Derek Williams LL.B, MBACP, UKCP (reg and accred), MBSCH 07956 569149[email protected]
(Derek Williams)
Thank you for visiting my website and welcome. Unfortunately I am currently not taking on new clients as I am on a sabbatical for a period of time. I will update this page if/when the situation changes.
I am a UKCP accredited psychotherapist and supervisor working in the City and West End of London, I work in accordance with the UKCP code of ethics. I provide one to one therapy and relationship counselling. For clients who cannot attend face to face sessions it may be possible to arrange sessions via skype. I also provide services to corporate clients, press here for further details. Before becoming a psychotherapist I worked as a Solicitor in private practice in the City of London and so have personal experience of the particular stresses that result from working in City type organisations. Many of my clients work In the City or commercial organisations when they experience a conflict between work and private life I can empathise with from personal experience. My other clients work in both the general commercial private and public sectors, particularly the medical professions and those training to be psychotherapists themselves.
As an accredited supervisor I provide supervision to therapists and trainees in accordance with the requirements of UKCP and BACP; if you wish to arrange supervision you can visit my website at www.psychotherapy-supervision.co.uk
I am an integrative therapist (i.e. not restricted to any one psychotherapeutic school). I believe that (ordinarily) the preferred approach is to analyse issues, understand the situation, identify and then implement appropriate solutions. My approach ensures that you will be listened to in a strictly confidential, secure, safe and non-judgemental setting.
My aim is to assist clients in enabling them to make informed decisions about issues they face, their life and their life journey, to choose and not feel “pushed” in any particular direction. I firmly believe that awareness of why and how we behave or make decisions enables us to have choices so that we are then able to take decisions and modify our behaviour in our best interests when it is appropriate for us to do so. In short "between the stimulus and the response there is a pause, and in that pause lies our power and our freedom." (Viktor Frankl)
My various qualifications enables me to work with clients in an innovative and creative fashion ensuring the approach taken is unique for each client. For tips on how to get the most out of the therapy process press here. I work both with the conscious element of personality by assisting appropriate behavioural changes and with the unconscious so that reasons for feelings, thoughts and behaviours may be understood and change or growth attained. Some of the issues that I work with are listed in the issues section but include depression and both generalised anxiety and specific anxiety. I also work with those who need couple counselling or relationship counselling.
Making contact can be stressful and difficult. So if you prefer you can contact me by telephone, email ([email protected]) or by using the form below. Give your name and (if you want me to call you) your contact number. I will then contact you and we can take matters from there.The addresses of my consulting rooms are on the bottom of the the contacts section of this site. Thank you for reading this and I look forward to hearing from you. You can also follow me on twitter at https://twitter.com/therapy121
