My work is to help individuals and couples take a fresh look at their relationships and to offer strategies to help them cut through the blocks that are getting in the way of satisfying, loving connections.

I aim to create a safe place where you can be seen and heard without judgement. Finding the right counsellor ‘fit’ for you is important, and this is often down to personality, so I encourage and welcome prospective clients to meet me and to ‘shop around’ in order to find the counsellor they feel they can do their best work with.

During our first session, we’ll explore whether relationship or psychosexual therapy would be right for you at this time in your life and whether it would be best to work individually or as a couple. If family therapy, art therapy, specialised group therapy or another approach or counsellor is thought to be what's called for, I will be happy to refer you to one of my trusted colleagues.

Joyce Walter Training and qualifications

I have been specifically trained in the field of human relationships and sexuality and am experienced in working with both couples and individuals to sensitively explore difficult issues in these areas. I use an integrative approach drawing on training in systemic, humanistic, CBT, NLP, Imago and EFT (Emotionally Focused Therapy). I find that a well developed sense of humour is also an important resource in this work!
 

I grew up in Brooklyn, New York, and earned an M. Ed from Florida Atlantic University. After moving to the UK, I trained at the Relate Institute at the University of East London, to become a Relate-UK certified practitioner, and took further training at Regent’s college in psychosexual therapy. Additionally,  I’ve trained in North London to become a Relateen counsellor, working one-to-one with adolescents who are coping with family break-down.  In 2009, I  completed a year’s NLP training course  at the Beeleaf institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy, earning my practitioner certification in NLP.

In addition to my private practice, I currently work at Relate West Kent as one of their experienced and fully accredited counsellors.

I am a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) ; The British Association for Sexual and Relationship Therapy (BASRT);  The Association for Independent Practitioners; and the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity (ATSAC).