Counselling in Southwark, London
I am a UKCP qualified Integrative Psychotherapist (UKCP) and Chartered Counselling Psychologist (DCPsych, CPsychol., AFBPsS). Everyone deserves to have someone in their lives who can listen compassionately and hold a space of non-judgemental understanding. I try to offer that space, first and foremost. While doing this, I seek to understand where things may have been difficult and hold in mind your potential for growth and change. The underlying core of my approach is based on respecting your needs and safety, as well as helping you bring out your innate wisdom and strengths.
I am a UKCP qualified Integrative Psychotherapist (UKCP) and Chartered Counselling Psychologist (DCPsych, CPsychol., AFBPsS). Everyone deserves to have someone in their lives who can listen compassionately and hold a space of non-judgemental understanding. I try to offer that space, first and foremost. While doing this, I seek to understand where things may have been difficult and hold in mind your potential for growth and change. The underlying core of my approach is based on respecting your needs and safety, as well as helping you bring out your innate wisdom and strengths.
I am an integrative psychotherapist who can help with addictions, anxiety, depression, relationship issues and life changes. I will help you to make sense of life choices and to develop clearer thinking about your future decisions. I attune my way of working to the needs of my clients and adopt the most effective tools and techniques. You will benefit from clearer thinking and greater insight from working with me. I encourage my clients to bring about behavioural change in their lives by helping them to manifest positive qualities and stepping out of comfort zones.
I am an integrative psychotherapist who can help with addictions, anxiety, depression, relationship issues and life changes. I will help you to make sense of life choices and to develop clearer thinking about your future decisions. I attune my way of working to the needs of my clients and adopt the most effective tools and techniques. You will benefit from clearer thinking and greater insight from working with me. I encourage my clients to bring about behavioural change in their lives by helping them to manifest positive qualities and stepping out of comfort zones.
Trauma-, neurodiversity-, and attachment-informed practitioner. Whether you are struggling with complex mental or emotional difficulties or want to gain a better understanding of yourself and your existence, I aim to provide an inviting, encouraging, and confidential space for us to make sense of your present situation. You may have noticed behavioural or emotional patterns that seem to hold you back; recent life events may have led you to feel destabilised or unable to cope. You may have always struggled with emotional distress, or may be encountering this for the first time.
Trauma-, neurodiversity-, and attachment-informed practitioner. Whether you are struggling with complex mental or emotional difficulties or want to gain a better understanding of yourself and your existence, I aim to provide an inviting, encouraging, and confidential space for us to make sense of your present situation. You may have noticed behavioural or emotional patterns that seem to hold you back; recent life events may have led you to feel destabilised or unable to cope. You may have always struggled with emotional distress, or may be encountering this for the first time.
You may feel stuck in patterns in your relationships or emotional life that are difficult to change, no matter how hard you try. Perhaps you feel anxious, low, or unsure of your place in the world, especially if you are living away from your country of origin. I work with adults, including many international clients and men, who want to better understand themselves, their relationships, and the roots of their difficulties.
You may feel stuck in patterns in your relationships or emotional life that are difficult to change, no matter how hard you try. Perhaps you feel anxious, low, or unsure of your place in the world, especially if you are living away from your country of origin. I work with adults, including many international clients and men, who want to better understand themselves, their relationships, and the roots of their difficulties.
UPDATES: I offer 1:1/group low-cost Supervision sessions while I am completing my qualification. My practice: I truly believe in creating a relationship that works for you and that can support you safely in becoming more who you want to be, with more authenticity and psychological freedom. Therapy is a meaningful exploration of what deeply matters and particularly what has been neglected. My Psychosynthesis practice blends the exploration of issues in the here-and-now with a focus on what is trying to emerge, how you have been in the world, and what has impacted the expression of your full potential.
UPDATES: I offer 1:1/group low-cost Supervision sessions while I am completing my qualification. My practice: I truly believe in creating a relationship that works for you and that can support you safely in becoming more who you want to be, with more authenticity and psychological freedom. Therapy is a meaningful exploration of what deeply matters and particularly what has been neglected. My Psychosynthesis practice blends the exploration of issues in the here-and-now with a focus on what is trying to emerge, how you have been in the world, and what has impacted the expression of your full potential.
Life happens, and the majority of the time we seem to find a way to "happen" with it. We find a way to navigate through the motions of "doing" and get to a place of "being". Being excited, being present, being happy - but sometimes along the way it can get confusing, blurry and we can feel a bit lost. As a certified counsellor, I work with you through the confusion, to get to a place of clarity. I explore the past and present with you using an integrated therapeutic approach - blending the different skills I've learnt in practice to assist you with where you are right now. Many therapists talk about the varying styles of therapy
Life happens, and the majority of the time we seem to find a way to "happen" with it. We find a way to navigate through the motions of "doing" and get to a place of "being". Being excited, being present, being happy - but sometimes along the way it can get confusing, blurry and we can feel a bit lost. As a certified counsellor, I work with you through the confusion, to get to a place of clarity. I explore the past and present with you using an integrated therapeutic approach - blending the different skills I've learnt in practice to assist you with where you are right now. Many therapists talk about the varying styles of therapy
As a psychodynamic therapist I offer once weekly face-to-face therapy in a supportive, understanding environment. My approach encourages self-reflection and self-examination, allowing you to understand the influence of the past on present behaviour and feelings. This enables you to examine unresolved conflicts and their consequences, giving you back more control in daily life. Working within the ethical framework of the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists, I provide confidential and non-judgemental counselling to individuals looking for short term and open ended therapy on a variety of issues, offering you space to take a positive step towards insight and awareness.
As a psychodynamic therapist I offer once weekly face-to-face therapy in a supportive, understanding environment. My approach encourages self-reflection and self-examination, allowing you to understand the influence of the past on present behaviour and feelings. This enables you to examine unresolved conflicts and their consequences, giving you back more control in daily life. Working within the ethical framework of the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists, I provide confidential and non-judgemental counselling to individuals looking for short term and open ended therapy on a variety of issues, offering you space to take a positive step towards insight and awareness.
Hello, and welcome to my page. If you are facing difficulties in life, then I hope to be of therapeutic support and intervention. I am specialised in relational counselling and work with people individually and as couples and families (16+). I am attentive to each person's unique experience of the world, including anxieties, frustrations, senses of loss, isolation, and searches for something more. With couples, I help people to better hear and understand each other and to address sensitive or painful issues. I draw on psychodynamic, humanistic, and CBT perspectives, and often engage questions of culture, identity, and sexuality.
Hello, and welcome to my page. If you are facing difficulties in life, then I hope to be of therapeutic support and intervention. I am specialised in relational counselling and work with people individually and as couples and families (16+). I am attentive to each person's unique experience of the world, including anxieties, frustrations, senses of loss, isolation, and searches for something more. With couples, I help people to better hear and understand each other and to address sensitive or painful issues. I draw on psychodynamic, humanistic, and CBT perspectives, and often engage questions of culture, identity, and sexuality.
Whether your concern is with communication, sex, power dynamics, money, emotional connection, anxiety, depression, dating, an affair or something unresolved and long past, I offer a safe and supportive environment where couples & individuals can openly discuss their issues and find ways to overcome the difficulties. Couples are enabled to consciously take charge of their relationship - to create it as you want it to be. This may be towards a happier and healthier relationship, or indeed to positively manage separation & the practicalities of divorce.
Whether your concern is with communication, sex, power dynamics, money, emotional connection, anxiety, depression, dating, an affair or something unresolved and long past, I offer a safe and supportive environment where couples & individuals can openly discuss their issues and find ways to overcome the difficulties. Couples are enabled to consciously take charge of their relationship - to create it as you want it to be. This may be towards a happier and healthier relationship, or indeed to positively manage separation & the practicalities of divorce.
My psychodynamic training takes into account the connections between the past and the present and in the frame of how we engage, things can become apparent that you may have not been aware of. The nuances of how this promotes change has been expressed by my clients. I also work as a trauma informed counsellor which has enriched my experience as a therapist. I have experience working with self esteem, anxiety, abuse and much more. There may be things from your past that you feel are stopping you from moving forward. In our sessions we can explore what you bring, what your goals are and what it would look like to achieve them.
My psychodynamic training takes into account the connections between the past and the present and in the frame of how we engage, things can become apparent that you may have not been aware of. The nuances of how this promotes change has been expressed by my clients. I also work as a trauma informed counsellor which has enriched my experience as a therapist. I have experience working with self esteem, anxiety, abuse and much more. There may be things from your past that you feel are stopping you from moving forward. In our sessions we can explore what you bring, what your goals are and what it would look like to achieve them.
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You are unique and need to be understood in your own context! I work with people from all different backgrounds and with a diverse range of problems. In therapy, I support growth and a fuller self-expression through body awareness, creative experimentation, and the use of mindfulness techniques. Life throws many things at us which can knock us off our feet. Many of my clients have come to counselling feeling anxious, sad, frustrated, lonely, angry, depressed, feeling lost, experiencing relationship difficulties, or just really stuck and in each case, we have been able to work together to change those feelings.
You are unique and need to be understood in your own context! I work with people from all different backgrounds and with a diverse range of problems. In therapy, I support growth and a fuller self-expression through body awareness, creative experimentation, and the use of mindfulness techniques. Life throws many things at us which can knock us off our feet. Many of my clients have come to counselling feeling anxious, sad, frustrated, lonely, angry, depressed, feeling lost, experiencing relationship difficulties, or just really stuck and in each case, we have been able to work together to change those feelings.
Selin Akarsu - OCD Specialist & Couples Therapist
Psychotherapist, MA, MBABCP
1 Endorsed
Southwark, London SE1
Many of the people I work with arrive feeling like they've been struggling for longer than they should have, caught in cycles of intrusive thoughts and anxiety they can't seem to reason their way out of, or in relationships where the same painful patterns keep resurfacing despite their best efforts.
I specialise in OCD and couples therapy, bringing a clear, structured approach to both. For individuals, its evidence-based treatment which targets the mechanics of obsessive thoughts + behaviours. For couples, it means helping you understand the dynamics that are pulling you apart and practising strategies to improve your relationship.
Many of the people I work with arrive feeling like they've been struggling for longer than they should have, caught in cycles of intrusive thoughts and anxiety they can't seem to reason their way out of, or in relationships where the same painful patterns keep resurfacing despite their best efforts.
I specialise in OCD and couples therapy, bringing a clear, structured approach to both. For individuals, its evidence-based treatment which targets the mechanics of obsessive thoughts + behaviours. For couples, it means helping you understand the dynamics that are pulling you apart and practising strategies to improve your relationship.
Every individual has their own unique journey towards self-acceptance. In our work together, I will help you gain deeper insight into the challenges you are facing and consider ways to bring about meaningful change. We will mutually agree on a pace that feels right for you to start looking more deeply into what is causing you to suffer. Together, we'll explore ways to challenge negative or harmful patterns and identify healthier alternatives. My approach is primarily person-centered, though I may also draw from other therapeutic styles using a holisitic/psychospiritual lens to support the shift towards healing the whole self.
Every individual has their own unique journey towards self-acceptance. In our work together, I will help you gain deeper insight into the challenges you are facing and consider ways to bring about meaningful change. We will mutually agree on a pace that feels right for you to start looking more deeply into what is causing you to suffer. Together, we'll explore ways to challenge negative or harmful patterns and identify healthier alternatives. My approach is primarily person-centered, though I may also draw from other therapeutic styles using a holisitic/psychospiritual lens to support the shift towards healing the whole self.
Some people come to therapy with specific issues they want to address; others arrive with a more general feeling that life isn’t quite as it should be. Everyone is welcome. Our first focus will be developing a shared understanding of how therapy can support you and what you hope to gain from the process. We’ll aim to uncover what in your current life might be getting in the way: patterns of relating to others, and to yourself.
Some people come to therapy with specific issues they want to address; others arrive with a more general feeling that life isn’t quite as it should be. Everyone is welcome. Our first focus will be developing a shared understanding of how therapy can support you and what you hope to gain from the process. We’ll aim to uncover what in your current life might be getting in the way: patterns of relating to others, and to yourself.
Hi I'm Daniel (He/Him). I'm a counsellor who provides support for people that are struggling with feelings of depression, anxiety and grief. I work with people seeking support with difficult life decisions and challenges in their relationships. Often people attend because they are feeling 'stuck'; finding themselves arriving at the same place, despite trying really hard to change. Perhaps they are drinking, shopping or eating to cope or escape. The sex and relationships they're having has stopped feeling safe or fulfilling. They're doing things to 'feel better' while avoiding people, places or decisions due to fear or shame.
Hi I'm Daniel (He/Him). I'm a counsellor who provides support for people that are struggling with feelings of depression, anxiety and grief. I work with people seeking support with difficult life decisions and challenges in their relationships. Often people attend because they are feeling 'stuck'; finding themselves arriving at the same place, despite trying really hard to change. Perhaps they are drinking, shopping or eating to cope or escape. The sex and relationships they're having has stopped feeling safe or fulfilling. They're doing things to 'feel better' while avoiding people, places or decisions due to fear or shame.
Welcome! I'm Fiona, a qualified and experienced therapist specialising in working with adults, couples, young people and children. My goal is to help individuals navigate life’s challenges and find a path to well-being. I offer a compassionate, non-judgmental space where you can safely explore your thoughts, feelings, and experiences at your own pace. I understand that everyone’s journey is unique, and I tailor my approach to meet your specific needs. Whether you're grappling with anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, or simply feeling stuck, I'm here to support you in gaining clarity and achieving personal growth.
Welcome! I'm Fiona, a qualified and experienced therapist specialising in working with adults, couples, young people and children. My goal is to help individuals navigate life’s challenges and find a path to well-being. I offer a compassionate, non-judgmental space where you can safely explore your thoughts, feelings, and experiences at your own pace. I understand that everyone’s journey is unique, and I tailor my approach to meet your specific needs. Whether you're grappling with anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, or simply feeling stuck, I'm here to support you in gaining clarity and achieving personal growth.
My role as a therapist is to work alongside you, offering a supportive, non-judgemental space where we can gently explore what you are experiencing at a pace that feels safe and manageable. Together we can address difficulties such as anxiety, hyper-vigilance, depression, dissociation, intrusive thoughts, addiction, and related challenges. I support you in building internal balance, strengthening emotional regulation, managing stress, and working through trauma, life transitions, and relational difficulties.
My role as a therapist is to work alongside you, offering a supportive, non-judgemental space where we can gently explore what you are experiencing at a pace that feels safe and manageable. Together we can address difficulties such as anxiety, hyper-vigilance, depression, dissociation, intrusive thoughts, addiction, and related challenges. I support you in building internal balance, strengthening emotional regulation, managing stress, and working through trauma, life transitions, and relational difficulties.
Are you feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or disconnected—and looking for a therapist who truly “gets it”? I offer online therapy that is just as effective as face-to-face sessions, without the hassle of commuting or taking time off work.
Are you feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or disconnected—and looking for a therapist who truly “gets it”? I offer online therapy that is just as effective as face-to-face sessions, without the hassle of commuting or taking time off work.
You might be feeling stuck or wondering whether you've made the right decision. You might not even know what the right decision is. You might even want to explore who it is that you are, why you do the things that you do, or why you're in the situation that you're in. If that is you, then consider what it is that counselling and psychotherapy might be able to do in helping you to consider all these questions that you might have about yourself and your situation.
You might be feeling stuck or wondering whether you've made the right decision. You might not even know what the right decision is. You might even want to explore who it is that you are, why you do the things that you do, or why you're in the situation that you're in. If that is you, then consider what it is that counselling and psychotherapy might be able to do in helping you to consider all these questions that you might have about yourself and your situation.
Nearby Searches for Southwark, London
- Aldgate
- Bermondsey
- Bishopsgate
- City of London
- Fleet Street
- Kennington
- Lambeth
- Moorgate
- South Bank
- Temple
- Tower Hill
- Walworth
How does your Counsellor compare?
Number of Counsellors in Southwark, London
600+
Average cost per session
£80
Counsellors in Southwark, London who prioritize treating:
| 91% | Anxiety |
| 85% | Depression |
| 84% | Self Esteem |
| 83% | Relationship Issues |
| 77% | Stress |
| 69% | Trauma and PTSD |
| 69% | Complex PTSD |
Average years in practice
9 Years
Top 3 insurances accepted
| 77% | Aviva |
| 68% | AXA PPP |
| 65% | Vitality |
How Counsellors in Southwark, London see their clients
| 81% | In Person and Online | |
| 19% | Online Only |
Gender breakdown
| 66% | Female | |
| 33% | Male | |
| 1% | Non-Binary |