Psychotherapy and counselling

Welcome to my homepage

Welcome to my website. I hope to give you here a taste of what psychotherapy has to offer, whether you are experiencing debilitating and disconcerting symptoms or whether you are feeling more generally dissatisfied with life.

Research shows that the most rapid change takes place just prior to a first session with a therapist! So the chances are that you are already on your journey to living life more fully. For me this is at the heart of psychotherapy; the chance to take time and to be attended to in such a way that we can begin to experience our lives in a more fully connected and meaningful way.

In My Approach to therapy I give more details about the influences on my work. Then in the Group therapy section you can find out more about the particular benefits of group therapy.

I am a qualified and accredited psychotherapist with over 15 years of experience working both for the NHS and in private practice. I currently provide a counselling and psychotherapy service to two GP practices in Putney.

Consulting Room Alison West Transpersonal Psychotherapy
Alison West Transpersonal Psychotherapy

A professional service

Additionally I run my private practice from my home in Barnes, South West London, where I have a comfortable consulting room. In both settings I run a psychotherapy group, see individual clients and supervise students in training

Please phone me on 020 8878 7574 or email me at to discuss how I can be of help or to arrange an initial session.

Regularity and continuity are important in therapy, as they give a feeling of reliability and structure to the process. We will agree on the days and times of your meetings (normally weekly) and those times will then be set aside for you.