Sally McLaren (BPC, FPC, MBACP Accred)

About me

I am a qualified and BPC registered Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist with a particular and longstanding interest in the work and ideas of Carl Jung.

I have over twenty years' experience of working as a therapist with people coming to me from a variety of backgrounds and bringing a wide range of difficulties. During the last twenty five years I have undertaken extensive and rigorous training and I am now in the final stages of a post qualification training to become a Jungian analyst. I maintain a consistent commitment to my professional and personal development.

My consulting room is in Horsham in a quiet location on the edge of St Leonard's Forest.

I provide a secure and confidential setting in which to talk about whatever issues may be troubling you – whether that is anxiety, depression, repeating  patterns of behaviour, problems in relationships, loss, long term emotional difficulties, or a lack of fulfilment or sense of meaning in life.

I recognise that the difficulties which bring people into therapy are often the tip of the iceberg with deeper underlying causes requiring exploration and understanding in the context of a secure and confidential therapeutic relationship.

Carl Jung was a Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist who had a profound respect for the individual and the wisdom buried in the individual's own psyche.

Starting Therapy

Taking the first step can be daunting. You are most welcome to telephone me or send an e-mail with your questions before we decide a time to meet.

The initial consultation takes place over two separate sessions and my fee for this is £65 per session. These sessions take place in the same week or consecutive weeks. This is an opportunity to explore the difficulties and to think about what may best facilitate change and growth before agreeing to embark on the process of therapy.

The therapeutic process requires continuity in order to be effective. It therefore involves a commitment to a minimum of once weekly sessions and we would agree a regular time to meet on the same day each week. Sessions are fifty minutes long. This time is kept for you and I do therefore charge for all sessions that you miss or cancel, whatever the reason.

I offer sessions at a frequency of once to five times weekly. More frequent sessions can provide greater continuity and containment (the sense of being safely held so that deeper parts of oneself can be explored). This offers the potential for deep rooted and lasting change for individuals willing to engage in longer term therapy.

I also offer long term Jungian analysis with sessions at a frequency of three to five times weekly.

Please see my website at www.sallymclarentherapy.co.uk for further information about me and my practice.