The Couch

14/09/2021

The Couch - Consulting Rooms and Office - To Rent
Bussey Building - Peckham

The Couch is delighted to bring to you our new consulting rooms at Peckham's iconic Bussey Building.

We have two rooms available with a private waiting area for clients.

Our larger space is perfect for individual work, families, couples and groups. There is plenty of space to keep socially distanced, providing extra reassurance during face to face contacts. There's a large desk and monitor available so it's easy to mix up both face-to-face and online sessions.

Our smaller room is a generous space and perfect for individual and couple work. It's a welcoming and calming space to meet with clients.

There's free wifi in the rooms, access to kitchen facilities, toilets and even a yoga studio next door.

If you're interested in joining the team, using the space for your own practice, looking for a meeting room or a private office space please do get in touch.

contact@thecouch.org.uk

Rooms times

Our rooms are available on a block session basis at the following times

Block session times:

Mornings = 7am - 12.00pm (5hrs)
Afternoons = 12.10pm - 5.10pm (5hrs)
​Evenings = 5.15pm - 11pm

Room Costs

Therapy room 1:

£150/month per block for mornings, afternoons and weekend sessions (=£6.92/hr)

£195/month per block for weekday evenings (=£9/hr)

Ad hoc room rental from £15/hr (2 hour minimum)

Therapy room 2:

£190/month for mornings, afternoons and weekend sessions (=£8.77/hr)

£235/month for weekday evenings (£10.85/hr)

Ad hoc room rental from £20 / hr (2 hour minimum)

Reduced rates for full days and for clinicians booking multiple block bookings

09/03/2021

The Couch Consulting Rooms and Office- To Rent

The Couch is delighted to bring to you our new consulting rooms at Peckham's iconic Bussey Building. We have been resident at the Bussey Building for 6 years and recently opened our new space.

We have two rooms available with a private waiting area for clients.

Our larger space is perfect for individual work, families, couples and groups. There is plenty of space to keep socially distanced, providing extra reassurance during face to face contacts. There's a large desk and monitor available so it's easy to mix up both face-to-face and online sessions.

Our smaller space offers ample room for individual and couple work. It's a welcoming and calming space to meet with clients.

There's free wifi in the rooms, access to kitchen facilities, toilets and even a yoga studio next door. We provide hand sanitiser, masks and have space to maintain social distance at all times.

If you're interested in joining the team, please do get in touch via email contact@thecouch.org.uk

Please send a CV or similar so that we can get a sense of your background. We are also interested in complimentary / alternative therapies.
Rooms times
Our rooms are available on a block session basis at the following times

Block session times:

Mornings = 7am - 12.00pm;
Afternoons = 12.10pm - 5.10pm;
​Evenings = 5.15pm - 11pm
Room Costs
Therapy room 1:

£150/month per block for mornings, afternoons and weekend sessions (=£6.92/hr)

£195/month per block for weekday evenings (=£9/hr)

Therapy room 2:

£190/month for mornings, afternoons and weekend sessions (=£8.77/hr)

£235/month for weekday evenings (£10.85/hr)

17/07/2020

Here’s another lovely video from Balanced Minds’ director Dr Charlie Heriot-Maitland, in collaboration with Kings College London. The video outlines how compassion - and more broadly Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) - can help people who are hearing unpleasant voices. This video has been watched by over 185,000 people, and has been great help to many in reducing shame and building a sense of hope that change can happen through therapy and by learning how to be more compassionate with yourself.

The video is voiced by the inspirational Dr Eleanor Longden and Dr Rufus May.


balancedminds The video is also accessible on youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRqI4lxuXAw

21/04/2020

We’ve been busy at Men’s Minds Matter developing this coping with COVID psychological survival guide.

How to cope in a crisis. Based on our model for crisis intervention. Also, not just for men. How to manage emotional upset and buffer against depression.

We’re delighted to bring you our new coping with COVID survival guide.

We’ve been busy taking our model for working with people in suicidal crisis so that it can be helpful for both men and women struggling psychologically with this Coronavirus business.

We hope that you find it helpful.

https://www.mensmindsmatter.org/coronavirus-survival-guide.html

25/09/2019

BBC reporter Jordan Dunbar investigates the therapy industry after a bad experience when he sought help for his mental health in the private sector.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0008nxl

It’s so hard finding a psychological therapist as many professions remain unregulated.

The only titles protected by law:

Clinical Psychologist (DClinPsy)

Counselling Psychologist (DPsych)

Both are clinical doctoral-level training denoted by the abbreviations above (Please note a PhD is a research degree NOT a therapy qualification).

The governing body for both professions is the HCPC. Both professions are considered Practitioner Psychologists and are often trained in a range of different therapy approaches. You can check if your clinical or counselling psychologist is registered here.

https://www.hcpc-uk.org/public/be-sure-check-the-register/

You can also find clinical psychologists by searching the British Psychological Societies directory of chartered psychologists:

https://www.bps.org.uk/lists/DIR

If you’re looking for other types of therapists - psychoanalysts, psychotherapists, counsellors or CBT therapists please do your background research. The training, experience and quality can range from zero to very competent.

Therapists from other orientations should at the very least be registered with a professional body. Either the BABCP, UKCP, BACP or the BCP. If they are not, don’t go near them. You can check if your therapist is registered at the links below:

https://www.bacp.co.uk/

https://www.babcp.com/Default.aspx

https://www.psychotherapy.org.uk/

https://www.bpc.org.uk/find-a-therapist

If you're looking in this direction, research which type of approach might work best for you. If you’re looking for something exploratory, non-directive, childhood focused and open-ended you’re leaning towards psychodynamic approaches. If you’re looking for something time-limited, here-and-now focused, directive, practical and skills-based it’s CBT.

We would advise that you avoid any referring agencies unless they are linked with one of the governing bodies above.

We hope this helps you in your search.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0008nxl

Jordan Dunbar investigates the therapy business.

24/09/2019

Loving these new videos from Dr Russ Harris. They capture well some of the trappings of the mind. Here’s one on The Struggle Switch metaphor

Dr. Russ Harris, Acceptance & Commitment Therapist, explains the struggle switch metaphor through this entertaining and educational clip. To learn more about...

24/09/2019

BBC reporter Jordan Dunbar investigates the therapy industry after a bad experience when he sought help for his mental health in the private sector.

Jordan Dunbar investigates the therapy business.

21/08/2019

Meditation is skill set which has scientific backing for its usefulness for wellbeing. If you’re not spiritual you can come to it from a scientific perspective.

Here’s an in depth Sam Harris podcast that gives the science behind the practice. Bit heavy and technical but a great listen. “a wandering mind is an unhappy mind”

‎Show Making Sense with Sam Harris, Ep #111 — The Science of Meditation - 27 Dec 2017

21/08/2019

Big thank you to Sapphire from Bear in Mind Psychology for our amazing DBT and Schema therapy cards. Looking forward to putting them to good use

https://instagram.com/bearinmind.psychology?igshid=1hvjha9mdpjg5

10/07/2019

The power, threat, meaning framework

An alternative framework to psychiatric diagnosis and mental illness

Lucy Johnstone on the reaction to the Power Threat Meaning Framework, her life influences, and her hopes for the future.

10/07/2019

Research concludes that psychiatric diagnosis is scientifically meaningless!

We’ve know this for some time and more needs to be done to normalise emotional pain and distress rather than label people as ill.

Researchers conclude many psychiatric diagnoses are scientifically worthless as tools for identifying discrete mental health disorders.