Judy Walker

I work Monday, Wednesday and Friday daytimes in my private practice in Old Malden, KT3. 

I am an experienced integrative counsellor and supervisor. As such, I am trained in a range of different therapeutic approaches, and draw on a number of them in my counselling work. Clients' presenting issues commonly include anxiety, depression, stress and overwhelm, relationship problems, bullying and domestic abuse,  low self-esteem, work-related issues, difficulties with decision making and struggles to adjust following big life events or losses. Clients often describe feeling stuck, lost, overloaded, emotionally flooded or numb, or experiencing a lack of meaning and fulfilment in life. Other clients will present with longer term, more deep-rooted issues as a result of past trauma or difficult childhood experiences. My aim is to help each client explore what is troubling them and enable them to find a better way forward, working through the issues that are most important to them, without judgment or bias.

I have counselling experience in both the NHS and charity sectors but now work solely in private practice, seeing individual clients aged 17 and above, both on a short-term and long-term basis. I work face-to-face, online and by phone. My standard fee is £70 but concessions can be offered in cases of genuine hardship, subject to availability. 

I am a naturally empathic and compassionate person and I believe that building strong, collaborative therapeutic relationships with my clients is key to the success of our work together. I bring maturity, warmth and humour to my work, together with insight gained not only from a rigorous, Masters level training and many years of counselling experience, but also from my many years of personal therapy and a long working history in healthcare, including a spell in nursing. I have also taught counselling skills & theory up to level 4, and I regularly supervise trainee and qualified counsellors. I have worked with issues of religion, culture, ethnicity and sexuality, and with clients from all walks of life, through all stages of life. I am sensitive to issues of difference and strongly support equality, diversity and inclusion. 

All new clients attend an initial assessment session, giving us the opportunity to meet one another, and enabling me to find out a little more about their reasons for seeking counselling at this point in time. The assessment session is charged at the standard session rate of £70. My rate for trainee therapists is £50. I offer concessions (subject to availability) for short-term work (up to 12 sessions). I am happy to have a brief chat over the phone or online to answer any initial questions prior to booking the assessment session. 

I see clients and supervisees both in person and online on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays in my private practice, which is located in Old Malden, KT3.

I am an experienced integrative counsellor/psychotherapist and supervisor. I have been working with individual clients since 2010 and with supervisees since 2019. I have counselling experience in both the NHS and charity sectors but now work solely in private practice, counselling adult clients and supervising trainee and qualified supervisors, both individually and in groups. I work face-to-face and online, via Zoom. My standard fee for counselling sessions is £70 but I offer a concessionary rate of £50 per session to trainee counsellors. For individual supervision, my fee is reflective of the standard fee paid by the supervisee's own clients. An alternative fee structure is available for supervisory groups.

I am a naturally empathic and compassionate person and I believe that building strong, collaborative relationships is key to the success of my counselling and supervisory work. Reflective in my approach, I bring maturity, warmth and humour to my work, together with insight gained not only from a rigorous, Masters level training and many years of counselling experience, but also from my many years of personal therapy and a long working history in healthcare, including a spell in nursing. Since qualifying in 2013, I have taken certification training in Schema Therapy, EMDR and Relational Supervision. I am also a qualified tutor and have also taught counselling skills & theory at levels 2, 3 and 4. I teach and supervise trainee counsellors in a local further education college. I have worked with issues of religion, culture, ethnicity and sexuality, and with people from all walks of life, through all stages of life. I am sensitive to issues of difference, I embrace diversity I am inclusive in my approach to life and work.