About Your Therapist
Philip Waine
Choosing the right therapist or counsellor to help you on your journey is crucial for the success of a therapeutic relationship. Here you can find out a little bit more about me before we meet to find out if we would be a ‘good fit’.
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My name is Philip Waine and I am based in a village in Hertfordshire, where I live with my wife. Besides family life, I am heavily involved in my local community, helping to organise various events throughout the year and always doing so with the most positive outlook on life.
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I have extensive experience in listening, counselling, mentoring and encouraging adults, professionals and young people and families, working systemically in a pluralistic way. I am committed to working with those who are struggling with a range of challenging life issues, (i.e anxiety and depression and stress-related), empowering my clients to move forward with a fresh perspective on their lives. To date, I have carried out over 1,400 hours of supervised clinical work.
Personal Reference
“Philip Waine is a seasoned professional with outstanding counselling and therapeutic skills that he has developed through the right mix of dedicated client engagements and academic accreditation. I have known Philip personally for over 40 years and seen his robust and empathetic commitment to all those he works with – both voluntarily and in contracted services - and his open handed non-discriminatory approach comes from an open hearted wisdom that seeks solutions and gives people the latitude to develop their lives to maturity and freedom. ”
- Lord Dr Hastings of Scarisbrick CBE
Qualifications
Postgraduate certificate
Tavistock and Portman, London NHS - University of East London
Systemic approaches to working with individuals, families and organisations (D4).
MA Integrative Psychotherapy
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Middlesex University
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Models of therapy studied: Integrative Psychotherapy, Contemporary Cognitive Approaches, Schema Therapy and Narrative Therapy, Addictions and Family Therapy (Systems of Relationship).
BA (Hons) Theology and Counselling
Middlesex University
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The counselling element of the BA is accredited by the BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy).
Models of Therapy included; Integrative Person-Centred CBT and Family Therapy.
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Recent CPD’s:
September 2021 - Webinar: Moving Through & Being Moved By.
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January 2021 - Webinar: The Hungry Ghost, Gabor Mate.
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January 2020 - Single session therapy with Prof. Windy Dryden.
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March 2019 - Complex Trauma, Disassociation & Flashbacks.
November 2017 - Trauma Focussed CBT for PTSD (2 days).
Career To Date
2019 - Present: Occasional pro bono work at ‘Oxygen’ connected to Drug Link in Hemel Hempstead.
2017 - Present: Private counselling practice.
2016 - July 2021: During a break in counselling in 2015, I worked for a local police force, advising the public on scams, fraud, cyber-crime and encouraging cooperation with Neighbourhood Watch.
2011 - August 2015: Therapist and Systemic Practitioner at Kids Company, Kilburn, London NW10, a charity for disadvantaged children, known for its self-referral key-worker model. Children were assessed and assigned a key-worker and counsellor, who supported their needs. The charity was spread over four street-centres and in partnership with 31 schools across London.
2007 - 2010: During my time at university, I organised a counselling placement for myself at a large church in Chalfont St. Peter, Bucks.
2007 - 2009: Counsellor at New Hope in Watford. I counselled staff at the charity which helps homeless, addicts and alcoholics.
2003 - 2006: Conference Organiser, ISAAC, (Institute of Substance Abuse and Addiction Coalition) in Reading, which is an international charity tackling the problem of substance misuse and addiction for which I organised and led a global conference in Cairo.
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