or have been through an adoption reunion.

I am trained in a number of different counselling styles, including Behavioural therapies, Psychoanalytic, Existential Phenomenological, and Mindfulness. As part of my practice, I strive to adapt these approaches to my client's individual needs. I have experience in working with adults in a number of different settings, ranging from NHS Talking Therapy, addiction centers, and counselling charities.

Prior to embarking upon a career in counselling, I worked in the change management arena for a number of global organisations operating in the finance, automotive and consumer goods industries. As a result, I have an understanding of and experience working with the pressures and demands one can face, and the challenges this can create in maintaining balance between our personal and working lives.

Areas of interest

Adoption; Trauma; Anxiety; Depression; Experiential based therapy, Somatic therapy

Medical secretaries

• Paul Gomes
• 07872 064901
• paul@paulgomescounselling.com