Attachment-based psychoanalytic psychotherapist and supervisor
I offer psychotherapy via weekly online or in-person sessions in West Norwood, South West London. Working with individual adults on an open-ended basis, to enable you to permanently change your life for the better.
How we feel about ourselves has a huge impact on how we make our way in the world, for good or ill.
Maybe past experiences and trauma are overshadowing you in the here and now. Therapy can help you free yourself of these struggles. See the ways I can support you below.
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Long-term Therapy
Long-term therapy, or therapy without a time limit, can be a wonderful opportunity to unpick, work through and leave behind struggles you may have had for many years. Through long-term therapy, life can become richer and more fulfilling.
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Short-term Therapy
Not everyone wants to, or can, commit to long-term or on-going therapy. But that doesn't mean it isn't possible to have a good experience of therapy, where you can really think in detail about a specific issue that might be affecting you.
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Supervision
Are you a psychotherapist or counsellor thinking about attachment in your clinical work? I support clinicians like you who want to develop their skills and knowledge around working with attachment.
A little bit about me / practicalities
My name is Helen Cordery, and I am a UKCP-registered attachment-based psychoanalytic psychotherapist and supervisor. I trained at The Bowlby Centre in London and have been working as a psychotherapist since 2009.
I offer psychotherapy via weekly online or in-person sessions (in West Norwood, London, SE27). I prefer offering ongoing sessions, although I can also offer time-limited input.
I work with individual adults (not couples, groups, or children/young people) on an open-ended basis, to help people make permanent changes to your life.
I am registered with the UKCP and comply with their Codes of Conduct.
I also offer supervision for qualified psychotherapists and counsellors. Supervision has always been incredibly important for me in my work, and I aim to offer a similar space to other clinicians. I hold a diploma in Relational Supervision from Relational Change.
Supervision is mainly via video sessions, but can be in person at my West Norwood base in London.
“Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it. Embracing our vulnerabilities is risky but not nearly as dangerous as giving up on love and belonging and joy - the experiences that make us the most vulnerable. Only when we are brave to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light.”
— Brene Brown
Why therapy?
Everyone has wobbles, doubts and uncertainties at certain points in their lives. That’s what makes us human. But sometimes working through these on our own or by talking to friends and family doesn’t help us find clarity or peace. Perhaps these very relationships are the source of the struggles in the first place.
Therapy can provide a fairly unique space and relationship to help us work out who we are, what we want from life, and how to move forward. It’s not about the therapist providing the answers - I believe we all have the answers deep within us, and that a space where we can feel seen, heard and accepted is an important starting point in the process of finding our own answers. Another important ingredient in this process is finding a model that makes sense of our struggles. Many people have said to me that finding out about attachment theory was a “light bulb moment” which shed light and hope on their emotional and relationship struggles.
Emotional distress comes in many different forms.
Why not get in touch to explain in your own words what you want help with? I would love to hear from you.