Marcus Price Psychotherapist
If you are in need of emotional help, book yourself a confidential appointment with an experienced UKCP registered psychotherapist.
Based in Dartford, Marcus offers face to face and online psychological assessments, comprising of one to a few meetings. Once or twice weekly sessions of psychotherapy may be offered. Group therapy is also sometimes available for people who have undertaken a period of individual therapy.
Please use the contact form to message Marcus or phone with any questions. Fees are normally £80 per 50 minute session, although fees are agreed as part of the intitial assessment and are sometimes adjusted during the course of therapy.
The standard fee for once weekly group work of 1.5 hours, is £130 per month.
Life is complex and sometimes a constant wish for it to be simple with simple solutions itself can be problematic, particularly if you find yourself taking medications in order just to keep going. People who seek help may need space and a response outside of their normal arrangements. Psychotherapists consider not just the impact of childhood and early life but also the nature of current relationships, the impact of social circumstances and how people adjust to the pressures and crises they face. A radical change in the way things are understood is sometimes required before more helpful life-changes can take place.
Some people seek psychotherapy following a bereavement or the shock of a diagnosis which requires reaching out to other human beings, outside the normal circle of friends and family. Others might need help building or sustaining closer relationships and are suffering lonliness.
The emotional impact of life circumstances can be overladen with feelings of guilt, failure, anger, or just feeling aweful without knowing why. You may have dissapeareed behind an image of sucess whilst fearing the exposure of underlying feelings of failure. We often find ourselves rejecting difficult feelings, partly due to the way in which we have been taught to bury them, and psychotherapy can sometimes address this by freeing people up to be less punishing on themselves.
The everyday tensions of modern life have psychological and physical impacts which are about to or may have already have converted into symptoms; such as stress, anxiety , panic attacks, sexual issues, volotile moods or depression.
Marcus has spent many years training in individual psychotherapy which included his own analysis. He is also trained to run psychotherapy groups and provides clinical supervision to counsellors and other psychotherapists. His experience includes consultations to organisations, staff support groups for health professionals and experiential group work for counsellors in training.
Full Professional Memberships:
UKCP United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy
CPJA Council for Psychoanalysis and Jungian Analysis
BAPPS British Assocaition for Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Supervsors
GASI Group Analytic Society International
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Professional Consultations
I currently see people for individual psychodynamic psychotherapy as well as group psychodynamic psychotherapy.
An initial consultation will involve some explanation of the process of psychotherapy and we will make a plan if we agree that psychotherapy might be a helpful course of action. Sometimes psychotherapy is open-ended other times we might agree on a set time period or number of sessions. This is usually agreed in the initial consultation, although every client can finish any time, endings are usually important so its recommended to finish after a period of discussion rather than abruptly.
Finances are an increasing strain, particularly for those who might be on a minimum wage or facing redundancy, which is often a time you might need psychological help. I have therefore recently introduced a sliding scale to make my service more inclusive and accessible.
Please feel free to book an appointment with my online form or give me a call at 077606 14028.
At the assessment phase,( a few sessions following your initial consultation) we will explore your situation. You may be aware of your need to address a recent trauma, bereavement, or relationship difficulty, work issue, unnerving diagnosis, or destructive habits and the different aspects of your situation that have led to you asking for help. There is no rush and exploration is a large part of the process for the duration of your therapy. Sometimes deeper issues are discovered which may at the moment be unconscious, and it is this that a psychoanalytic or depth psychotherapy approach aims to address.
Due to the complexity of human beings, there are no guarantees that my services will be of help. However, I have some encouraging feedback from over 20 years of practice.
Qualifications
MA in psychotherapy: Kent Institute of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Kent at Canterbury, graduated 1999.
Master of Clinical Science in Psychotherapy: Kent Institute of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Kent at Canterbury, Graduated 2004
Diploma in Psychoanalytic Clinical Supervision; The Society of Analytical Psychology, graduated 2010
PGC in Group Analysis, awarded by The Institute of Group Analysis and Birkbeck, London, graduated 2012
Current: Large Group Dialogue, approved by The Institute of Group Analysis.
Experiential Psychotherapy Initiative
The Experiential Psychotherapy Initiative offers training for health care professionals who wish to improve psychological approaches to their work. Psychologists, psychiatrists, nurses, teachers, occupational therapists, GPs, psychotherapists, counsellors, project workers, HCA’s, music therapists, drama therapists, and art therapists have attended our events. We work as a cooperative to make sessions affordable and our seminars are once a month on Saturday mornings over eight months of the year. Graduates have access to supervision or other psychodynamic groups at reasonable rates.
Psychodynamic Skills International 2024
Zoom has assisted us in developing an international EPI community. With seminars this year from Romania, Senegal, Greece, Ukraine, Israel, Albania, China, India, and no fixed abode (refugees). We plan to resume our Annual Dartford Dream Conference for an in-person meeting (not online).
Full details pending.
Individual Psychotherapy
Attendance for individual psychotherapy is normally once weekly at the same time. Occasionally people come twice weekly and there is usually a choice to lay on the couch or sit face to face. Laying on the couch can be helpful for some and not others, it means less eye contact with the therapist, which for some can free up the exploration of life issues.
As part of my training, I received around nine years of twice-weekly psychoanalysis, on a couch with two separate analysts. A therapist's personal analysis is considered the most important part of psychotherapy training. It is intended to help a psychotherapist disentangle their own issues from those of the client but also provide the therapist with experiences of what it feels like to ask for help. I try to make my consulting room comfortable and it is conveniently situated near Dartford town centre. There is a parking space at the front of the building and a waiting area just inside the front door.
Group Psychotherapy
I currently have a once-weekly psychotherapy group, and I welcome enquires for those interested in trying this type of therapy. The advantage of group -therapy is that you can get a wide range of responses to your situation, not just that of the therapist alone.
Attendants of group therapy are asked to respect each other's privacy and are not allowed to meet outside sessions. If this does occur by accident or design, this must be discussed within the group.
There is a £130 monthly fee for membership of the group, regardless of how many sessions are attended in any month. There are a maximum of twelve places in a group. All group members have seen Marcus for a period of individual psychotherapy to assess for suitability and also prepare them for the group.
About Me
With a long career in the health professions, I have held psychotherapy positions in a range of different organisations including the NHS, Turning Point, St. Mungos, The Salvation Army, and The Priory Hospital. My private psychotherapy practice commenced in 2004 and has been located in Dartford since 2008. In 2015 I founded The Experiential Psychotherapy Initiative Community (EPIC), which provides professional development seminars for psychotherapists and other health professionals, both in South England but also internationally through Zoom. I currently have a supervisor position at Tunbridge Wells Counselling Centre.
I have written a number of article's, including one published for the professional Journal 'Group Analysis' ( read in the Sep 2024 issue) 'Radar in the Darkness', which is about my own internal processes and thinking about people, particularly those who have been hospitalised, and how this manifests in dreams and art, which in turn can inform psychotherapy.
I have collaborated with Group Analyst Mike Tait by illustrating his novel, The Visitors, a powerful critique of contemporary institutional life. I also authored and published a book entitled, 'Asleep on the Volcano, The Poetic Landscape of Psychotherapy'. The book is based on reflections in art and poetry of my experiences of group work in forensic hospitals.
My Location
My practice is based in a comfortable, private room in Dartford, Kent and is easily accessible from the surrounding areas such as Gravesend, Sidcup, Bexley, Bexleyheath and Crayford.
Fees & Availability
Individual psychodynamic psychotherapy, once weekly, is £80
There are low-cost spaces for people on a minimum wage or financially struggling. This can be discussed at an initial consultation.
Individual sessions are 50 minutes in duration.
Group Psychotherapy fees are £130 per month, regardless of how many sessions in a given month.
Group Psychotherapy sessions are 1.5 hours.
Occasional concessions are made to those in financial hardship.
Supervision fees are negotiable.
Organisations:
Staff support, reflective practice groups and training sessions are bespoke and please get in touch to see if I can help.
Get in touch
Please get in touch to arrange an initial consultation. At this
appointment, we can think about ways in which psychotherapy may be of help.
You can also call me on 07760614028 if you want to leave a message or speak to me first.
I try to respond promptly to all enquiries.
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