Lisa Alhadeff
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This professional is available for new clients.
About me
When clients come to see me, they often feel like they've tried everything. Therapy can feel like a last resort. They are living with difficult emotions and feelings and it's exhausting.
You might be feeling hopeless, and yet somehow you need things to be easier.
Having to hide how you feel can be lonely. Whether you’ve been through an overwhelming event, or have struggled for a long time, I can support you in taking steps to make life feel easier. If you're feeling overwhelmed, especially if you've felt that way for a long time, it's hard to know where to start. I understand how impossible it might be to imagine feeling okay, and work with you at a pace that feels safe and manageable.
I have experience providing emotional support in a crisis through several years of volunteering with Samaritans, as well as a good working knowledge of the mental health services in Sheffield. This means I understand the journey to find support you have followed – and how difficult that might have been. Living with high levels of distress, anxiety or low mood can be unbearable. I work with my clients to get them to a place where they feel able to cope with the challenges life brings.
I offer short-term, long-term, and open-ended one-to-one therapy. Sessions last an hour and take place weekly in a therapy room in my home.
How I Work
I’m an integrative counsellor which means I bring a toolkit of techniques (such as talking therapy and CBT) to help you get what you need from the therapy - and if something doesn’t work for you, we move on. Being trained in a variety of techniques means that I can find ways of working together that will really work for you.
I work with emotional distress caused by a wide range of experiences. These include issues like:
- Physical, emotional and sexual abuse
- Grief and bereavement (including traumatic losses)
- Eating disorders
- Bipolar disorder
I work in a trauma-informed way, recognising that that you have had experiences that may have deeply affected you. Part of our work will involve keeping you emotionally safe and preventing you from being re-traumatised. We will identify your triggers and empower you to manage them.
At times, I work with clients to educate and understand why they are experiencing certain symptoms – this is called psychoeducation, and can be a really useful part in giving you the tools you need to recover from experiences like grief, trauma and eating disorders.
What to expect from your first session
Usually, we will start with a telephone or zoom conversation of 15 – 20 minutes to get a feel for how working together would be, and talk about how sessions work. This is free of charge. If we decide to work together, I will send you some questions to complete, and my contract.
Our first session would be an assessment session, lasting 60 minutes, charged at the normal session rate.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Level 5 diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapeutic Practice (NCPS accredited).
- National Centre for Eating Disorders (NCFED) training in Practitioner Skills for Eating Disorders (ongoing).
- Involvement in a study on how effective cognitive analytic therapy can be for treating bipolar disorder.
- ABC awards & Certa Awards Quality License Scheme Working with Personality Disorders, Level 3.
- ABC awards & Certa Awards Quality License Scheme Community Mental Health and Psychiatry, Level 4.
- QA Level 3 Award in Mental Health First Aid in the Workplace (RQF).
Member organisations
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.
The National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society
This Not For Profit association of counsellors and psychotherapists aim to support the counselling profession, members and training organisations.
In 2013 the NCS register was accredited by the Professional Standards Authority under the Accredited Voluntary Register Scheme. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
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
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
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Fees
£60.00 per session
Additional information
I may be able to offer discounted rates if you are in receipt of benefits - please contact me and we can talk about this.
When I work
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For full availability, please check my website.
You can also check for available appointments at: https://lisa-alhadeff.selectandbook.com/
Further information
As a member of BACP and NCPS, I adhere to their ethical frameworks and engage in continuous professional development and regular supervision. This ensures I stay updated with new therapeutic approaches and maintain a high standard of work.
Sessions are usually weekly, but I can adjust as needed. I primarily offer in-person sessions but can accommodate online appointments for accessibility reasons.
