Sarah Weir
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38-42 Fife Road Kingston Upon Thames Surrey KT1 1SU View map |
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020 8940 7240
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Profile
I am a BACP Accredited, psychodynamic psychotherapist and have worked as a psychotherapist for over fifteen years.
I practice from a consulting room in Fife Road, in central Kingston, within two minutes of the train station and can offer both evening and daytime sessions.
I have worked in a wide range of agencies and settings, with people experiencing many different issues.
I offer the following services:
Short term, focussed psychotherapy
Ongoing, longer term psychotherapy
Many people who come for psychotherapy experience some sort of distress or unhappiness. This could be a general sense of dissatisfaction with life or it could be focussed around a particular issue or difficult life event These issues include:
Anxiety and depression
Self harm
Suicidal feelings
Panic attacks
Eating disorders or difficulties with body image and food
Low self esteem
Relationship difficulties
Sexual or physical abuse
Stressful or traumatic life events
Grief and loss
Sometimes there might be something going on in your life that you cannot understand or control, leading to feelings of unhappiness.
Psychotherapy provides a safe and confidential setting to speak openly about the things you're struggling with. It provides the opportunity to make sense of why you are feeling the way that you do and to understand underlying difficulties. It may also help you to understand what is preventing you from changing.
Emotional difficulties are sometimes caused by thoughts and feelings that we are not always consciously aware of. These underlying difficulties or unhelpful patterns of relating can stem from the past and this can influence the way you interpret current events. Understanding the past and how it has shaped you, can help you to live more fully in the present.
INITIAL CONSULTATION:
I offer an initial consultation session for us to meet and explore whether we can work together and if psychotherapy has the potential to be helpful to you.
This session is usually seventy five minutes long.
It is common to feel anxious and uncertain about the initial session. Most people coming for counselling and psychotherapy feel vulnerable in some way and unsure what to expect.
An important element of the first few sessions is to taking time to understand the difficulties you are facing. Before you can resolve a problem, it is important to understand what is causing it.
Working psychodynamically, I believe that it is important to gain a thorough picture of you and your life as it has been until now. Taking time to know you thoroughly and to understand what you hope to gain from psychotherapy, provides the tools to understand your current difficulties and how they might be resolved.
If we feel together that further sessions would be helpful we can meet for on-going sessions. I can provide both short term, focussed sessions to work on a specific issue or longer term, more in-depth work, depending on your needs.
Training, Qualifications & Experience
I have a Graduate Diploma in Psychotherapy, a three year full time course undertaken at the University of Auckland. I went on to specialise in psychodynamic psychotherapy and completed 'Foundations in Psychoanalysis' a two year part time course. I also have a qualification in supervision with the British Association of Psychotherapists.
I have worked as a psychotherapist for over 15 years in a wide range of settings. I am a Senior Accredited Member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). I was a manager of a psychotherapy service that provided community support to people with a mental illness. This role included training, supervision of staff in addition to managing referrals and assessments. I have also worked in youth centres, women's centres and residential treatment centres. I have also worked for Employee Assistance Programmes providing short term psychotherapy and also Critical Incident De-Briefing following traumatic incidents.
I have had my own private practice for over ten years and work with a wide range of difficulties. I provide short term focussed sessions, or longer term more ongoing work, depending on individual need. I have also worked as a Student Counsellor at a local university for the past eight years and am Co-Ordinator of the Kingston Post Natal Counselling Service.
Areas of counselling I deal with
- Abortion
- Abuse
- Addiction(s)
- Affairs and Betrayals
- Anger Management
- Anxiety
- Avoidant Personality Disorder
- Bereavement
- Bipolar Disorder/Manic Depression
- Borderline Personality Disorder
- Bullying
- Career Counselling
- Child Related Issues
- Dependent Personality Disorder
- Depression
- Disabilities
- Domestic Violence
- Eating Disorders
- Emotional Abuse
- Gender Identity
- Generalised Anxiety
- Histrionic Personality Disorder
- HIV/AIDS
- Infertility
- Low Self-Confidence
- Low Self-Esteem
- Narcissistic Personality Disorder
- Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder
- Panic Disorder
- Paranoid Personality Disorder
- Personality Disorders
- Physical Abuse
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Postnatal Depression
- Relationship Issues
- Schizoid Personality Disorder
- Schizophrenia
- Schizotypal Personality Disorder
- Self Harm
- Separation and Divorce
- Sexual Abuse
- Sexuality
- Stress
- Trauma
- Work Related Issues
Other areas of counselling I deal with
I also provide a range of organisational services to Employee Assistance Programmes, including anger management training and Critical Incident Debriefing and organisational trauma interventions.
Therapies Offered
- Psychoanalytical and Psychodynamic - Psychoanalytic Therapy
- Other Therapies - Integrative
- Psychodynamic Therapy
Fees
£45 per session. In some circumstances I can negotiate a reduced fee for people on a low income.
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