Sheila Aked

Richmond Surrey TW10
020 8241 5736 Click here to Email me

Profile

Most people at some point in their lives, and for all sorts of reasons, undergo periods of heightened anxiety or low depressive moods, and it can be difficult to find the right person who can meet the need to be listened to with professional understanding and the utmost confidentiality. For this reason, I attach great importance to the first assessment session of counselling where a clients individual concerns can be heard and appropriate ways of working together can be decided upon.
From this point, I offer either a brief number of focussed sessions of counselling, or more open-ended therapy all taking place in the safety and calm of my counselling room. My aim is always to enable desired changes to take place in a supportive framework.
I am predominantly a psychodynamic counsellor, that is, I use methods based on psychoanalysis: but I also have training in methods such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). Besides my private practice, I work part-time as a counsellor within the NHS, and in the past as a counsellor of students at a London University. So I have experience of clients from a variety of backgrounds and with a wide range of issues.

Training, Qualifications & Experience

M.A. University of Manchester.
Post-graduate Diploma in Psychotherapy and Counselling.
Accredited Member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy.
Post-qualification Certificate in CBT.

Areas of counselling I deal with

• Abortion
• Abuse
• Anxiety
• Bereavement
• Depression
• Infertility
• Low Self-Confidence
• Low Self-Esteem
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
• Personality Disorders
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Relationship Issues
• Sexuality
• Stress
• Trauma
• Work Related Issues

Therapies Offered

• Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies
  - Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

• Psychoanalytical and Psychodynamic
  - Psychodynamic Therapy

• Other Therapies
  - Integrative

Fees

£30 - £45 per session

Further Information

Daytime or evening sessions available.
Within central Richmond on main bus routes and 10 mins walk from the station. Parking available.

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