Maria Galani
Maria Galani
Psychotherapist
Total Experience (Years):12+
I am a registered MBACP psychotherapist. I hold Graduate membership with the British Psychological Society. I am member of the Counselling Psychology Division, and working towards the completion of the Doctorate in Counselling Psychology.
As a therapist, I believe in the ability of individuals to heal and better their lives, transforming difficulties, trauma, and anxiety into personal insight.
I provide an empathic, non-judgemental space where the clients can open up and feel seen and heard for who they truly are. Our therapeutic sessions will be tailored to meet the client’s unique needs, based on a shared understanding of their concerns and problems. I work collaboratively with my clients and I aim to help them live more fully, drawing from their internal resources and abilities.
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Areas of Counselling I deal with
Anger management
Anxiety
Attachment disorder
Avoidant personality disorder
Bereavement
Binge-eating disorder
Borderline personality disorder (BPD)
Bullying
Depression
Dissociation
Domestic abuse
Emotional abuse
Hoarding
Loneliness
Low self-confidence
Narcissistic personality disorder
Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
Panic attacks
Paranoid personality disorder
Personality disorders
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Redundancy
Relationship problems
Seasonal affective disorder (SAD)
Self-harm
Separation and divorce
Separation anxiety
Sexual abuse
Work-related stress
Trauma
Languages
Greek
English
Education
Professional Doctorate in Counselling Psychology&Psychotherapy– New School of Psychotherapy& Counselling, joint doctorate with Middlesex University London (expected completion date- December 2023)
Post-graduate diploma (PgDip) – level in Counselling&Psychotheraoy completed as part of the Professional Doctorate course
M.Sc. Child& Adolescent Mental Health – King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology& Neuroscience- 2013
B.Sc.(Hons) Psychology – National&Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece- 2011
Qualifications and Training & Certificates & Awards
Professional Doctorate in Counselling Psychology&Psychotherapy– New School of Psychotherapy& Counselling, joint doctorate with Middlesex University London (expected completion date- December 2023)
Post-graduate diploma (PgDip) – level in Counselling&Psychotheraoy completed as part of the Professional Doctorate course
M.Sc. Child& Adolescent Mental Health – King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology& Neuroscience- 2013
B.Sc.(Hons) Psychology – National&Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece- 2011
Experiences
I started working in mental health in 2009, and since then I have gained extensive experience in various settings including NHS Primary Care (Improving Access to Psychological Therapies IAPT Services), Employee Assistance Programmes in international and national level,as well as charitable and private agencies. I have delivered trauma therapy work to private corporate organisations, and ran well-being groups in the UK and Greece.
I have worked with young people, adults and groups with a wide range of difficulties, from feelings of depression and anxiety, low self-esteem, difficult relationships and workplace problems to cultural difficulties and diagnosed mental health conditions.
I have a special interest in work place bullying and conflict at workplaces and helping clients to identify healthy ways of managing the feelings that come out of that process.
Therapies Offered
Humanistic therapies
Existential therapy
Integrative therapy
CBT-Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Mindfulness
Dynamic Interpersonal therapy
Person Centered Therapy
Transactional Analysis Therapy
As an existential- integrative counsellor/psychotherapist, I am drawing on the approaches that best suit the issues the clients bring into the therapy room. I offer both short-term and long term therapy for adults.In existential therapy, emotional and psychological difficulties are viewed as inner conflict caused by an individual's confrontation with the givens of existence. Rather than delve into the past, the existential approach looks at the here and now, exploring the human condition as a whole and what it means for an individual.
Whilst focusing on the existential approach, I can also work in an integrative approach, which means that I draw on the approaches that best suit the issues the clients bring in to the room. Therefore, I can work with other various psychological approaches including Person-Centred Therapy, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and Psychodynamic Therapy. I have a special interest in working with the Transactional analysis model, to help clients manage their relationships in a healthier way and understand their own mechanisms and how that plays out in their relationships. My approach as a whole, is tailored to the individual client.
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