Psychotherapist
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Fortunata Baker
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Qualified & Accre Member
BACP, BACP & Registered member IPT UK
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Personal Profile
About Me:
I am an accredited Cognitive Behaviour Therapist (CBT), Brief Psychodynamic Counsellor and Interpersonal Therapist (IPT). I have over 10 years of experience working in mental health services. This includes working with charities and the NHS. I worked as a counsellor at Victim Support, a staff counsellor at Epsom & St Helier Hospital NHS Trust, and with young adults at Open Door (Better Mental Health Mental for People Young People). I have worked with IAPT services within three NHS Trusts (Barnet & Enfield NHS Talking Therapies, Bromley Talking Therapies and Merton Talking Therapies as a CBT/ IPT therapist. I work within primary care service with mild, moderate to severe mental health disorders. My experience is focused on the following presentations:
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Depression
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Trauma and Complex Trauma
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Specific anxiety disorders i.e. social anxiety, Health anxiety, Panic, General anxiety disorders, Obsessive-compulsive disorder and Body dysmorphia.
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Stress management
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Loss
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Relationship difficulties
My Approach:
The objective of our first meeting is to spend time getting to know each other. We will discuss what significant events, past to current, may have contributed to the difficulties you are now facing. I am open, curious and respectful of all individuals from all walks of life. Embracing diversity has allowed me to learn and adjust my skills to individual-focused treatment.
I use my therapeutic skills to support and empower you and explore other options to help you find balance in your life. My CBT/IPT experience will support you in learning new skills and offloading the unspoken thoughts, feelings & behaviours that contribute to mental health challenges). I encourage clients to be flexible, build resilience and test out new ideas. We discuss and begin to work on your commitment to address difficulties. Also, explore any resources you might need to support your journey. From the outset, I work with my clients to build a tool kit that you can use both during and after our work together to help maintain good mental health.
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Feedback from clients I've worked with:
a) My therapist was patient and listened to me. She made sure that I knew what plans were for the coming week and where I was on that plan. The treatment progressed at a pace that seemed comfortable without letting me go too slowly or pressuring me to go faster. I felt safe to challenge my preconceptions about certain social situations both in theoretical discussion and in practical experiments. She helped me explore how past events have shaped my recent unhelpful patterns
b) I have had a very good experience with my therapist. For the first time in my life, I have felt seen, heard and understood as well as confident enough to handle the challenges of life and the circumstances that I have experienced.
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Qualifications
-Undergraduate Degree in Short-Term Psychodynamic Counselling and Cognitive Behaviour therapist, Birkbeck College- University College London.
-Interpersonal Psychotherapy Training (IPT), Anna Freud Centre.
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Professional Status:
BABCP Accredited Cognitive Behavioural Therapist:
BACP Accredited Brief Psychodynamic Counsellor:
IPT UK registered member, IPT Therapist (in training):
Professional Indemnity Insurance: Fully insured
DBS Clearance-Clear.​
Please contact Fortunata on: ​
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07572 344057
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email: unspokenmind40@gmail.com​