Claudine Maguire

Name: Claudine Maguire
Address: Springfield Road, Newham, Greater London, E6 2AH, United Kingdom
Telephone: 07905603294

Therapist Directory Listing Category: Psychotherapists and Counsellors

About the Therapist

About the therapist:

I am qualified in Integrative Psychotherapy as an individual psychotherapist. I am also qualified in Family and Systemic Psychotherapy as a systemic psychotherapist. As well as my private practice, I currently provide tutoring support for counselling trainees at Re-Vision, Centre for Integrative Psychotherapy in Queens Park, London [http://www.re-vision.org.uk]. I also provide training to professionals themed around working systemically with individuals, children and families. I am a registered member of the United Kingdom council for Psychotherapy [UKCP https://www.psychotherapy.org.uk/therapist/claudine-maguire-iajriaa0/]. I adhere to UKCP Codes of Ethics and Good Practice. I have personal indemnity insurance and receive regular professional supervision. UKCP registration number: 8159997 I also hold an up to date enhanced’ Disclosure and Barring Service check [previously Criminal Records Bureau, CRB, check]

Sexual identity:

Gay
Lesbian
Queer

Gender identity: Female

Gender history: As assigned at birth

Intersex: No

Neurodivergent: No

Personal pronouns: she/her

Qualifications - Links to websites:

I am qualified as an Integrative Psychotherapist and registered with the UKCP: https://www.psychotherapy.org.uk/therapist/claudine-maguire-iajriaa0/

I am also qualified as a Family and Systemic Psychotherapist and registered with the UKCP under the Systemic College: https://www.psychotherapy.org.uk/therapist/claudine-maguire-iajriaa0/

In addition I am an experienced and qualified clinical supervisor.

Qualifications - Additional:

Award	Awarding body	Year of award
Diploma Integrative Psychotherapy	Re-Vision, Centre for Integrative Psychotherapy	2008
MSc Family and Systemic Psychotherapy	Institute of Family Therapy	2014
Dip Clinical Supervision	Re-Vision, Centre for Integrative Psychotherapy	2023
BSc Psychology	Goldsmiths [University of London]	1993

Experience and approach:

Psycotherapy can be invaluable in a crisis and can enable us to greatly enhance our relationships [both with ourselves and others], our work and our experience of life. It can give us the opportunity to look at our lives, at what works and doesn’t work for us and consider changes we might like to make. As young people we learn patterns of thinking and bahaviour to deal with our circumstances. In adulthood, these patterns may no longer be working for us and we can feel stuck. Therapy can help us to identify these patterns and find new ways of responding [both to others and to our relationship to ourselves].

As an Integrative Psychotherapist I have been trained in, and have experience of offering a range of therapies which I can tailor to your individual needs and circumstances. Therapy may involve working on a clearly defined problem area and may be time-limited. Alternatively, it may be more helpful to work in an open-ended contract in which you can explore your issues further.

In open ended psychotherapy there is space to consider the rejected aspects of our beings as much as those valued and accepted parts. This can involve a process of trusting the wisdom of the psyche as revealed in symbolic and imaginal process. I value the place of imagination in the therapeutic process as it allows space for trusting images to unfold in their own rhythm rather than manipulating them. This process can allow a move away from the rational mind in order to access our own inner source of healing and wisdom and can be very useful when working with internal conflict.

My therapeutic approach draws on a range of theories including psychodynamic therapy, integrative psychosynthesis, Jungian, existential, developmental, CBT and systemic psychotherapy. I believe that therapy is not a one size fits all and during our initial sessions we can decide together which approach may be helpful for you. I work holistically, which means taking into consideration all aspects of the person’s life. In therapy this means being mindful of not only the emotional and psychological aspects but also the physiological and the wider social world, our relationships, history, culture and spirituality.

I have been working as a therapist since 2006 and have worked in a variety of contexts throughout the NHS, Local Authority [children and family services and youth offending services] and the voluntary sector [particularly around grief, loss, trauma and transition].

Systemic therapy provides a space to view your relationships from a new perspective. The work is collaborative and invites you and your partner[s] or family members to feel more comfortable to experiment with new ideas. Part of the work involves identifying and working with unhelpful or stuck patterns in the relationship[s] that may initially seem difficult to shift. The opportunity to reflect on intergenerational beliefs and values around relationships is a useful part of this process and can reflect how our ideas of the world have been shaped.

Relationship therapy can be quite an active process, once patterns of relating and communicating are identified it is often helpful to identify and suggest tasks to help you change these patterns and provide a space to reflect on whether these changes are helpful to you. All relationships have their ups and downs but sometimes things can become overwhelming or unmanageable.

Approaches: