About Me.
I am Cesar Bueno. Having embraced the UK as my home for over two decades, I've been surrounded by the warmth of my family. Driven by a profound love for human connection, I embarked on a journey in therapy. Witnessing individuals uncover their potential brings me profound joy. Since completing my Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling in 2015 awarded by the C P C A B (Counselling and Psychotherapy Central Awarding Body), I've been dedicated to private practice, alongside placements at The Awareness Centre, NHS Surgeries, and TTP Drugs and Alcohol (Deptford-London). I am a Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), I adhere to their Ethical Framework for the Counselling Professions. MN: 00761457
Why Psychotherapy?
Hold Hands with Your Soul, It Knows the Way (Carmen Castillo)
Current challenges often stem from old solutions that we continue to apply to today’s issues. This can provoke anxiety and potentially lead to depression. Psychotherapy can help you identify these outdated strategies and address the root causes of your problems. Together, we can find new ways to tackle your current challenges, leading to reduced anxiety and a more empowered approach to life's difficulties.
Guided by research and neuroscience, our interventions aim to promote new learning and foster resilience in your relationships, both with others and yourself. Through this process, you can develop a healthier, more adaptive mindset, better equipped to navigate life’s challenges.
What Is Psychotherapy?
In our therapeutic journey, we walk side by side as equals. My goal is to create a nurturing, non-judgmental space for you to explore your emotions and thoughts openly. Together, we work to unravel negative thinking patterns, empowering you to approach life with clarity and resilience. You set the pace, and I'm here to provide steadfast support.
Using a blend of evidence-based therapeutic modalities and neuroscience-backed interventions, we discover healthier ways for you to navigate both your inner world and the world around you. Emotions have a natural flow and their own impulses, prompting us to take action. Fully experiencing them brings a sense of mastery and empowerment.
Today, neuroscience shows how experiences shape our brain and how new experiences in therapy can create new brain connections that impact on how we experience the world. This evidence informs both the world of therapies and my practice.
How Do I work?
The ultimate goal of my work is to help you achieve autonomy to face the challenges in life with confidence and empowerment, and I want you to achieve it fast.
My primary approach is Mindfulness-Based Experiential Therapy (MBET), which integrates various modalities including Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy by Dr. Habib Davanloo, Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy by Diana Fosha, mindfulness, neuroscience-based techniques, and CBT interventions. The interventions used in my work are intended to deepen the emotional processes in the body, resulting in a faster reduction of anxiety, depressive symptoms and a positive attitude towards life’s challenges.
Recognising the uniqueness of each client, I customise interventions to provide a personalised therapeutic experience. Together, we identify the challenges you wish to address, set goals, and define the desired outcomes, which I call the therapeutic task. The aim is to help you face your feelings, manage anxiety, and understand the beliefs that shape your reality.
What to Expect?
We will schedule our first session, which lasts between 2 to 3 hours. This initial session is crucial as I will gather information about why you are seeking therapy, allowing us to set goals and determine our approach to resolve the difficulties you have been experiencing. After the first session we will have goals and defined tasks to accomplish the work.
From the second session onwards we aim at meeting for one hour, re-evaluating the progress every 6 sessions, to make possible adjustments to the process.
I offer online sessions via Zoom and in-person sessions in Ampthill (Bedfordshire) and London at The Awareness Centre in Clapham.
Sessions are in English or Portuguese.
Costs:
180-minute (3 hours) Intensive first session: £210.00 ( Extremely important to identify your goal for the therapeutic work).
60-minute sessions: £80 after the intensive session.
6 sessions paid in advance £70 per session
Please note that if you are in a different country other than the UK, the price may change. Please get in touch for prices in your country of residence.
Areas I can help you with.
I take a holistic approach, addressing the interconnected aspects of your mind, body, and soul. I welcome individuals from all backgrounds, genders, sexual orientations, and religious beliefs, as well as couples. My experience includes working with Anger Management, Depression, Anxiety and related difficulties such as Panic Attacks, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Eating Disorders, Emotional and Physical Abuse, Procrastination, Grief, and Ulysses Syndrome.
Please reach out so we can discuss your difficulties and determine if I can help.
