Lenya Samani
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About me
I am a qualified, integrative psychotherapist working in Central London, Dorset and online. I have experience working with anxiety, depression, addiction, bereavement, issues around gender and sexuality, and trauma. I am accredited by UKCP and adhere to their code of ethics and professional standards.
Training, qualifications & experience
There are times when things happen in life that prompt us to reach out. Sometimes we are disturbed by traumatic events outside our control. Often, our bodies are held hostage by anxiety, depression or fear, and it is this that prompts us to seek help. It may be that we feel stuck in a cycle of behaviour we can't seem to get out of, or we may be confused by our feelings or actions, and want to understand ourselves better.
Given the right conditions, we thrive, as human beings, and can experience a sense of freedom, inner peace and joy. I work to offer those conditions, space to think about the things you find distressing or difficult, and, ultimately, together, to work with them to remove the blocks that are stopping you leading the kind of life you want to.
Being qualified as an integrative psychotherapist means I draw on a variety of schools of thought, and methodologies, and this enables me to tailor therapy to each, individual client. Therapy should be bespoke: we are all unique.
I trained at the Minster Centre, in Queen's Park, London, and have had experience working with:
- Bereavement
- Trauma
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Childhood sexual abuse
- Domestic abuse
- Relationship difficulties
- Issues around diversity and difference
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.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
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Fees
£70.00 - £80.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Sessions usually take place on a weekly basis. I charge a basic fee of £70 for the initial consultation.
Online sessions are provided on a sliding scale of £70-£80, depending on income.
During the initial consultation, I will get a sense of what it is you are bringing to therapy, and we can talk about any questions you might have about either practical matters, or the process of psychotherapy itself. I offer one-to-one therapy for adults.
If you are interested in online sessions, I offer a free 20-minute online consultation in order for you to get a feel of how it might be to work online with me.
If you feel you are unable to afford the above fees, please contact me to see if I am able to offer a concessionary rate. If I am not, I may still be able to refer you to a colleague.
When I work
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I currently have online availability throughout the week, and in-person availability for clients in the Dorest area.
Further information
I believe that cultural/ socio-political contexts are important, and hold space for thinking about race, gender, sexuality, class, (dis)ability, religion and what these mean for the client, where possible. I am also committed to interrogating the interlocking systems of oppression in operation both in the world and in myself, thus providing a space where marginalised clients can feel safe enough to bring themselves fully.
