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Therapy

Everyone seeking therapy has their own story and so therapy will always be tailored to your individual needs and hopes. This means that no two experiences of therapy are ever the same but hopefully this will give you an idea of how therapy can look and what you can expect.

How it works

Step One

Arrange a call

This will be a 10-15 minute phone consultation where we will ask you a few questions about your difficulties and how you would like things to be different. We can answer any questions you may have and ensure that we will be a good match to work together. If you choose to, the next step will be to arrange an initial appointment.

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To arrange your free initial consultation please complete this brief contact form.

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Step Two

Create a plan together

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The first few sessions will explore your current concerns in more detail and any difficulties from your past. This helps us to build a picture of what’s bringing you to therapy including how your difficulties developed and what might be keeping them going. From this we can think together about some goals and how we might work towards them. Generally, this takes one or two sessions; this of course depends on a number of factors including the complexity and severity of your difficulties.

Step Three

Therapy sessions

Sessions last 50 minutes and typically take place on a weekly basis. We are currently offering face-to-face sessions in Clapham Common, as well as online sessions via Zoom. Therapy is always tailored to each individual so the number of sessions will depend on what has brought you to therapy and the type of therapy best suited to you. We are able to offer both short-term and long-term therapy.

 

Short-term therapy tends to address a particular difficulty or problem. The focus is usually on the here and now and helping you to find ways to overcome or manage your difficulties in a more effective way.

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Longer term therapy allows an opportunity to look more deeply at patterns and underlying difficulties. This can involve exploring early life and past experiences and thinking about how these may relate to current difficulties.

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What we can help with

Some of the difficulties that we can help with include:

  • Low mood

  • Anxiety

  • Panic disorder

  • Phobias

  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

  • Social anxiety

  • Low self-esteem

  • Depression

  • Relationship difficulties

  • Life transition & adjustment issues

  • Difficulties relating to pregnancy, childbirth or the postnatal period - for more information regarding perinatal difficulties click here

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Some people find that a diagnosis brings a sense of reassurance, and perhaps a shared sense of others facing similar challenges. However, diagnoses aren’t for everyone so we sometimes choose to think more in terms of people’s experiences. So if you find yourself more comfortable with the second approach, here are some of the experiences that bring people to therapy that you may be able to relate to:
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  • Feeling worried, anxious, tense or on edge

  • Feeling sad, low, tearful, hopeless, flat or lonely

  • Having unwanted and intrusive thoughts or images that are upsetting

  • Feeling irritable, angry or having a short fuse

  • Low confidence, self doubt and self-critical thoughts

  • Wanting to explore relationship patterns, current and past

  • Experiences that have felt traumatic or overwhelming

  • Wanting to explore your identity or perhaps to explore your values and gain a sense of direction

  • Early experiences, perhaps from childhood, that continue to cause strong emotions

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