
Bea Xu
Registered Member MBACP
Contact information
Therapist - London
Features
- Concessionary rates
Availability
I currently have availability from Tuesday - Thursday, 11am to 7pm.
About me and my therapy practice
I am a fully qualified integrative, transpersonal psychotherapist; registered BACP member; & UKCP pre-registrant offering open-ended psychotherapy on Zoom.
The service I offer is queer-, kink-, ENM-friendly and culturally sensitive, having obtained my Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy from London’s Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy Education (CCPE) in 2024 following my Foundation certificate in 2019. With 650+ hours and 4+ years of clinical experience working in forensic mental health, drop-in, community-based ecotherapy and BIPOC-focussed psychotherapy services, my work is supported on a regular basis by UKCP-registered supervisor Dwight Turner, with prior mentorship from therapists at Pink Therapy.
Practice description
A Chinese-British practicing artist and writer, I studied English at Oxford University, worked in ‘new media’ video production, then climate communications and campaigning - with various spells of uncertainty and unemployment - before embarking on my psychotherapy training.
As someone who experienced a profound alignment to my artistic path and community in recent years after what felt like a lifetime of painful trial and error, I am particularly invested in helping individuals who wish to self-actualise any frustrated creative potential or uncover a calling.
The transpersonal aspect of psychotherapy deals with a spiritual dimension of the human experience (not necessarily one that is religious) and in this capacity I hope to assist with people undergoing spiritual emergency. I faced dark nights of the soul as a young adult and my intersecting identities make it easier to understand clients dealing with issues within a marginalised cultural context.
From online culture to counterculture, identity crisis to mood disorder, capitalist realism to extinction anxiety: it is an extremely edgy time to be alive on this planet, and my therapeutic approach does not shy away from this reality.
My first session
I offer a free 15 minute phone consultation to all potential clients. If we choose to proceed, we will then schedule in an initial £70 assessment lasting 1 hour 30 minutes. In the lead up to the assessment, I will ask you to complete and return 3 mood questionnaires (the PHQ, GAD & CORE).
During the assessment, our regular rate per session is negotiated on a sliding scale of £50/£65/£80 depending on your financial situation - and we will begin our first, weekly, 50 minute session at this rate.
What I can help with
Abuse, ADD / ADHD, Addictions, Adoption, AIDS/HIV, Anger management, Anxiety, Autism spectrum, Bereavement, Body/somatic therapy, Cancer, Child related issues, Chronic fatigue syndrome / ME, Cultural issues, Depression, Disability, Eating disorders, Health related issues, Identity issues, Infertility, LGBTQ+ counselling, Loss, Menopause, Men's issues, Mood disorder, Neurodiversity, Obsessions, OCD, Phobias, Post-traumatic stress, Pregnancy related issues, Redundancy, Relationships, Self esteem, Self-harm, Sensory impairment, Service veterans, Sex-related issues, Sexual identity, Sexuality, Spirituality, Stress, Substance Dependency, Trauma, Vegan allied, Women's issues, Work related issues
Types of therapy
CBT, Existential, Gestalt, Humanistic, Integrative, Jungian, Person centred, Phenomenological, Psychodynamic, Psychosynthesis, Transactional analysis, Transpersonal
Clients I work with
Adults, EAP, Older adults, Trainees, Young people
How I deliver therapy
Email therapy, Long term sessions, Online therapy, Short term sessions, Telephone therapy, Text therapy, Time-limited
Languages spoken
English, Mandarin