Practice open during Covid-19 by phone, video, in person - safety measures in place
Nicola Richter
for over 20 years your psychotherapy & counselling service in
St Albans
call in confidence: (01727) 750088
Practice open during Covid-19 by phone, video, in person - safety measures in place
for over 20 years your psychotherapy & counselling service in
St Albans
call in confidence: (01727) 750088
I offer you a friendly, genuine, professional and very experienced & effective service.
My interactive approach, is tailored to your individual needs to help you to: understand yourself and others more fully, work through pain and patterns, make the changes in your feelings and thinking and behaviour, which you want to make.
• You are in safe hands: as I have over 20 years of experience of making a difference to peoples lives • You can be assured by my credentials: I am a senior BACP accredited counsellor and psychotherapist, registered with UKCP, with a Masters in Psychology • In addition you get from me up-to-date knowledge, as I train others in counselling and psychotherapy as senior lecturer at University and I am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy • Plus: with me you can get to work with a whole-hearted professional: I am immersed in the field, e.g. also through presenting at national and international conferences (Belgium, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, USA).
Above all: I am human and talk with you in a warm, sensitive, compassionate and natural way. For me you are not a standard 'case', you are a unique person. I am here to help you, to access your own inner potential, to understand your life's lessons, to find your own answers and to experience deep contentment in living the life you know you could live.
Events as they are unfolding throughout the world affect us in different ways:
some of us feel unsettled, worried and anxious for themselves or for the lives of family and friends with underlying health-issues. Others feel puzzled about the focus of the world upon Covid-19, when during the same time far more people die e.g. sepsis related deaths, or smoking, or alcohol. Some people feel angry as they lost trust in politicians and media to tell the facts, e.g. given that some of the statistics don’t make sense, with reports of increase in cases in the UK, compared to April /May, when far less tests were done, and adjusted numbers thus showing in September that cases have been flat-lining. Others feel a weird sense of calm and relief that something in our world had to change with the focus upon material things loosing the grip over them. Some embark on practicing mindfulness, endeavouring to come away from these times with meaningful insights about the lives we live and take at times for granted. Some feel a sense of increasing care and concern emerging for our planet, for humankind, for loved ones and for more balance within ourselves.
Many more feelings are evoked, including opposing feelings.
Some of us feel a mixture of the above.
With this message I would like to reassure you, that during these intense times I remain committed to the work I love, to working with you.
Your well-being and safety are central and at the heart of my decision making.
Currently (November 2020) I offer you appointments by phone or Skype, and in person - with adherence to current government safety guidelines and best practice measures in place (more details will be sent before you arrange an appointment).
Keep looking after yourselves
and others,
Warmly,
N i c o l a
I am a: Psychologist - Psychotherapist - Counsellor - Supervisor - Consultant
• Dipl.-Psych. - MA - Masters in Psychology (specialised in: Clinical Psychology; Counselling Psychology; and Educational Psychology);
• PGDipHE - Postgraduate Diploma in Higher Education,
• MBACP (Senior Accredited) - British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy,
• UKCP Registered - United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy,
• Member MBPsS - British Psychological Society,
• Fellow FHEA - Higher Education Academy
• Member of AHP - American Association for Humanistic Psychology
• Member of WAPCEPC - World Association for Person Centered & Experiential Psychotherapy & Counselling
• Member ADPCA- Association for the Development of the Person-Centered Approach
I offer my services for psychotherapy and counselling in St Albans, Hertfordshire - Greater London.
Also offered: supervision for counselling and psychotherapy in St Albans. Research Supervision too.
I am trained in humanistic person-centred counselling and psychotherapy (under the late Prof. Dr. Reinhard Tausch, friend and professional colleague of the founder of the approach, Prof. Dr. Carl Rogers).
For over 20 years I have successfully helped individuals and couples.
For your peace of mind I want you to know: To my knowledge I have not had any symptoms of the coronavirus (or other contagious disease). I feel very healthy and in balance of body-mind-spirit, looking after my wellbeing and am happy to continue our sessions by phone or Skype as well as in person (safety measures in place).
We don't know how long it will be for face-to-face session to commence. Please call me on: 01727-750088 or email me on: nicolarichter@yahoo.com to arrange for a session to take place via phone or Skype or in person.
If you are unable to find a place to yourself where you can’t be overheard by others, you might consider e.g. a garage, garden-shed, or your car – an option others have taken in the past.
If you can’t think of ways to make it work, call me and we can discuss your options and best way forward.
Please make sure that you are in a room where you can not be overheard or disturbed by others. Reason for this: to create an environment of confidentiality for you to feel safe and comfortable to speak with me about anything in your session much the same way as you do when we meet face-to-face.
In person sessions are currently possible and I will email you the safety measures before the first session, so you can make an informed choice should you prefer phone or video sessions.
To emulate the experience you may find it helpful to not smoke during your session time and not watch the TV or computer in the background. This is not a chit chat, this is your therapeutic session. In turn, I will be sitting in the consulting room on the same place as always.
Should you have booked a couple-/joint-session and you are at different places, we can have a conference call or conference skype. I have good experiences with others of this option.
Throughout my therapeutic work of over 20 years, I have followed strict guidelines for hygiene, safety, respect and wellbeing .
Currently I’ve added: ‘social distancing’, no hand-shaking, an air-purifier in the consulting-room (which claims to have caught 99.97% of the H1N1 virus), one-use plant-based recyclable cups, hand-sanitizer at the entrance and two in the consulting room and a bowl for receiving your payment.
Please follow the official guidelines.
Information on hygiene what to do can be found:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-51711227
Government guidelines:
Last but not least:
Look after your overall wellbeing - physical health, psychological wellbeing, mindful approach to life.
As always: if you are unable to be available for your booked session, let me know as soon as you can and with a MINIMUM of 72 hours notice – i.e. 3 days - otherwise the full fee is payable.
Please bear in mind if you need to change your appointment due to unforeseen circumstances, I always endeavour – especially in the current global situation - to offer you an alternative for the same week at no additional cost. However please be aware that at times I have no alternative availability.
Thank you, for your understanding.
In the hopefully unlikely event that you are admitted to A&E, I will not charge you for the missed session and we continue the sessions when you are out of hospital.
Some people have asked me for advice, what you could do to stay safe. Please follow the guidelines as given by the government. Consult your GP, NHS information and your pharmacist. I am not in a position to provide medical advice, as I am not a medically trained professional. I studied some Health Psychology during my Masters in Psychology as it is in my view important to have a holistic attitude to mental health.
Hence here some general comments about measures, which research I have come across over the years, has indicated to be useful for peoples overall wellbeing. Please note, that none of this is directly aimed at you personally and you should consult your GP, also: none of this is proven to be useful for the coronavirus and is not targeted at this specifically, again, please consult your doctor or pharmacists or the NHS helpline on 111.
Research on wellbeing indicates that diminished physical health can impact our mental wellbeing and vice versa: feeling mentally unwell can impact our physical health. The immune system is often described as playing a key role. Helping and promoting our immune system can help us physically and psychologically and make us more resilient. I am happy to explore with you your thoughts and ponderings on how you can improve your overall wellbeing.
Whilst hygiene and social distancing have their place, in well-being research I have consulted over the years, what strikes me most is the interaction of our physical, emotional, mental and spiritual/transpersonal/metaphysical wellbeing.
In addition to offering you my services in private practice, I am also registered health care provider in psychotherapy for several MEDICAL HEALTHCARE INSURANCES:
• Aviva
• AXA
• Cigna
• Exeter Family Friendly
• Helix Health
• Vitality Health (formerly: PruHealth)
• WPA and WPA Protocol
Please make sure you arrange with your insurance the referral details.
Please ask me about other insurances, we might be able realively swiftly to arrange insurance cover for sessions with me.
email: NicolaRichter@yahoo.com
63 Doggetts Way, St. Albans, Hertfordshire AL1 2NF, GB
phone: (01727) 750088
Sessions available:
Mondays-Thursdays: first appointment starts at 9am - last appointment starts at 6pm
Phone Enquires:
Mondays-Fridays between 9am-6pm.
Or leave a message any day and time and I call you back.
Especially during the current global coronavirus-crisis therapeutic resources can help us to connect more deeply to ourselves and each other.
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For your protection and to honour the trust of your working relationship, all information you'll give me is treated by me strictly confidential.
All sessions are confidential, including your initial phone or email enquiry.
In the rare event, that a breach of confidentiality would be required for your own safety, due to strong evidence-type grounds, that your or an other persons life is in serous danger, I will always endeavour to obtain your consent first before such a breach.
Should you ever wish that I do release some information to a third party, such release will be discussed beforehand and agreed upon between us in writing, which serves to safeguard against any misunderstandings.
This statement has been made in adherence with the Code of Ethics of the professional bodies I am member of. I am compliant with the UK and EU GDPR data privacy laws.
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