Louisa Grundy

I currently only have availability on a Wednesday or Thursday daytime.

I work in a Psychodynamic way which means I believe that the problems, anxieties and fears we have in the present have their root in past experiences.  I will journey with you to help you make those important connections and work with you to deal with the issues at their source. This will give not only a greater understanding of yourself but a confidence to move forward with. I see people from age 12yrs upwards for either short term or time limited work or open ended longer work either weekly or twice weekly. Each session is 50mins long.

I have a private practice and see clients in an office in a business park.  There is security on the front desk during office hours and security on site in the evenings. 

There are blue badge parking bays at the front of the building and the office is wheelchair accessible. 

The first session is the same length and price as other sessions. The difference is that it is an assessment.  This gives you the opportunity to have a feel for the style of counselling I offer, so that you can make an informed decision about whether to continue, and it is a chance for me to find out about you so that I can help you more effectively. 

I will go over with you what to expect from me and what I expect from you, should you decide to continue at the end of the initial meeting.

I currently have availability on a Wednesday and Thursday daytime.

I work in a psychodynamic way, and this informs how I offer supervision. I will work with individuals and small groups of up to 3 people.

The amount of time that we meet is dependent on your caseload and will be thought about in line with the BACP ethical framework for best practice.

The focus of my work as a supervisor is to enable you as a practitioner to more fully understand the unconscious processes that are going on between you and your clients, primarily the transference and countertransference, as well as the other primary defences such as projective identification.

I will also help you think about any ethical dilemmas that may arise and enable you think reflectively and symbolically about your work to support you to offer the best service you can to offer change and transformation for your clients.

During the first session I understand that you are seeing if I am the right person to supervise your work. It would be helpful to bring a case study of a client that you have or are working with so that you can see how I help you think about them. 

If you have just started your practice, or have just started working for an organisation, I will help you think about what that might look like and the practicalities of working for the first time. 

I will also during the first session set out the contract with you, so that you know exactly how we will be working together, should you decide to commit after the first session.

I can be flexible as training/academic tutoring are usually one off sessions.

I can work face to face or online. 

My background is strictly psychodynamic. I can offer CPD's for organisations or groups on theory or practical issues to do with psychodynamic training, such as GDPR, confidentiality etc. 

I also offer academic tutorials to enable students of counselling to think about and offer support for the essays that you need to complete. I am not a first marker and will not correct work, but can think with you about the requirements and how to structure your work.

For CPD's and training within organisations, I will tailor what I do to your specific requirements and audience. I charge £250 for a morning/afternoon and £500 for a day.

For academic tutorials, I will need to see the requirements of the training organisation for each essay to know what you need to do and how the marking is organised. That way I can make sure that what I offer is what you need.