Name: Alexander Lajer
Address: Golders Hill Health Centre, 151 North End Road, London, Greater London, NW11 7HT, GB
Telephone: +447795534265
Price range: £85.00 per session

About me

I believe that you have something to say. My role, put quite simply is to listen to you whatever your age, culture, gender, or beliefs. Sharing your feelings, thoughts and doubts may be unfamiliar and daunting. Shining a light on uncomfortable or distressing times in your life can be a courageous act from this emerges countless possibilities to move and see the world differently.

I work with Adults and children experiencing a wide range of emotions and issues. I am an integrative Therapist drawing upon different modalities to suit my clients’ presenting issues. My work is based on the belief that the past informs the present and that you have the innate desire to be the best you can despite historical scripts and circumstances that may have burdened you for many years.

As adults we can forget how to play and how to reach our inner child. I can enable you to reconnect to that part of self - using creative materials in the room, art is a way to express feelings when words are hard to find. Exploration of how you related to your caregivers and form relationships in the present can enable you to discard outdated modes of thought and behaviour – giving rise to a sense of empowerment, choice, and freedom to be.

Having worked with Place2Be as a young person’s therapist – I know how important the early years of development are and how young people face the pressure of fitting in and finding a voice, within family dynamics, identity in an ever-changing world, academic expectations, addictive behaviour and feelings of purpose and meaning. You as a family might feel there is no where to turn. Play therapy encourages a young person to express feelings and discover inner resources – how to make sense of self and relationships with others. Within the therapy room I have paint, crayons, clay, slime and puppets each young person will create their own individual work which we will use throughout therapy.

I also have Mr Fonzie – a therapy trained dog who often bridges the gap between feeling self-conscious and able to speak freely about what is troubling you.

I have extensive knowledge of substance misuse and the 12 Step Programme.

I believe that harm reduction and therapy can combine to enable a deeper reflection and understanding of early addictive indicators enabling you or a family member to face compulsive damaging behaviour head on.