Madeleine Herring
Psychological Counsellor
Perhaps, like me, you don't always fit clear categories. My skills are in helping to make sense of the nonsensical; helping to understand oneself better, and assisting in building a toolbox of strategies and supports.
I specialise in:
About me
I trained as a Counselling Psychologist in Australia, specializing in a form of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy known as Rational Emotive Therapy. I moved to London and worked as a Counselling Psychologist, offering short-term crisis intervention, helping actively suicidal clients. The Crisis Team was multi-disciplinary and it was there I began to broaden my therapeutic expertise, building a toolbox aimed at providing support in a crisis. I then obtained a Master's in Forensic Psychology and later worked as a Forensic Mental Health Practitioner with young people (16+) with mental health and offending issues. In that job, I again gathered multidisciplinary expertise from drug, alcohol, vocational and dyslexia specialists.
I moved to Hamburg Germany and continued to develop expertise in mindfulness, which I use myself. I have further trained in safeguarding. I have also established an Autism Therapy centre, and whilst I don't have any professional expertise in autism, I have considerable lived experience of autism and its ramifications in a family context.
I have been a member of the Australian Psychological Society, and have been a member of the British Psychological Society since 2018.
I am currently upgrading my skills, and have completed a course in Compassion Focussed Therapy. I see myself as being able to offer support, understanding and hope in difficult situations, helping to build robust strategies for the future.
I am willing to offer an initial consultation for free.
I speak:
Location:
Media Gallery
Approach
Freshly retrained in Compassion Focussed Therapy which brings together Compassion (wisdom & courage) with mindfulness (also for complete beginners). My approach is eclectic and versatile having originally trained in CBT, then forensic psychology, I incorporate psychodynamic elements and can work with crisis alongside deep and enduring issues.
Experience
Forensic Mental Health Practitioner - Lambeth Probation Office, Brixton, London, UK - 2 years Counselling Psychologist - Crisis Team for actively suicidal clients - Redbridge Health, London, UK - 2 years Social Worker - Child Protection, Disability services, Duty (Emergency/Crisis intervention) - Social Services London, UK - 2 years Safeguarding Trainer - Diocese Of Europe - 3 years Founding and current Board Member: Autism Institute, North Germany
Education
Bachelor of Arts - double major: Classical Civilizations & Psychology. Monash University, Victoria, Australia Post-Graduate Diploma of Social Science - Counselling Psychology: Rational Emotive Therapy (CBT). Monash University, Victoria, Australia Masters of Science - Forensic Psychology. University of Surrey, UK Compassion Focussed Therapy Fundamentals - Completed March 2024
Services
Individual Session
Unemployed people
Students
Insurances
