About Me
My doctoral training at University College London and clinical work in private practice and in NHS mental health services has given me a depth of experience in working with people who are struggling with a variety of psychological difficulties including depression, anxiety, anger, trauma, low self-worth, shame, relationship problems, self-harm, substance misuse, eating disorders, personality difficulties, psychosis and bipolar affective disorder.
Alongside my private practice I currently work in the NHS as the lead psychologist for Surrey and North East Hants for the Early Intervention in Psychosis Services. I work therapeutically with people aged 14 and over who are experiencing a first episode of psychosis to help them make sense of the experiences they are going through and to work with them on their recovery. I supervise psychologists and other therapists to help them reflect on and develop their clinical practice. Prior to this role, I worked in NHS community mental health teams, firstly in West London before then moving to a team in Westminster, seeing people with a wide range of mental health difficulties. For three years I also had a part-time role in an NHS specialist eating disorders service.
The majority of my practice has been in one to one, individual therapy, but I have also worked frequently with couples with the aim of helping people resolve relationship problems and think about healthy ways of relating. I have run several group therapy programmes, most recently a mindfulness group, which is one of my particular interests.
I believe that the therapeutic relationship with you as my client is what heals and I seek to understand you as a person in thinking how to use my psychological knowledge and training to meet your needs. We all struggle at times and as a therapist I aim to be humane, compassionate and down-to-earth in the hope that my clients experience me as someone they can relate to and confide in. Collaboration with you is central to my therapy and we will seek to build a joint understanding of your difficulties and how we might address them. I am experienced in seeing clients for short and long-term therapy and can be more problem focused or more exploratory in my approach according to your needs, which we will identify together.
Because I am a clinical psychologist I am trained and experienced in using a number of therapeutic approaches and I consider myself to be integrative in style; this means I am flexible in drawing on therapeutic models that I think will be of benefit to you as an individual. Clinical psychology emphasises the importance of clinical practice being informed by research, and I enjoy reading books and articles and attending training events to enrich my therapy and keep up to date with the latest theory and evidence.
For more information on my approach please see my website www.drmichaelmunday.co.uk
Areas of Specialisation:
• Abuse
• Addiction
• Anger Management
• Anxiety
• ASD/Neurodivergent
• Bereavement and Loss
• Bipolar Disorder
• Bullying (adults)
• Children’s Support
• Chronic Illness and Pain
• Depression
• Divorce and Separation
• Eating Disorders
• Emotional abuse
• Faith and Culture
• Loneliness
• Low Self-Esteem
• OCD
• Personality Disorders
• Phobias
• Physical abuse
• PTSD and Trauma
• Redundancy and unemployment
• Self-Harm
• Sexual abuse and rape
• Sexual Identity and Gender Dysphoria
I offer sessions on –
Tuesday, both in the day and evening (09:30 – 21:00)
Wednesday evening (19:00 – 21:00)
Thursday during the day and evening (10:00 – 21:00).
Please contact me if you have any questions. I offer a free, confidential phone consultation in the first instance. If you are then interested in making a time to meet we can book in a first assessment session.
Fees
I charge £120 for a 50 minute session for people paying directly.
I charge £130 per session when a person is paying via an insurance policy to reflect the extra work of liaising with insurers.
I am registered with the major health insurers so please let me know if you would like to use your policy to pay for sessions.
• Aviva
• AXA PPP Healthcare
• Vitality Health