Phillip is a fully qualified counsellor and psychotherapist, holding a Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy and a Master’s Degree from De Montfort University in Transpersonal Counselling and Psychotherapy. He is a member of the United Kingdom Council of Psychotherapists.
Phillip has a broad experience of working in a number of different areas and with different cases. Apart from his own private practice, he has also worked with Victim Support, the Help Advisory Centre, and the Association for the Blind. He also assists in the supervision of students of counselling and psychotherapy.
His particular areas of interest are men’s work, dependency, depression and life journey work, using visualization, creative imagination and traditional psychotherapy techniques, in both long term therapy and brief therapy.
His thesis for his Master’s degree was focused on the expectations and projections that a client has prior to the first session of transpersonal psychotherapy. This has given him an appreciation of what clients may initially be going through when approaching therapy.
His other interests include writing, literature, poetry, sport and film, and has had poems published in Cygnus magazine and by UNESCO.
As co-founder of Emergence, he is an active advocate for the values of counselling and psychotherapy, and believes that counselling and psychotherapy have an important role to play in contributing to the welfare of the community and the environment, as well as individuals’ welfare.
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Nousheh Rahbari-Hodgson
Nousheh is a psychology graduate and fully trained counsellor and psychotherapist. A ‘personal development’ student and practitioner for over 20 years, her studies have included the EST training (now Landmark Forum), Psychology of Vision with Chuck Spezzano, the Enneagram with Karen Webb and Helen Palmer, Women’s work with Mary Aver, to name a few.
Her counselling and psychotherapy experience include working at Ealing Abbey Counselling Service, The Help Advisory Centre, and St James’s Caravan Counselling Service. She also assists in the supervision of students of counselling and psychotherapy at her local college and therapy centre.
Coming from the Middle East, she believes that this is a time for bringing the teachings of different spiritual paths together, and applying them to our daily lives. She has therefore explored a number of different disciplines, including Sufism, Buddhism, and British and Native American Shamanism, and continues her journey, believing strongly in the importance of sacredness and ritual in daily life.
Her particular areas of interest are women’s work, life purpose, relationships, and ritual and ceremony work.
Her thesis for her Master’s degree is focusing on how people have used the Enneagram in their spiritual development.
She is passionate about the environment: from conservation and ecology to interior design from a spiritual perspective. Her other interests include music, drawing, stained glass and sculpture.
As co-founder of Emergence, she believes strongly in the importance of ethics and responsibility in counselling and psychotherapy: “As a counsellor or psychotherapist, you work with people’s souls – this is an honour and a privilege, as well as an enormous responsibility. It is also an amazing gift.”
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