Catherine Counihan, UKCP Accredited Psychotherapist

Catherine Counihan

English
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Catherine Counihan, UKCP Accredited Psychotherapist

Catherine Counihan

English
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My Approach

I am a trauma therapist trained initially in Integrative Psychotherapy. This means I have trained in multiple modalities and will draw on these as appropriate in your therapy. I combine the latest work in neuroscience, polyvagal theory, interpersonal neurobiology and attachment research with evidence based trauma modalities. I am interested in how self-compassion assists in the healing journey work and together we will look at the issues that are causing you pain. I work in a relational way and will pay careful attention to our relationship in the room, it is important for the success of your therapy that we develop a relationship in which you feel safe, understood and heard. My training at the Metanoia Institute was rigorous and intensive and, as well as being professional and experienced, I bring extensive life experience to our collaboration. I have done multiple trauma and nervous system trainings and trained with Deb Dana in Polyvagal Theory. I am an EMDR practitioner and a Transforming Touch practitioner.

About Me

I worked for more than 15 years in Financial Services in the city of London before a reevaluation of my own life prompted me to retrain as a psychotherapist. I now work in private practice in the City of London and central London. I am passionate about the possibilities that therapy brings to my clients' lives and believe that, at its best, therapy can be a powerful agent of change.

Psychotherapy can help you develop your awareness and understanding of yourself and your life choices helping you to feel more at ease in your world. Taking a pause and reflecting on your life in therapy creates both a physical and emotional space for you and this can be very beneficial.

I am particularly interested in how we can live our own beautiful life after experiencing wounding or trauma in childhood and I will support you in your own investigation of this. I host a weekly podcast 'Grow Yourself Up' which focuses on how we can shift patterns of pain and dysfunction for ourselves and our families.

I work with

  • Companies
  • Couples
  • Individuals

Special Interests

Like all UKCP registered psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors I can work with a wide range of issues, but here are some areas in which I have a special interest or additional experience.

I am a trained EMDR practitioner.
I specialise in the impact of our own childhoods on our parenting and the intersection of our childhood trauma and how we turn up in life. For more on this see www.cathcounihan.com, @cathcounihan on Instagram or my podcast 'Grow Yourself Up'.

Types of Therapies Offered

  • Integrative Psychotherapist

Types of sessions

  • Face to Face - Long Term
  • Face to Face - Short Term
  • Online Therapy
  • Telephone Therapy

UKCP College

  • Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapy College (HIPC)
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