The London Psychosynthesis Clinic
| What is the Clinic? |
Finding
a Therapist through the London Psychosynthesis Clinic |
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Fees |
| Psychosynthesis Counselling and Psychotherapy |
The London Psychosynthesis Clinic is staffed by psychotherapy graduates of the Institute and offers counselling and psychotherapy to the general public. Under the direction of the Institute's supervisors it also provides low cost therapy to individuals working with the Institute's students in a professional clinical environment.
Finding a Therapist through The London Psychosynthesis Clinic
If you are interested
in having counselling or psychotherapy at The London Psychosynthesis Clinic,
you will need to complete an application form: you can either request one
to be sent to you via telephone or email
or you can download one from this site.
You will need to fill in and return your application form along with £25
which is the fee for the Assessment Interview. The
Clinic will then arrange for you to have a one hour Assessment Interview.
The Assessor, after consultation with the Referral Team will make a referral
on your behalf to a suitable Counsellor or Psychotherapist for either:
A
set number of weekly counselling sessions (short or long term counselling
is available) or
Ongoing
sessions of weekly psychotherapy
You will be contacted (approximately 2 weeks after your Assessment Interview) by your assessor who will put you in touch with a suitable Counsellor or Psychotherapist.
Normally counselling or psychotherapy sessions take place once a week at a regular time and for one hourÕs duration. Sessions can be arranged at The London Psychosynthesis Clinic in Hendon or in other parts of London if required.
Low cost counselling is also available for those on restricted incomes.
Please contact the Institute for further information.
Assessment fee: £25.00
(Cheques should be made payable to The Institute of Psychosynthesis. Bank transfers should be sent to Coutts & Co, 440 Strand, London WC2R 0QS, Account Number 832 478 60, Sort Code 18-00-02 with all charges for applicantÕs account.)
Psychosynthesis Counselling and Psychotherapy
Traditionally psychotherapy has attempted to trace the origin of disease in order to take remedial action. Psychosynthesis agrees that whilst the source of many symptoms may be located in the past, not all distress can be explained in this way.
Some symptoms such as lack of meaning in life, alienation, or loss of identity, may not be of a neurotic nature but point rather to existential crises. These symptoms therefore carry within them positive messages which are seeking to express themselves in our lives. It is the appreciation that a symptom contains meaning and can be a healthy phenomenon that the psychosynthesis approach has to offer.
Therapists working within the Psychosynthesis context meet the needs of people who are dealing with many different types of crises or transitions in their lives. It may be a difficulty with deep and intimate relationships; the continuing struggle with early childhood traumas and abuses; or it may be the sense of alienation from society that many young adults experience at this time. It may be the pointlessness and confusion that overwhelms many on reaching mid-life. It may be the reactions to a religious or spiritual awakening. People who know they are not 'ill' in the ordinary sense but yet need help in discovering their own inner direction and sense of purpose in life.
Graduates and students of the Institute of Psychosynthesis working in the Clinic therefore are trained to work in depth with individuals in order to create a context for living which includes and integrates not only impulses in terms of sex, aggression, but also the very human impulses towards beauty, truth, compassion and joy.
