Michael Friedrich
Psychoanalytic & Jungian Therapist
Chartered Psychologist
Seaton, Devon, EX12 2PW
t. 01297 625006
m. 07989 000088
ewpsychotherapy@gmail.com
About me
I’m a Psychoanalytic & Jungian Psychotherapist and a Chartered Psychologist providing psychotherapy, counselling and supervision by Skype, FaceTime, Signal and phone. I also provide open air, walking psychotherapy and counselling locally in Seaton, Devon. This is usually along the beach or in the bird sanctuary. Walking in a natural environ ment is a relaxing and healthy way of using psychotherapy. I’ve been working as a therapist for more than 30 years and I’ve been a visiting professor teaching psychoanalysis at Masaryk University in the Czech Republic since 2009. I was working for 15 years in the NHS, where I had posts as a Chartered Psychologist, a Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist and as a Clinical Lead for Psychotherapy and Psychology services.
Fees
My fee for once a week individual therapy is £60 for a 50 minute session. For 2 sessions per week it is £55 per session and for 3 sessions a week it is £50 per session.
My fee for couple therapy is £75 for 60 minutes.
For supervision my fee is £60 for 50 minutes once a week and £65 if the supervision is every 2 weeks or every month.
I sometimes have spaces at a reduced fee for people on a low income.
Fees can be paid each session or at the end of the month. Payment can be by bank transfer, PayPal or cheque.
Psychoanalytic & Jungian Psychotherapy
I work using a combination of Jungian and Psychoanalytic theories. This combination is quite common in the UK and is a method of therapy which aims to increase self understanding and emotional literacy. It therefore helps clients to become less controlled by their past and thus become more honestly self aware and so make better decisions about their lives and to optimise their possibilities for self development.
Couple Counselling
I provide counselling for couples, both straight and gay, who are experiencing trouble in their relationship. This sometimes results in people developing and salvaging a strained relationship and sometimes it results in people concluding that the relationship is not a good enough fit and that they would be better off separating.
Stress Management
This is generally provided during the process of therapy and includes teaching stress management, relaxation techniques, mindfulness, meditation & visualisation. There is a page on Stress Management, Meditation & Visualisation on this website.
Supervision
I also provide supervision for psychotherapists, counsellors,
psychologists & psychiatrists - both students and fully qualified
therapists and you are welcome to contact me to discuss this further.
The way I work is roughly similar to that outlined in Patrick
Casement's book "On Learning from the Patient" If you have any
questions about how I work or how I can help, please get in touch.
t. 01297 625006
m. 07989 000088
ewpsychotherapy@gmail.com\
Qualifications
- NHS Certificate in Supervision – August 2006
- Certificate in Supervision British Association of Psychotherapists – July 2001
- Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist – Guild of Psychotherapists – February 2000
- Post M.Sc. in Counselling Psychology – City University May 1996
- M.Sc. in Counselling Psychology – City University February 1994
- Certificate in Psychodynamic Counselling – The Lincoln Institute June 1989
Experience
- Counsellor and Psychotherapist in Private Practice - since 1990 Visiting
- Professor in Psychotherapy at Masaryk University - since 2009
- Chartered Psychologist, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist and Clinical Lead of Psychology and Psychotherapy Services in the NHS up to 2009
Organisational Membership
- Chartered Member of the British Psychology Society
- Member of the BACP
- Member of the UKCP
- Member of the Guild of Psychotherapists
Areas of counselling which I work with:
- Abortion
- Abuse
- Addiction(s)
- Affairs and betrayals
- Alcoholism
- Anger management
- Anorexia nervosa
- Antisocial personality disorder
- Anxiety
- Asperger's syndrome
- Attachment disorder
- Avoidant personality disorder
- Bereavement
- Binge-eating disorder
- Bipolar disorder
- Body dysmorphic disorder
- Borderline personality disorder
- Bulimia nervosa
- Bullying
- Career counselling
- Carer support
- Dependent personality disorder
- Depression
- Disabilities
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emotional abuse
- Family issues
- Feeling sad
- Gambling
- Gender dysphoria
- Generalised anxiety disorder
- Hearing voices
- Histrionic personality disorder
- Hoarding
- Infertility
- Internet addiction
- Learning difficulties
- Loneliness
- Low self-confidence
- Low self-esteem
- Miscarriage
- Narcissistic personality disorder
- Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
- Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
- Panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Paranoid personality disorder
- Passive aggressive behaviour
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Physical abuse
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Postnatal depression
- Pregnancy and birth
- Redundancy
- Relationship problems
- Schizoid personality disorder
- Schizotypal personality disorder
- Seasonal affective disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Separation and divorce
- Sex addiction
- Sexual abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking
- Spirituality
- Stress
- Suicidal thoughts
- Trauma
- Work-related stress
My Specialist Areas
- Depression, despair and mourning
- Artistic people
- Relationship issues
- Highly sensitive people
- Childhood emotional neglect
- Stress management
- Low self esteem
- Right brain dominant people
- Dyslexic people
- Issues surrounding parenthood
- Parental concerns about a child
- Adoption issues
- Highly successful people
Therapies offered
- Arts therapies
- Couples counselling
- Jungian therapy
- Mindfulness
- Psychoanalysis
- Psychoanalytic therapy
- Psychodynamic therapy