Sally Lomax
Every professional displayed on Counselling Directory has been independently verified by our team to ensure they have suitable credentials to practise.
This professional is available for new clients.
This professional is available for new clients.
About me
I am an experienced counsellor and psychotherapist, working with adults in Amersham. I offer weekly sessions for both short and open ended periods in a warm, comfortable and confidential environment.
How can counselling help?
I believe that by talking in a safe, empathetic, quiet and non-judgemental space, we can make effective changes in our lives and enhance our well-being, so that life feels less difficult and better understood.
There are times when we all experience emotional and psychological difficulty. We can feel overwhelmed and sometimes life can feel unmanageable, we all feel the need to 'off load'.
I believe that we all have the capacity to change and the opportunity to manage and explore unresolved issues and conflicts with counselling can reduce anxiety and difficulties, leading to experiencing a more fulfilled life.
I work from a 'psychodynamic' perspective which recognises that current difficulties can be linked to earlier life experiences. It is the understanding of the origins of these difficulties that can be helpful as they impact on us in the present.
If you feel that you would like to explore the possibility of counselling or psychotherapy with me, then please telephone or email me and I will contact you to arrange a consultation. An initial consultation takes about 50 minutes and is an opportunity for us to talk together about what might be helpful to you. Ongoing sessions are weekly and are also for 50 minutes.
Training, qualifications & experience
I completed my professional training at WPF Therapy in London, I continue to practice there.
Certificate in Counselling Skills (WPF)
Advanced Diploma in Psychodynamic Counselling and Psychotherapy (WPF)
Post Graduate Diploma in Psychodynamic Studies (Roehampton University)
Certificate in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) from WPF
I am a member of UKCP BACP and FPC (WPF) and abide by their codes of ethics, professional conduct and practice. I have full professional indemnity.
Member organisations
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) is a leading professional body for the education, training and regulation of psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors. Its register is accredited by the government's Professional Standards Authority.
As part of its commitment to protect the public, it works to improve access to psychotherapy, to support and disseminate research, to improve standards and to respond effectively to complaints against its members.
UKCP standards cover the range of different psychotherapies. Registration is obtained by training or accrediting with one of its member organisations, or by holding a European Certificate in Psychotherapy. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred).
Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision.
Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training.
All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
Additional information
Initial consultation £70
Weekly sessions of 50 minutes £70
I am able to take on clients with low incomes at a reduced rate, please contact me for further details.
Further information
Free car parking available.
