Hello, I am Paolo Imbalzano - counsellor, psychotherapist and clinical supervisor - and I welcome you to my website.

I offer counselling, psychotherapy, and clinical supervision (to counsellors and psychotherapists, qualified or in training) in a safe, secure, non-judgmental, confidential, and compassionate environment.

My counselling and psychotherapy clients have contacted me to work on a variety of symptoms e.g. anxiety, depression, relationship issues, trauma/PTSD and complex trauma/PTSD, attachment-related issues, etc. - see Help is at hand for a comprehensive list.

I work with individual clients (16 years old and older) and with couples and groups. I offer short, medium and long term/open ended counselling or psychotherapy treatments. I also offer Clinical Supervision to counsellors and psychotherapists.

I am specialised in Advanced Trauma Treatment (Sensorimotor Level 1), Developmental and Relational Trauma Treatment (Sensorimotor Level 2), Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR Levels 1, 2 and 3), and am EMDR-trained.

I hold UKCP full clinical accreditation (Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapy College), I am an accredited UKCP clinical supervisor, and I am a BACP Registered Member, and I abide to their respective codes of conduct - you can find them at BACP Ethical Framework and UKCP Code of Ethics and Professional Practice.

I trained integratively in various therapeutic approaches and tailor the therapeutic process to your needs, preferences, and personality. My primary training is in Relational Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy (MSc, Diploma and Certified Transactional Analyst in Psychotherapy-CTA-P). Subsequently, I trained in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy (Level 1 and Level 2), EMDR (Levels 1-3) and Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR, Levels 1-3). I also hold a Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling and am a Master NLP Practitioner. I hold a Diploma in Supervision and am currently enrolled in a Clinical Psychology degree.

In my Mindfulness and Body-informed practice, I integrate psychotherapeutic elements of several modalities including Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy (Humanistic), Relational Psychoanalysis, Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Internal Family System (IFS) parts work, EMDR, Deep Brain Reorienting and Cognitive Behavioural approaches.

I formulate a tailored therapeutic plan for each of my counselling and psychotherapy clients. My therapeutic plans flexibly allow to process any issues client bring from session to session, or from moment to moment, as this is one of the ways the unconscious manifests itself.

My practice is guided by the Relational Transactional Analysis Principles and by the Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Guiding Principles which can be found on the “Guiding principles of my practice” page.

I offer an initial complimentary 20-minute consultation. If you are curious about how what I offer might suit you, please contact me to arrange an initial session where we can discuss your needs and decide if we want to work together.

I hope you appreciate what I offer. However, if you don’t choose me, please remember to check that like me your therapist is suitably qualified, belongs to a professional body, adheres to a code of ethics, and is properly insured.

Your choice of a therapist is a major decision. During treatment you will talk about personal issues and experiences, perhaps for the first time or in a way you have never done with anyone else in your life, and you need to feel that you will be able to do this with the therapist you choose. I have your best interest at heart - we agree from time to time what to focus on - and apply my knowledge and therapeutic/personal skills to our work.

I am grateful for the time you are spending reading my website content, and I would be happy to hear from you.

I wish you all the best for your healing journey!

“Like a filing cabinet, the past is a resource of information for learning, but it is not a place to live.“ - Anonymous

“It is a joy to be hidden, and disaster not to be found.” - D.W. Winnicott

“There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in” - Leonard Cohen

“Your trauma might or might not have started with you, but it could end with you” - unknown

“I am not defined by my scars, but by the incredible ability to heal.” - Lemn Sissay

“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I’ll meet you there.” - Rumi

“And suddenly you realize that silence Has the face of the things you've lost” - translation from “La voce del Silenzio”, Paolo Limiti and Mogol

“I go out looking for You and find You coming towards me.” - Yehudah Halevi

“It was a while before we came to realize that our place was the very house of difference rather the security of any one particular difference.” - Audre Lorde

I am registered with and accept referrals from theSE Health Insurers: AVIVA, AXA PPP, BUPA, Cigna, Simplyhealth, WPA, ETC.

Only for clients who contact me via this website, I offer an initial complimentary 20 minute consultation.

W  -  click here for the online contact form

T  -  07803049039

E  -  Paolo@presentingpast.co.uk

Help is at hand

Life can be difficult at times .... Help is available!

Life can be difficult at times .... Help is available!

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