Hannah Downing
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About me
In-person or remote psychotherapy.
My capacity to understand others comes from previous (non-therapeutic) roles across a diverse range of fields, extensive experience in private practice and my own journey into psychodynamic psychotherapy, both on a personal and professional level.
Previously, I have worked for well-known music tech companies, hedge funds, legal firms and have been a teacher.
I developed a fascination with psychoanalysis after stumbling across a book written by Freud in a library some years ago. This was the beginning of many years of continued reading until I felt ready to train as a psychodynamic psychotherapist.
I specialise in working with people with narcissistic figures in their lives, past or present. I also work with a wide range of presenting issues such as anxiety, depression, C/PTSD, OCD, eating disorders, addiction, autism, identity, personality disorders, peri/menopause, divorce, anger issues and struggles with emotions.
Psychodynamic therapy is not a quick fix which seeks to provide coping tools for the symptom/s. It is a meaningful journey, working in collaboration with the therapist, exploring what might be driving the symptoms. At its core is an understanding that we don't always have access to all of the parts of ourselves, some of which being unconscious, and this can result in patterns over time which can feel impossible to resolve alone. My work as a therapist is to work with you to help bring more of yourself and your story into your awareness, developing meaning and understanding together through your adult eyes.
My job as a therapist is my passion. It is a real privilege to be a part of my clients' internal worlds and to work towards meaningful change together.
Therapy with me
I offer psychodynamic therapy (both short and long term) in the form of weekly sessions of 50 minutes. We can meet at my practice in central Reigate or have our sessions remotely by video.
I am happy to have a discussion over the phone to go through any questions that you might have before making your choice. We would begin by having 2 initial consultations (1 each week) to see if psychodynamic therapy would be beneficial to you and and to really get a feels for me as your therapist and the space (in-person or by video). If we decide to continue thereafter, we would meet at the same time and day each week.
I am a registered member of the BACP and work in line with the BACP framework and ethics.
For updates on my services and further information, please visit my Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100094213140919 or my website: https://www.enter-therapy.co.uk/
Training, qualifications & experience
MSc Psychodynamic Counselling and Psychotherapy.
BACP Registered.
Experience in delivering short-term and open-ended therapy covering a wide range of difficulties.
Member organisations
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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Practice hours:
Monday-Friday (9am-3pm)
Further information
Please contact me by email or phone. I will aim to respond within 24 hours.