Sophie Waterhouse MA MBACP

Barnsbury Therapy Rooms 144 Liverpool Road Islington London N1 1LA View map
07877 453477 www.sw-psychotherapy.co.uk Click here to Email me

Profile

I provide a safe, confidential space in which clients can look at issues without fear of being judged or pigeonholed. As a therapist my priority is to be empathetic and genuine. I listen attentively and give straightforward feedback, and I work with clients to apply what they discover or learn in sessions in daily life.

I am a humanistic psychotherapist offering short-term and long-term counselling and psychotherapy to adults. Some of the areas I work with include life crises and transitions, relationship difficulties, anger, loss, grief, feelings of isolation, depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, work-related issues and creative block.

My background is in the arts and I have a continuing interest in the importance of creativity to our sense of fulfilment. That does not necessarily mean being artistic, but being able to be creative within whatever kind of work we do, within our relationships and in how we live our lives. Before practising in counselling and psychotherapy, I worked in film, mainly in script development. I grew up in London but have also lived abroad in Greece and the United States.

Please also see my website www.sw-psychotherapy.co.uk for more information on how I work.

Training, Qualifications & Experience

I have over 2000 hours of clinical training and professional development. I am British but trained in the United States full-time for three years. I have a Masters degree in Counselling Psychology with Expressive Arts Therapy from the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco. CIIS is an accredited institute and its psychology training programmes fulfil the rigorous academic requirements of the California Board of Behavioral Sciences and state licensing laws for psychotherapy. I completed my clinical practicum at Berkeley Creative Living Center, a drop-in day care centre for the chronically mentally ill in Berkeley, California.

My training includes a focus on the therapeutic use of the arts. Using the arts in sessions can be helpful in expressing and working with emotions. It can also enhance our capacity for creative dreaming about what we want to grow in our lives and help us to develop new approaches to difficulties. There is no pressure, however, to engage with the arts if you prefer simply to talk.

I am a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP) and I am in continuing professional development at Spectrum in North London. Spectrum is a United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy member organisation. I am bound by the codes of ethics of BACP and Spectrum.

Areas of counselling I deal with

• Abuse
• Anger Management
• Anxiety
• Bereavement
• Bipolar Disorder/Manic Depression
• Bullying
• Depression
• Low Self-Confidence
• Low Self-Esteem
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
• Personality Disorders
• Postnatal Depression
• Relationship Issues
• Sexual Issues
• Stress
• Trauma
• Work Related Issues

Other areas of counselling I deal with

Creativity
Spirituality

Fees

£50 per 50 minute session
I occasionally have low cost spaces available

Further Information

If you would like to book a first session, please call me on 07877 453477 or email me at sw@sw-psychotherapy.co.uk.

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