Federica De Angelis MSc, PG DIP, BA (Hons) MBACP (Snr Accred), BPC (Reg), COSRT (Reg.)
I am a BACP Senior Accredited Psychodynamic Psychotherapist, BPC Registered Psychodynamic Counsellor and COSRT Registered Individual and Couple Psychosexual and Relationship Therapist with over 25 years’ experience in the psychosocial field in Italy and in the UK having originally qualified as a social worker in 1996.
Highly experienced in working with a wide range of issues including trauma, psycho-oncology, personality disorders, chronic and life threatening health conditions, and sexual health, I have provided counselling and psychotherapy in a variety of social and mental health settings.
I hold an MSc in Psychodynamic Counselling and Psychotherapy from Birkbeck College University of London, which I obtained before attending further trainings at the Tavistock Relationships and at the Anna Freud Centre in London.
At the Anna Freud Centre I attended training in Mentalization based treatment while at the Tavistock Relationships I gained a Certificate in Psychosexual Studies, a Post Graduate Diploma in Psychosexual and Relationship Therapy, and I am on Advanced Psychoanalytic Couple Psychotherapy training.
Alongside the clinical work in my private practice, for a number of years and until August 2022, I was employed in the NHS at Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust where I offered specialist Counselling to Oncology patients (inpatients and outpatients) and their carers, and where I supervised groups of nursing staff.
My wide-ranging clinical experience also include counselling students at the UCL Student Psychological Services, providing long-term psychotherapy (18 months) at the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust- Lambeth IPTT Personality Disorders Service, and both brief and open-ended therapy at Sutton Counselling, a charitable counselling service in Sutton.
I am a Training Therapist for Psychodynamic and Integrative training courses and apart from the psychodynamics of Chronic and life-threatening Health Conditions, I have a special interest in Personality Disorders, Psychosomatic Presentations, Relationship and Psychosexual issues (intimacy, desire, compulsive sexual behaviours, arousal disorders, menopause, fertility issues).
MY QUALIFICATIONS:
- MSc Psychodynamic Counselling and Psychotherapy - Birkbeck College University of London -Merit (Distinction on Qualifying Clinical Paper)
- PG Diploma in Psychosexual and Relationship Therapy - Tavistock Relationships- Distinction
- Certificate in Psychosexual Studies – Tavistock Relationships – London
- MBT Mentalization Based Treatment Basic Training – Anna Freud Centre – London
- BA (Hons) Social Work - University La Sapienza, Rome - 110/110
I attend regular clinical supervision and in order to maintain continuing professional development, I regularly go to talks, conferences, and take part in learning activities. Among others, I have attended for more than two years, the Borderline Workshops, a series of theoretical and clinical weekly seminars and group discussions at the South London and Maudsley, as well as the Seminars on Psychosomatics and a number of Maudsley and Introductory Lectures, run by the Institute of Psychoanalysis.
I am a Senior Accredited member of BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy) and a fully Registered member of BPC (British Psychoanalytic Council) and COSRT (College of Sexual and Relationship Therapists) and abide by their ethical frameworks and codes of practice.
I am also a full member of the BCA (Birkbeck Counselling Association) and TRAPC (Tavistock Relationships Association of Psychotherapists and Counsellors).
