I qualified with distinction as an integrative therapist from Inter-Psyche Training Centre in Dartford which is affiliated to the Kent and Medway NHS Trust Foundation. This is a Level 6 qualification which is equivalent to a degree. I have also had specialist training as a relationship and couple’s therapist from The Grove Practice in King’s Cross. This training, which I also completed with distinction, is accredited by COSRT (College of Sexual and Relationship Therapists) at Level 5. I am currently nearing the end of a Level 7 diploma in Trauma Therapy. While talking therapy can undoubtedly help with trauma, there are significant differences with a trauma informed approach.

I used to work for the NHS providing counselling for their Improving Access to Psychological Therapies service (IAPT). My work within the IAPT service was short-term and demanded a high degree of focus to find and address core issues. This is very different to long-term therapy, which may extend over the course of a year or longer. With long-term therapy the pace can, at times, be slow in order to enable deeper and more sensitive exploration. I currently work exclusively in private practice in SE9. Typically, in my private practice, the length of therapy is reviewed periodically.

Publications

I have published five academic philosophy papers on the subject of existentialism which is relevant to the existential aspects of being an integrative therapist. This is a list of my published academic papers:

1. Biosemiotics Journal (Springer)
   Pharoah, M. (2018). Qualitative Attribution, Phenomenal Experience and Being. Biosemiotics 11, 427–446. https://www.doi.org/10.1007/s12304-018-9344-9
   https://rdcu.be/bcfXi
2. Biosemiotics Journal (Springer)
   Pharoah, M. (2020). Causation and Information: Where Is Biological Meaning to Be Found? Biosemiotics 13, 309–326. https://www.doi.org/10.1007/s12304-020-09397-6
3. Linguistic Frontiers
   Pharoah, M. C. (2020) Advancements in the Evolution of Human Capacities to Know. Linguistic Frontiers, 3(2)2, pp.66-69. https://www.doi.org/10.2478/lf-2020-0016
4. Think (Cambridge University Press)
   Sukhoverkhov, A., & Pharoah, M. (2020). Polo minds: Gateway to existential enlightenment – philosophy of ordinary things. Think, 19(55), pp.135-138. https://www.doi:10.1017/S1477175620000123
5. Semiotica Journal (De Gruyter)
   Pharoah, M. (2023) Meaning and the evolution of signification and objectivity, Semiotica, 2023(250) pp. 149-166. https://doi.org/10.1515/sem-2021-0154

Additionally, I have two papers published in Russian with METOD Journal:

1. ЭМЕРГЕНЦИЯ СУБЪЕКТНОСТИ: АТРИБУТИРОВАНИЕ КАЧЕСТВ, ФЕНОМЕНАЛЬНЫЙ ОПЫТ И СУЩЕСТВОВАНИЕ METHOD. Moscow Yearbook of Social Studies, 10, 91-121 http://www.doi.org/10.31249/metod/2020.10.04.

2. Значимость и эволюция сигнификации и объективности METHOD. Moscow Yearbook of Social Studies, 11, 350-371 https://cyberleninka.ru/article/n/znachimost-i-evolyutsiya-signifikatsii-i-obektivnosti/viewer

Feel free to access my academic work here at Researchgate or Academia. Alternatively, my Orcid page gives more relevant information regarding my publications and my reviews of academic papers. You can also find my LinkedIn profile here.

DBS and Registration

I have a fully enhanced DBS check and am a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). The BACP is one of the main organisations that, amongst other things, is tasked with regulating the standards of therapists. One of its standards is that members adhere to the BACP’s code of ethics. That is where ‘supervision’ comes in. All BACP counsellors are required by the code to have ‘a supervisor’ who is tasked to ensure good practice.

My aim as an integrative therapist is to help my clients develop a greater understanding of the processes that connect their body, emotions, feelings, moods and thoughts, and to explore the conscious and unconscious communications of these processes in the therapeutic relationship.

I offer Face-to-Face and Online therapy

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