Pauline Drizen Counselling

Counselling and therapy in Edgware

Counsellor and CBT Practitioner in North West London, Edgware, Middlesex .

TELEPHONE CBT THERAPY IS AVAILABLE

LOW COST COUNSELLING is available.

AS COUNSELLING IS LIKELY TO BE A NEW EXPERIENCE FOR YOU, A FREE INITIAL SESSION IS OFFERED WITHOUT ANY OBLIGATION.

REASONABLE FEES: £25 - £45 according to income and financial circumstances.


My name is Pauline Drizen and I am a very experienced qualified counsellor in London.
I am a Psychodynamic Counsellor and CBT Practitioner.

I believe that is very important to be a warm , empathetic, and non-judgemental therapist so that clients feel comfortable and safe in a caring and confidential environment.

I became a counsellor after I had bereavement counselling following my father's death from cancer. I found this counselling very helpful and supportive and I wanted to help other people to ensure that they too could benefit from counselling. I believe that we have inherent personal resources to cope with life's demands and issues but sometimes we need extra support.We are all individuals with our own different personalities and issues.

At the moment, due to the current economic difficulties, we are living in stressful times which causes anxieties about work, finances and relationships. I specialize in counselling in these areas including: work stress, redundancy,career counselling exploring ideas about new careers and retraining, financial problems, trauma including Road Traffic Anxiety and trauma from personal injuries,sexual abuse and assault , anxiety, depression , anger management, relationship and couple counselling.

Counselling can be a tremendous help if you have problems. You can benefit from talking through and exploring your thoughts and feelings. This “talking therapy” can help you to offload your burdens and problems. Most people experience emotional difficulties at some point in their lives which can be resolved without professional help. However, some difficulties cannot easily be resolved and seeing a suitably qualified therapist can be very useful during these periods.

QUALIFICATIONS

I am a BACP Accredited Counsellor MBACP (Accred). I am also a UKRCP Independent Registered Counsellor . Also I have a Diploma in Psychodynamic Counselling, a Post Qualifying Certificate in CBT and a BSc Honours degree. Also, I have a Certificate in Bereavement Counselling and a Certificate in Supervision. I am an EMDR Practitioner (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing - a useful treatment for a range of problems including Trauma) EMDR Parts 1,2 and 3.

I use CBT (Cognitive Behaviour Therapy) to help with coping strategies in anxiety, depression,anger, panic attacks, OCD, phobias, Post Traumatic Stress Disorders(PTSD) and eating disorders.
I abide by the Code of Conduct and Ethics of The British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).


Other areas that I am very experienced in are couple counselling , relationship counselling and domestic violence. Also,I do counselling for clients with addictions like alcohol, smoking and drugs,gambling,pornography and retail therapy as well as many addictions from the internet . Eating disorders are another major area of my work including binge eating,anorexia and bilumia.

My specialization is also in bereavement, sexual issues, work related problems and autism. Areas of autism which I cover are Asperger's syndrome and ADHD and ADD.

I work currently in EAPs (Employee Assistance programmes) as a counsellor/CBT therapist/ EMDR therapist with workplace issues- ,trauma,bullying and harassment, stress,redundancy, personal issues including couple counselling,insomnia, bereavement,anxiety , depression and relationships. Rehabilitation - to empower employees to return to work is a major part of this work.

Another important area of my work is medical legal work including road accidents , personal injuries and workplace injuries and I work with insurance companies, psychological services and solicitors.

CURRENT PRACTICE
As well as working in my private practice, I work as a counsellor in a GPs practice. I trained and worked at Highgate Counselling Centre, which over a long period of time, gave me the opportunity of working with clients of all ages with different issues. Also, I worked at Age Concern with the elderly and Barnet Carers. Also, I am an assessor at Mind in Camden .
I currently work at BACS (Brent Alcohol Counselling Service) as a counsellor and a supervisor, helping clients with alcohol dependency reduce their drinking and try eventually to abstain from drinking alcohol.I also work with clients with drug problems ,both adults and adolescents and help them to face their problems in to order reduce and finally abstain from taking drugs.
Also,I work as an affiliated counsellor for EAPs (Employee Assisted Programmes) for different organizations and businesses dealing with issues in the work place like stress management,critical incident debriefing, bullying, work phobia,redundancy and career counselling.Also, I work with traumas including road traffic accidents, rape, domestic violence and bereavements.
I am working as a facilitator in Domestic Violence groups for Harrow PCT and for a carer's group for substance abuse at BACS . I am also a supervisor of other counsellors.


There are a variety of areas that I am experienced at treating. These include:

stress

relationships

adoption

couple counselling

divorce

anger

anxiety and phobias

panic attacks

depression

post-natal depression

mental health problems

bereavement

abuse

low self-esteem

eating disorders

self harm

addictions-alcoholism, drugs

sexual problems

weight problems and body image

infertility

bullying, harassment and stress in the workplace

retirement

redundancy

autism and Asperger's

accident and personal injury

cancer

chronic pain

family therapy

adolescents
If you decide that counselling is for you, we can meet to discuss this. The standard procedure is to meet once a week for therapy in Edgware at the same time. Some clients decide that they would like to meet twice a week.
Each session lasts for 50 minutes and appointments can be made most weekdays and some evenings.
How long counselling lasts depends on many variables. However, we can agree to certain goals and regularly review progress.
Short term counselling lasts 6 to 12 sessions or long term counselling for an extended period of time.

Your particular difficulties and needs provide the focus for the Initial Consultation. This session will help you to explore your immediate concerns and if counselling or CBT can be of help to you. At all times personal information disclosed will be treated in the strictest confidence. Ongoing session times are 50 minutes long.