Donna Christina Savery MBACP Pg Dip Counselling.MA Theatre Practice

Harley St Counselling 1-7 Harley Street London W1G 9QD View map	Eton Wick Windsor Berkshire SL4 View map
07748645432 www.needatherapist.co.uk/ Click here to Email me

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I am a BACP registered counsellor and psychotherapist. I work for a mental health charity as a counsellor and group therapist. I am based in London W1 at www.harleystcounselling.co.uk and am in private practice at home in Windsor www.needatherapist.co.uk .

Finding the right counsellor or therapist is often difficult. The work is based on forming a relationship where you feel safe to share your worries and problems without fear of judgement.  I offer an initial consultation to meet, to see if we can work together. The work can be short term or open ended. Individuals, couples counselling and group therapy available.

If you are feeling depressed or anxious, find yourself filled with dread or feel hopeless and desperate, or have undergone a recent life change or loss, counselling can provide a safe confidential space to talk about your feelings and help to make sense of them.

For more serious concerns, chronic anxiety and mental health problems - including trauma, PTSD, self harm, bipolar (manic depression) and obsessions - I can offer long term psychotherapy, and/or creative therapies. As an existential therapist I don't work with these 'labels' in the room, but with you as a person. I see my role as being with you while you face the realities of your existence, helping you to understand the choices you have and to bear the pain, and to live a more fulfilling life.

I also currently work creatively with a number of counsellors/ therapists who have come back into therapy to deal with emergent issues fom their own work and lives using story, myth, art, symbols and drama in addition to more traditional talking therapies.

Training, Qualifications & Experience

Member BACP

1994 MA Theatre Practice University of Exeter (Mental health project focused on working with schizophrenia and psychosis - using drama and roleplay as a therapeutic medium)
1995 RSA Cert. Psychodynamic Counselling
2011 Postgraduate dip. Existential and Person Centred Counselling. UWL

Recent CPPD
DVT dramatherapy workshop and seminar with David Read Johnson - April 2012
Sleep and Psychosis, and working with dreams - MIND Dec 2011
Sesame Dramatherapy conference - Oct 2011
Thames Valley Counselling CPD professional practice group  member - Ongoing
Datchet CPPD group facilitator and workshop leader - Ongoing

Recent/Forthcoming Papers, workshops and Publications  
Colour my Wellbeing Conference - University Northampton April 2012  http://www3.northampton.ac.uk/artsandhealth/programme/ incorporating:
The Red Trigger: Working with colour triggers to address PTSD and Trauma related issues (paper)
The use of Colour in Building a Therapeutic Relationship:(workshop)

Harness Your Creativity To Free The Client - Datchet 2012 (workshop for therapists)

Addressing Trauma through creativity - for Int'l Trauma Conference 2011

Using Myth and Creativity in Existential Relationship Therapy  - forthcoming book chapter (Palgrave) 2012

I am an active researcher, and I regularly attend conferences, give papers and run workshops. I write and research for publication and public forums and am currently researching the area of using creativity to work through trauma, and to find ways around the blocks to enhance communication and understanding in 'Relationship therapy'.

Areas of counselling I deal with

• Abortion
• Abuse
• Affairs and Betrayals
• Anxiety
• Avoidant Personality Disorder
• Bereavement
• Bipolar Disorder/Manic Depression
• Borderline Personality Disorder
• Cancer
• Career Counselling
• Couples Counselling
• Depression
• Domestic Violence
• Emotional Abuse
• Gender Identity
• Low Self-Esteem
• Narcissistic Personality Disorder
• Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder
• Personality Disorders
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Postnatal Depression
• Relationship Issues
• Schizophrenia
• Seasonal Affective Disorder
• Self Harm
• Separation and Divorce
• Sexuality
• Trauma
• Work Related Issues

Other areas of counselling I deal with

Meaninglessness
Dread
Lack of existence
Withdrawal  
Fear of death
Fear of illness
Unfulfilled potential  
Life crisis  
Death of a loved one
Inability to make decisions
Existential angst   
HELLP syndrome  and trauma around childbirth
Young people and teenage crises

Therapies Offered

• Psychoanalytical and Psychodynamic
  - Psychodynamic Therapy

• Humanistic Therapies
  - Person-Centred Counselling
  - Existential Therapy

• Other Therapies
  - Integrative
  - Art Therapy/Art Psychotherapy

Fees

Harley Street fees:
From £75. All fees are negotiable in cases of financial hardship and for students and concessions. In addition we also have a limited number of concessionary slots on a Monday. Please phone to discuss.

These sessions take place at The Westlake Clinic, W1, a central location 5 minutes walk from Bond Street and Oxford Circus underground stations and under 20 minutes from mainline stations including Waterloo and Marylebone.

Windsor fees:
Individuals £50, Couples £60 concessional rates from £30 available in cases of financial hardship or for students).   These sessions take place in a garden room at the rear of the home in a quiet village location near Windsor.

(Please note the variation in charges is to cover expenses and extra costs for London premises and is not a reflection on the service provided)

Further Information

Approaches: Existential, Integrative, Creative, Drama, Person Centred, Psychodynamic.

I work with whatever you bring, and as well as the spoken word, for clients who find it more difficult to talk about problems, I also work creatively and with dreams.


Specialist areas:
Mental health problems
Creative therapy 
Death and health anxiety
Relationship problems
Suicidal feelings
Mid life issues

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