Hamilton Sargent
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About me
With almost a decade's experience as a counsellor, I can help you find ways through relationship struggles, empower your LGBTQIA+ journey and support high achievers to find peace.
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WHAT CAN I EXPECT?
Expect therapy rooted in humanity, connection, and acceptance. All parts of you are welcome and I’ll be compassionate, engaged, and alongside you as we navigate your challenges at your pace, finding ways forward that work for you. Clients often describe my gentle, person-centred approach as supportive, grounded, powerful and often life-changing.
Alongside traditional talking therapy, if you wish to, we can use creative methods, breathing and grounding techniques and consider helpful models and concepts.
Our sessions will help you to -
- Find relief from anxiety, stress, and shame, while working through what's holding you back from the past and within the present.
- Gain clarity and balance, deepen self-understanding, live more authentically, and rediscover hope for the future.
- Build healthier relationships with yourself and others, boosting confidence, self-compassion, and resilience.
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INDIVIDUAL COUNSELLING FOR RELATIONSHIP DIFFICULTIES
When relationships go well, they can lift us up, bringing excitement and connection. In reality, when things aren't going well, they can cause stress, disrupt our daily lives, and be painful. I offer a safe space to understand your challenges, heal old wounds, and learn how to cultivate healthier, more fulfilling relationships.
Some of the areas I help my clients to work through are:
- Breakups, separation and/or divorce
- Betrayals, affairs and infidelity
- Confusing relationships and tough decisions
- Relationship / dating related stress and anxiety
- Family related issues
- Historical and current trauma
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COUNSELLING FOR LGBTQIA+ FOLK
As LGBTQIA+ folk we can get all too used to being misunderstood, judged, invalidated and even erased. You don't want that to happen in your therapy. Whether you're newly discovering your identity or have been out for some time facing ongoing challenges, as a gay and queer counsellor, I will offer you a safe space where you don't need to educate me and will be celebrated for being your unapologetic authentic self.
Some areas I help my LGBTQIA+ clients to work through are:
- Exploring sexual, romantic attraction and/or gender
- Coming out / transitioning
- LGBTQIA+ dating / relationship issues
- LGBTQIA+ parenting
- Rejection, hate and prejudice
- Anxiety, shame and trauma
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HIGH ACHIEVERS FEELING OVERWHELMED
You have achieved a lot in your career but struggle behind closed doors. The stress of keeping up, pleasing others or striving for perfection feels overwhelming. This perhaps causes your true desires to get lost under high standards and a harsh inner critic, and also impacts your wider life and relationships.
Some of the areas I help my clients to work through are:
- Finding balance and equilibrium
- Perfectionism and holding self to high standards
- People pleasing and compromising yourself
- Re-connecting with your true self
- Building confidence and self-esteem
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MY COMMITMENT TO INCLUSION
My practice is LGBTQIA+ affirmative, anti-racist, disability and neurodiverse affirmative. My approach to therapy celebrates diversity of human identity, experience and expression.
Training, qualifications & experience
AS A HUMAN
- I am LGBTQIA+, neurodiverse and passionate about equal human rights.
- I have worked professionally within musical theatre, corporate, advertising and University environments.
- I love being in nature and I am working on becoming a better gardener!
- I am a proud parent of an energetic goldendoodle puppy.
AS A THERAPIST
- BACP registered and accredited.
- ACTO Senior Professional Member
- BA (Hons)/Dip. in Person-Centred Counselling (Metanoia Institute).
- Certified online and phone therapist.
- Professional member of Creative Counsellors and Gendered Intelligence.
- Qualified counselling trainer (PGCertHE)
- Author (Next Steps in Counselling 3rd Edition).
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
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
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
CREATIVE COUNSELLING
Unleashing your creativity is optional, but can open up exciting ways to explore and express yourself. In our sessions you might use therapeutic cards, photos, objects in the sand, doodling, drawing, creative writing, or metaphors. These creative approaches aren’t just enjoyable - they’re backed by neuroscience and a strong evidence base making them powerful tools for your healing journey.
Photos & videos
Fees
£70.00 - £80.00
Free initial telephone or online session
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
We can start with a free 20-minute consultation to get to know each other, see if I'm the right fit, and answer any questions. There's no obligation to continue after our call or first session, unless it feels right for you.
My current fees and locations:
- Online (via secure platforms): £70 per 50 min session
- Phone sessions: £70 per 50 min session
- In-person in Wimbledon (SW19): £80 per 50 min session
- In-person in Clapham (SW4): £80 per 50 min session
Remote sessions available for clients based in the UK and worldwide (select territories). Fee for private medical insurance companies and payment through employers is an additional £10 per session, due to extra administration work.
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If you need a flexible arrangement due to a changeable schedule, this is possible.
Further information
LEARN MORE
Please see my website for more information - https://www.hamiltonsargentcounselling.co.uk
PROTECTING YOUR PRIVACY & DATA
Your privacy is very important to me and you can be confident that your personal information will be kept safe and secure. I will only use your personal data to provide you with the specific service or services you explicitly agree to. I will handle any of your data submitted to me through this directory as detailed in my website privacy policy which can be viewed at https://www.hamiltonsargentcounselling.co.uk/privacy-notice/.
