Sarah Mackinnon
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34 Shirley Avenue Shirley Southampton SO15 5NG View map |
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07742729257
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Profile
I am a counsellor and psychotherapist who has been practicing since 1997 and worked with a wide variety of difficulties. I also have experience in supporting people with a diagnosed mental health problem and dependance on drugs and alcohol. This contributed to my decision to train as a psychotherapist as I became aware how many people want to change their lives but cannot see how to.
My aim as a psychotherapist is to help you understand the feelings and behaviours that distress you and affect your capacity to live as full a life as you might wish, or to have sustaining relationships. Much of what we feel in the present has roots in early experiences which people cannot remember, or often try to ignore, but which can be seen in the way that situations or conflicts keep repeating themselves.
Coming to know what is behind this is a slow process and unfolds in part through the therapeutic relationship which develops between us. Because of this I do not work short term.
Training, Qualifications & Experience
UKCP registered Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist
BACP accredited counsellor
I have 14 years experience working in a charitable counselling organisation, and for the last 2 years as Senior Counsellor in a service for men and women who have experienced sexual abuse in childhood or adult relationships.
Areas of counselling I deal with
- Abortion
- Abuse
- Affairs and Betrayals
- Anorexia Nervosa
- Antisocial Personality Disorder
- Anxiety
- Avoidant Personality Disorder
- Bereavement
- Binge Eating Disorder
- Bipolar Disorder/Manic Depression
- Borderline Personality Disorder
- Bulimia Nervosa
- Bullying
- Child Related Issues
- Dependent Personality Disorder
- Depression
- Disabilities
- Domestic Violence
- Eating Disorders
- Emotional Abuse
- Generalised Anxiety
- Histrionic Personality Disorder
- Low Self-Confidence
- Low Self-Esteem
- Narcissistic Personality Disorder
- Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder
- Panic Disorder
- Paranoid Personality Disorder
- Personality Disorders
- Phobias
- Physical Abuse
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Postnatal Depression
- Relationship Issues
- Schizoid Personality Disorder
- Schizotypal Personality Disorder
- Seasonal Affective Disorder
- Self Harm
- Separation and Divorce
- Sexual Abuse
- Sexuality
- Stress
- Trauma
- Work Related Issues
Therapies Offered
- Psychoanalytical and Psychodynamic - Psychoanalytic Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
Fees
The initial meeting takes an hour and a half, in order for the client and myself to have a sense of how it would be to work together, as well as to explore what is leading you to seek therapy. The fee for this is £45
Subsequent sessions, which may be once to three times weekly, are £35.
I have some concessionary places.
Further Information
I welcome contact from individuals who are not sure if psychotherapy is what they want, and would like to use the hour and a half appointment described above to explore that.
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