Bill Baker -
Counselling, Psychotherapy, Business Coaching

Counsellor, Psychotherapist and Business Coach

LONDON W1 AND THE CITY EC2

'Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity'
WHO (World Health Organisation) definition of good health.

This website is in the process of being developed for more information please see www.billbakercounselling.co.uk

Time and space for you...

You want to consult a counsellor. Congratulations. That is not an easy decision. Every one one of us has times when what life throws at us seems too much. We crave space to think things through. It's called being human.

Sometimes it is those existential questions: “Why don’t I feel right?” “Why am I not where I ‘ought’ to be?” Often it is a relationship, a marriage, a partnership. Sometimes it is an event - a bereavement, a loss, a trauma, an illness or a career or employment problem

I am experienced, deeply empathic and non-judgemental - respecting you and your values. As your counsellor I work with you, through counselling. It is a voyage of discovery which leads on to open the door to new beginnings.

For an initial no obligation appointment please email or call me:

0844 248 4731

News: Dateline March 2008

...Business Services - Business Consultancy, Executive Mentoring, Executive Counselling, Business Coaching. See 'Business and Executive 'for more details

...New Counselling/developmental counselling/coaching opportunities in the City

I am now able to see clients in the City (near Liverpool Street) please make clear when you enquire that you would like to meet in EC1 - available appointments Tuesday pm and Friday am.

I counsel the following areas:

Relationship Counselling,
Couple Counselling,
Divorce Counselling,
Counselling for Stress, Panic, Depression and Anxiety,
Anger Management counselling,
Addictions counselling,
Bereavement Counselling,
Trauma Counselling and Counselling for PTSD ,
Counselling for Mid-Life Crisis,
Counselling for Self-Esteem,
Career & Workplace Counselling including Bullying,
Counselling for Loss,
Counselling for Identity Issues,
Counselling for Creativity,
Counselling for Psycho-Sexual Issues,
Counselling of Adoption issues in Adopted Adults.

Emotions and Feelings in Counselling and Psychotherapy

Much emphasis today is on how clever, intelligent we are. Psychotherapy is not about that. Psychotherapy focuses on what we feel.

Our emotions and the feelings from which they derive drive much of our behaviour. The fashionable phrase is emotional intelligence - the EQ equivalent of IQ.

Psychotherapy as I practice it, is not about assessing EQs or IQs. Psychotherapy with me, is asking questions where I am the catalyst, in empathic relationship with you. The result is clarification, understandings and new thoughts leading to shifts and changes...

Harley Street:

My practice is at 30 Weymouth Street W1G 7BS in central London just off Harley Street and Portland Place and just a short walk from Oxford Street or Regent's Park. It is easily accessible from anywhere in Central London. The nearest underground station is Oxford Circus. There is an NCP Car Park in Weymouth Mews almost opposite. My rooms are on the first floor. If this could be a problem, please call to discuss.

The City:

I also counsel and coach by arrangment at the Hub 5 Wormwood Street London EC2. This is 5 minutes from Liverpool Street Underground Station, just round the corner from Tower 42 in Old Broad Street.

Note about counselling, pyschotherapy and coaching:

The terms 'Counsellor' often mis-spelt as Counselor, Councilor, Counseller and 'Counselling', are today used more often than 'Psychotherapist' and 'Psychotherapy'.

In many instances the designation counselling or psychotherapy is interchangeable or a matter of preference. However, in some contexts psychotherapy may indicate a longer-term approach and sometimes it denotes a strictly psychoanalytic approach.

Coaching or business coaching, sometimes expressed as executive coaching or executive mentoring is a form of developmental counselling to help senior executives in business. It is distinguished from counselling in being forward-looking, developing executive talent to fit new roles and challenges or cope with change in the business environment or in his/her career.

I often use my variant of brief solution focused counselling to inspire and equip the senior executive to rise to the challenges he/she faces.