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About

About Me

Welcome to my website. I'm Dr Harriet Challoner, Counselling Psychologist. 

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Being a Counselling Psychologist means that I have completed doctoral level training in applied psychological therapies. Counselling Psychologists undertake extensive training in a range of therapeutic approaches over several years, in addition to undertaking doctoral level research, before qualifying. Counselling Psychologists must also undertake their own personal therapy throughout training, so I have experience of sitting in 'both chairs.' 

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I am a registered Counselling Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council (registration number PYL36181). â€‹

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Alongside my private practice, I work in the NHS.

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My Approach

My Approach & Therapies Offered

Above all I believe that the therapeutic relationship between therapist and client is the most important and effective factor in succesful therapy. Plenty of research also backs this up. I therefore pride myself on creating a safe, compassionate, collaborative, authentic and reliable space for you.

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When you decide to work with me, we will create a collaborative understanding of your difficulties, and a tailored plan of how we are going to work on them together, which can be in short, medium or longer-term therapy. 

 

My approach to psychological therapy is integrative, which means I am trained in and often blend a range of therapeutic approaches, so therapy is tailored to you. I decide which therapies to draw upon depending on the issues you bring to therapy, your preferences and personality, my own expertise, and the evidence-base. I only integrate and draw upon evidence-based therapies. The therapies and approaches I may integrate include:

 

  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

  • Humanistic, Existential and Person-Centred Therapies  

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

  • Trauma-focused therapies, including Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) and Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT)

  • DBT informed-therapy (I am DBT trained but cannot offer full DBT due to not working within a team at this time)

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I usually like to contract for between 12-24 sessions with clients, as I feel it is good for everyone to have a timeframe to work towards. If we both feel it's needed we can extend beyond this of course, but I find working to an approximate time frame helps both myself and the client to focus, and means you can budget for therapy more effectively. 

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Therapy Setting

Update Feb 2025:

 

Please note: I am currently only available for online therapy via Teams, whilst I move home and build my new therapy office. 

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If you are happy with online sessions, please get in touch to discuss availability. 

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Services & Fees

I offer an initial free-of-charge phone call of up to 30 minutes, to have an initial chat about therapy and to see if we feel I am the right therapist for you. From this you can then book in for an initial session with me. 

 

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I offer individual psychological therapy for adults (those aged 18 years and older). My fee for individual self-funded therapy is usually £90 per session. Sessions last 50-60 minutes.

 

I am registered with Bupa to work with insured/funded clients. You can find my profile on the Bupa Finder website at https://finder.bupa.co.uk/go/dr_harriet_challoner.  

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I am also registered with AXA and WPA insurers as a provider.

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I also offer individual clinical supervision to qualified and trainee psychologists, therapists and counsellors, for which I charge £90 for a one-hour session. I offer reduced rates for those in training. 

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Services & Fees
"I always felt we had a great connection and always felt at total ease. This in turn enabled me to be able to speak freely, with no fear that what I was saying was right, or wrong, rather that I knew it would all form part of her analysis of the situation."

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Contact Me

For any enquiries, questions or more information, please feel free to contact me using direct e-mail or this contact form.

Dr Harriet Challoner, CPsychol

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harriet.challoner@gmail.com

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