Jackie Becker

I have been working as a psychotherapist since 2003 having undertaken a 5 year, very rigorous and well respected training. I now work full-time as a psychotherapist and supervisor. I am an accredited member of BACP and UKCP and am bound by their Code of Ethics and Practice.

I am very experienced in working with people with a wide range of issues including:- relationship issues, anxiety, depression, low self esteem, family issues, generalised anxiety disorder, eating disorders and bereavement issues. In addition, I have, over many years, developed an interest in understanding people's struggles with food and dieting and have helped people to take the first steps towards understanding their relationship to food.

I have a great deal of experience in working with individuals either using a short-term approach (for example 6-10 sessions) or in a more open-ended way. We can discuss these options at our initial assessment session. The initial assessment is important for the following reasons:-

* It is your opportunity to discuss what's brought you to therapy.

* The opportunity to decide whether you feel that we could work together productively.

* We can think together about what would be the best way forward for you. Perhaps that would mean we decide to start working together or we decide that an onward referral would be more advantageous to you.

Therapy should be a place where you can talk about your life and feelings freely and openly in a way that is rarely possible with friends or family. I provide a confidential setting in which to do this. Therapy isn’t simply a matter of reliving painful or humiliating experiences, but of receiving help in making sense of them. My aim is to help you find better ways to cope, or to bring about changes in the way you think and behave that will improve your mental and emotional well-being.

I have been working as a supervisor since 2011 when I undertook a Diploma in Supervision. Since then I have been supervising both trainees and qualified counsellors and psychotherapists.

Supervision Work

I undertake supervision in my private practice for both individuals and groups.

For several years I used to undertake weekly supervision of a group of training psychotherapists at WPF Therapy.

I used to work as a supervisor for the Counselling Foundation, running 2 weekly groups.

Qualifications

Diploma in Supervision (2011) - Society of Analytical Psychology

Advanced Diploma in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy (2003) - Westminster Pastoral Foundation