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Integrative Psychotherapy & Supervision with a Soulful Perspective
A soulful and relational approach to therapy is an interactive process where authentic engagement is central.
It's all about Relationship.....
Emerging evidence from clinical research suggests that it is the depth and quality of relationship (and not necessarily the type of therapy received) that repairs the wounds of childhood attachment difficulties. Relational therapy means that you are seen, heard and challenged to recognise deeper levels of self-reflection and ways relating with others.
I practise in a relationally oriented and clinically grounded way, offering both long term psychotherapy (6months and above) and time limited therapy (from 3 to 6 months).
Uncertainty is inherent to life...the only thing we know for certain is that life is uncertain. We live in troubling times of climate emergency and social unease and our inherent interconnectivity demands us to pay attention. The anxiety and stresses of everyday life, against this backdrop, can tip us into cycles of anger and despair encouraging us to became active, act out, or withdraw, act-in. Perhaps life requires both.
Delving deeper into the psychological and emotional patterns that emerge from childhood experience, for example, is a form of inner activism, as our early patterns effect our being in the world and our present relationships. Healing the wounds of childhood means forming a different way of relating to our childhood experiences in the here and now.
Changing our relationship with the past helps us to move differently into the future.
Individual trauma reflects the world trauma and vice versa. Psychotherapy offers a space to explore your place in the world. Perhaps, you have identified a need for something to shift, or for you to shift in relation to the world. Maybe you feel compelled to understand yourself at an even deeper level.
"Therapy is...a process that goes on intermittently in our individual soul-searching, our attempts at understanding our complexities, the critical attacks, prescriptions and encouragements we give ourselves..." James Hillman
I have 22 years of clinical experience and I offer brief and long term psychotherapy. I offer both zoom and in the room sessions (in Hampton Village).
I work with a range of issues, including
Early Relational Trauma,
Attachment Struggles,
Existential & Spiritual crises,
Stress & Work-Life Balance
Loss of Meaning & Purpose
Environmental Distress
'In virtue of our human finitude, heartbreak is built into our caring engagement with the world'
(Robert, D. Stolorow)
Integrative Psychotherapy and Supervision in Hampton Village, Richmond upon Thames
“A genuine odyssey is not about piling up experiences. It is a deeply felt, risky, unpredictable tour of the soul. ”
― ."Thomas Moore
My approach to therapy places relational engagement at the heart of long term change. I received core psychotherapy training at Re-Vision- this is based on an integrative relational model of depth psychology that draws on Jungian, Existential/Gestalt and Psychodynamic approaches. Just Click Here to visit Re.Vision.
This is a soulful, body aware, trauma-informed and creative approach to relating to our core struggles and everyday challenges. We can invite myths, images and dreams into the space, as they allow in a creative (right brain) and less verbal (left brain) means of connection.
Integrative Supervision in Hampton Village, Richmond upon Thames
I have a Diploma in Integrative Supervision from The Minster Centre (2011).
I offer an integrative approach to clinical supervision providing for counsellors in training and qualified therapists working with adolescents and adults.
I have many years of experience of the local authority and multi-agency agenda's having worked closely with Social Servcies, CAMHS, Education and other Local Authority agencies around Every Child Matters and Safeguarding remits and I offer supervision to other practitioners working in the helping professions.
My psychotherapy and supervision practice is in Hampton Village, near Twickenham, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.
"You don't heal the person, you heal the story" (James Hillman, 1983)
FAQs
I have eighteen years of therapeutic experience in the voluntary, public and private sectors: including school counselling, addictions counselling, family counselling, facilitating groups and residentials with young people and supervising placement counsellors. I'm an experienced trainer and co-facilitater, gaining much of this experience working therapeutically with hard to reach, vulnerable adolescents. I am a member of the introductory training team at re.vision
I have worked with many life issues including: bereavement & grief, loss, sexual abuse, violence, trauma, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Complex PTSD, emotional abuse, anxiety, depression (incl. post-natal), addictions, stress, white fragility and racism, transcultural therapy, spiritual/existential crisis, soulful longing...
Core Training
* Diploma in Integrative Psychotherapy (UKCP) -gained at re.vision UKCP registration number 8159999
* Diploma in Integrative Counselling (BACP Accred) -gained at re.vision BACP membership number -575182
* Diploma in Integrative Supervision - Minster Centre
* BSc (Hons) Psychology & Philosophy - City University
* MSc Psychology -Northumbria University
Daytime, evening and occasionally at weekends
Usually £70 for a fifty minute session
Psychotherapy involves listening, talking, and understanding the relationship between the people involved.
Each psychotherapy session provides the opportunity to find space to tell your story, and be listened to. A critical aspect of this lis in establishing a healing relationship with the therapist. Many people describe psychotherapy as a journey of self discovery. Although of course relationship building is a mutual process and so integrative therapy is interactive
Many people feel a great deal of benefit from psychotherapy, some even after comparatively few meetings. Like any other treatment or life experience, psychotherapy may not be suitable for everyone. Each individual has to make up their own mind about whether therapy is helpful for them. The initial consultations aim to help people think about this, in collaboration with a therapist. It's the relationship (and the exploration of that) that emerges between client and therapist that promotes wellbeing.
Integrative psychotherapy is based on listening and talking yet includes much more! It involves exploring past relationships in relation to your current life situations in order to make change possible. Here you'll find a soulful approach to therapy that uses talking, images, myths, dreams in such a way to explore your depths and encounter your heights. We may at times use art materials and music.
The duration of psychotherapy is unique to each individual. A brief course of psychotherapy would last about three months and long term individual therapy can last for a couple of years. The benefits of psychotherapy can continue long after the psychotherapeutic relationship has ended.
Mostly it would be once weekly, although it can be up to three times per week in certain circumstances.
Individual psychotherapy sessions last fifty minutes.
Research has shown that psychotherapy is effective in reducing symptoms, improving relationships and self esteem. However, as each person is an individual it is difficult to generalise at the beginning as to which benefits a person may feel. The exploration and the journey is often as important as the goal.
A great deal of research has been done in the last few years to demonstrate that psychotherapy is effective. However, it only works as a catalyst with the person in therapy. This means that in order to be 'affective', the "work" is not done to you - but by you and with you.
It could uncover underlying problems that may not be amenable to psychotherapeutic treatment. These may then mean that decisions have to be made about discontinuing therapy and other treatment that might then be necessary. During the course of therapy it may be tempting to use old familiar coping patterns, such as alcohol and drugs. It's always a good idea to talk this through with your therapist who will not be judgemental around this.
A mixed bag! It is possible that you may feel worse before you feel better, and some people find their psychological distress is reflected in physical symptoms such as headaches or stomach pains. Therapy requires an uncovering of painful feelings and memories. This can be experienced as a relief but it may also stir up uncomfortable feelings. However ultimately you will experience a lightness and sense of being unburdened.
Therapy is an active process, like a journey of self exploration. The therapist can offer guidance, but the ultimate responsibility for changing (or becoming more fully who you are) is with you.
Your view of yourself and others may alter considerably through therapy. As you change, your relationships will change too - and it can disrupt the equilibrium of current intimate relationships. You need to bear this in mind before you start, and you may want to discuss it with those close to you. As this is a common experience, your therapist will be familiar with it and will be willing to discuss it with you
It is always possible to leave therapy, though the pressure to remain may seem stressful at times. Some people have to have several "goes" at therapy before they 'succeed''. Talk about your difficulties with your therapist before you decide to stay or leave. Ultimately, if you want to stop, it is up to you.
Looking at why it may not be working with your therapist is often an important thing to discuss. However, psychotherapy is only one treatment option and it does not suit everybody. In collaboration with your therapist and GP, psychotherapy services will normally make recommendations about referring you on to a more suitable form of treatment, if this is likely to be helpful.
Continuity in therapy is important and holidays need to be planned in advance with this in mind. Your therapist will endeavour to give you plenty of notice of their holidays and other absences.Occasionally, psychotherapists need to cancel sessions, and they will give as much notice as possible. Any feelings stirred up by breaks in your therapy are an important part of the process, and can be discussed with your therapist.
Sometimes there is a need to combine medication and psychotherapy over a period of time, and this decision should be discussed by everyone involved. Psychotherapy services do not prescribe medication.
As psychotherapy is not an emergency service, you will need to use your normal network of support. This could include family and friends in the first instance, but also other agencies - such as your GP or Samaritans - depending on what you need at the time. It may be important to bring the difficulties you experienced to the attention of your therapist at the next session.
All therapists receive supervision, and the necessary details about the therapy will be discussed in this. Supervision is a process which helps the therapist to think about what is going on, and maintains the safety of the therapeutic relationship.
The general rule all psychotherapists operate is "whom you see and what is said is confidential" and all supervisors and therapists are made fully aware of this.However, your therapist is obliged to act on any information which indicates a risk to your safety or the safety of others. You should have the opportunity to discuss this issue during your initial contact.
Get in touch
Phone: 07725 523125
email: jo.roden@hotmail.co.uk
I work in Hampton Village which is in The London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames very close to Teddington, Twickenham, Sunbury, Kingston and Richmond. There are good public transport links here from London with a BR station 5mins from my door.
Individual counselling, psychotherapy and supervision fees are on a scale that means I can offer some concession rates alongside my usual rate of £80-£90 per 50mins session.
My fees are charged for all sessions other than pre-arranged holidays, or in the unusual event of my having to cancel a session.
Although, client cancelled sessions will incur a fee, I usually attempt to offer some flexibility with an alternative session time within the same week. When this isn't possible, the usual fee will apply.
Please leave a message and I will contact you as soon as possible.