{"id":205,"date":"2014-04-09T20:38:40","date_gmt":"2014-04-09T20:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/talkingtime.co.uk\/?page_id=205"},"modified":"2023-03-29T09:06:14","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T09:06:14","slug":"counsellor-glasgow-west-london","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/talkingtime.co.uk\/index.php\/counsellor-glasgow-west-london\/","title":{"rendered":"My Background &#8211; Counsellor Glasgow &#038; West London"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/talkingtime.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Maresa-Segura-73-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"681\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/talkingtime.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Maresa-Segura-73-681x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/talkingtime.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Maresa-Segura-73-681x1024.jpg 681w, https:\/\/talkingtime.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Maresa-Segura-73-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/talkingtime.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Maresa-Segura-73-768x1154.jpg 768w, https:\/\/talkingtime.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Maresa-Segura-73-1022x1536.jpg 1022w, https:\/\/talkingtime.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Maresa-Segura-73-1363x2048.jpg 1363w, https:\/\/talkingtime.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Maresa-Segura-73-676x1016.jpg 676w, https:\/\/talkingtime.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Maresa-Segura-73-scaled.jpg 1703w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 681px) 100vw, 681px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Counsellor Glasgow &amp; West London<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A brief history of me, and how I became a therapist:&nbsp;<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Counsellor Glasgow<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Before becoming a therapist, I enjoyed a ten year career in the music industry as a singer and songwriter.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I re-trained at Roehampton University where I graduated, top of my year, with a First Class Honours degree in Integrative Counselling.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>During my time there I started my work in the voluntary sector with Kids Company counselling within a school setting and with teachers vulnerable to work-stress related issues.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I went on to work with the Naz Project London offering counselling to a diverse client group, working with ethnic minorities and vulnerable individuals grappling with sexual health and relationship issues.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I have continued my work in the charity sector since opening my private practice and currently hold a voluntary position at Wimbledon Guild working with people in the community living with mental health issues.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I am currently working towards my Masters, continuing my studies in psychotherapy and counselling research to keep at the cutting edge of practice.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>My specialist academic area of interest is the study of time within the therapeutic relationship.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>As a practitioner I have particular experience working in the field of addiction, relationship issues, and with depression and anxiety. I have worked extensively with people suffering from disordered eating.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I have also worked extensively with the LGBT community and those dealing with ethnic and cultural issues, bereavement and &nbsp;trauma.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I use an integrative model of practice but have been particularly influenced by the work of the psychiatrist Laing, the psychoanalyst Winnicott, and existential thinkers such as Heidegger and Levinas.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I am now a fully qualified psychotherapeutic counsellor practicing out of Glasgow and West London, working in private practice with clients of all ages, backgrounds and orientations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/talkingtime.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/BACP-Logo-65941-1-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"457\" src=\"https:\/\/talkingtime.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/BACP-Logo-65941-1-3-1024x457.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/talkingtime.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/BACP-Logo-65941-1-3-1024x457.png 1024w, https:\/\/talkingtime.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/BACP-Logo-65941-1-3-300x134.png 300w, https:\/\/talkingtime.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/BACP-Logo-65941-1-3-768x343.png 768w, https:\/\/talkingtime.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/BACP-Logo-65941-1-3-1536x686.png 1536w, https:\/\/talkingtime.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/BACP-Logo-65941-1-3-2048x914.png 2048w, https:\/\/talkingtime.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/BACP-Logo-65941-1-3-676x302.png 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Counsellor Glasgow &amp; West London<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/talkingtime.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/TTC_WeSupport_FacebookPost_300DPI1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"844\" src=\"https:\/\/talkingtime.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/TTC_WeSupport_FacebookPost_300DPI1.png\" alt=\"Counsellor West London\" class=\"wp-image-352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/talkingtime.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/TTC_WeSupport_FacebookPost_300DPI1.png 1200w, https:\/\/talkingtime.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/TTC_WeSupport_FacebookPost_300DPI1-300x211.png 300w, https:\/\/talkingtime.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/TTC_WeSupport_FacebookPost_300DPI1-1024x720.png 1024w, https:\/\/talkingtime.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/TTC_WeSupport_FacebookPost_300DPI1-676x475.png 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Counsellor Glasgow &amp; West London &#8211; Supporting <a href=\"http:\/\/time-to-change.org.uk\">#TimetoTalk<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A brief history of me, and how I became a therapist:&nbsp;Counsellor Glasgow<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-fullwidth.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-205","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post-preview"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>My Background - Counsellor Glasgow &amp; West London<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Counsellor Glasgow &amp; West London - This page looks at how I came to be a counsellor, my career so far, and my specialist areas of interest and study.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/talkingtime.co.uk\/index.php\/counsellor-glasgow-west-london\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"My Background - Counsellor Glasgow &amp; 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