Sandeep Ganatra
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About me
Most of us struggle from time to time with difficulties to do with relationship with ourselves or others, with questions of purpose or meaning, regardless of how successful we may be in our lives. At times, we may experience very strong feelings which seem either unmanageable or simply inexplicable.
We may even have come to a point where we find ourselves questioning the very foundations upon which our life has been built.
One of the most interesting discoveries I have made over the time that I have been working with people is the healing power of being witnessed. That is to say, the transformation which becomes possible when a person is able to fully tell their story and to have it really heard - with respect and understanding, and free of judgement.
People come and see me. We have a conversation. It is a particular type of conversation. It takes place over a period of time and within a particular kind of space. My role is to create and hold this space and to use my being and my experience to facilitate the dialogue. In the process of having the conversation, the person begins to have an experience in which their thoughts and feelings begin to make more sense to them and therefore their particular life begins to make more sense.
In other words they begin to have an experience of being deeply and profoundly witnessed.
The experience of being so witnessed seems to mobilise resources within us such that genuine healing can take place. New possibilities can then become available. Resolutions can then present themselves.
Training, qualifications & experience
I have been running a private practice since 1999 after having completed a four year Diploma in Psychotherapy and Counselling at the Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy Education (CCPE).
I have also trained in Family Constellations at the Centre for Systemic Constellations. It beautifully complements my approach and widens the lens through which to observe a person's emotional landscape.
I have worked as a therapist at the Richmond Counselling Service and at the North End Road Medical Centre.
Qualifications
Diploma in Counselling & Psychotherapy at the Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy Education
Foundation in Family Constellations at the Centre for Systemic Constellations
Applied Training in Systemic Family Constellations at the Centre for Systemic Constellations
Centre for Systemic Constellations Couples Therapy Training
Social Psychology (Bsc Hons) at the University of Kent at Canterbury
Member organisations
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
Fees
£90.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
£90 per 50 minute session.
Concessions available for students and those on low incomes.
