Johanna Sartori
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About me
Hi there, life can feel hard at times - sometimes we know the reason why, sometimes we have no idea. That's OK, my philosophy as a therapist is that we will work together to understand what is troubling you and to find a way through. If you don't know what the problem is, we'll work it out, and if you do know, then great, that's where we'll start. I'll be interested in what it's like being you right now, but also in your past, as I believe that we are the adults our childhoods teach us to be.
How does it work?
Well, I ask clients to come for an initial assessment session, which is your chance to tell me in confidence, what has led you to consider counselling; it is also an opportunity for us both to get to know each other and to see how you feel about working with me. If you decide to continue, I will offer you weekly individual sessions in which you are again, free to be entirely open and honest in the knowledge that whatever you say is confidential.
The sort of things that my clients typically want to look at include, but is not limited to, the following;
Abuse
Anxiety
Trauma
Addiction
Depression
Bereavement
Difficult Decisions
Dealing with abuse
Personality Disorders
Relationship Difficulties
Changes and upheavals
Issues around sexuality
Insecurity and low confidence
Unexplained physical ailments
I work both long term with clients who want to explore their feelings in depth, but also short term with clients looking to address a specific problem.
Training, qualifications & experience
I have a BA (Hons) in Integrative Relational Counselling, and am an accredited member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). I am also a trained EMDR practitioner. I have previously worked for the Priory Group of Hospitals where I have experience of working with addiction, trauma and personality disorder amongst other things.
As an integrative therapist I have a wide theoretical knowledge allowing me to provide the most appropriate way of working with you as an individual, rather than following one particular doctrine.
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.
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
Photos & videos
Fees
£65.00 - £75.00
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
My fees are
£65 during the day, £75 for 6pm sessions.
I am a recognized provider with the following health insurers
- Aviva,
- Bupa
- Cigna
- AXA
- Vitality
When I work
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Monday - Thursday, my last appointment is at 6pm.
Further information
I am EMDR Trained and use this when working with clients who have a history of trauma and abuse.
