Louise Sunderland
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About me
I am an experienced psychotherapist working privately from practice rooms in Shoreditch (E1). I offer an empathic, authentic, non-judgmental approach to exploring whatever questions, experiences, feelings or symptoms bring you to contemplate therapy. My hope is that through the therapeutic relationship you discover ways to feel better, more resilient, and to lead a more fulfilling life.
I am a psychotherapist who facilitates working with art materials alongside talking. The use of the arts alongside the core of speech-based psychotherapy, can offer another resource to help you more fully articulate and process feelings and experiences. This is particularly helpful at times when words are hard to find, or are simply not enough. There is no need for you to have any previous arts experience or artistic skills to benefit from arts psychotherapy. The use of creativity can benefit anyone.
As an Integrative Art Psychotherapist I work with a variety of psychotherapeutic approaches, which allows me to think about each person that I work with holistically. Broadly speaking, I adopt humanistic (relational, person- centred) and psychodynamic and attachment focused theories (how the past impacts the present).
Training, qualifications & experience
My Qualifications:
MA Integrative Arts Psychotherapy (Merit) - UEL & IATE
Post Graduate Diploma Integrative Arts Psychotherapy - IATE
MA Museum and Gallery Education (Merit) - Institute of Education
Further Trainings:
Climate Cafe Facilitation Training - Climate Psychology Alliance Mentalisation Based Art Psychotherapy - International Centre for Arts Psychotherapies Training
Certificate in Counselling Skills - Institute for Arts in Therapy and Education
My Registrations:
HCPC (Health and Care Professions Council)
BAAT (British Association of Art Therapists)
UKCP (UK Council for Psychotherapy)
CPA (Climate Psychology Alliance)
My Experience:
Training Associate in Counselling Skills: The Minster Centre Art Psychotherapy Lecturer: Institute for Arts in Therapy and Education
Group Facilitator/Assessor: Institute for Arts in Therapy and Education
Psychotherapist: Central and North West London NHS Honorary Psychotherapist and Researcher: Central and North West London Counsellor and Therapist: The Bede Centre
Art Educator: Tate Britain, Whitechapel Gallery, The Serpentine Gallery, Chisenhale Gallery, Gasworks Gallery, Iniva, October Gallery
Member organisations
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UKCP standards cover the range of different psychotherapies. Registration is obtained by training or accrediting with one of its member organisations, or by holding a European Certificate in Psychotherapy. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
Accredited register membership
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas I work with in particular include:
- Emerging Adulthood- Your 20s can feel like both an exciting and daunting time, and can bring up a lot as you navigate this period ‘in between’ adolescence and adulthood. There can be much to make sense of and I offer a space to do so together.
- Shame- Chronic shame can be one of the most insidious and unbearable emotions and can deeply impact how you feel about yourself. I offer a safe space to explore your experience of shame and its effects and accompanying negative self beliefs.
- Eco- anxiety- an inevitable and even healthy response to the ecological threats we are facing, I offer space for whatever feelings may arise about the climate crisis.
Therapies offered
Photos & videos
Fees
£75.00 per session
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
Initial consultation: £75 for 60 minutes
Ongoing sessions: £75 for 50 minutes
Limited concessions available- currently these places are all taken.
When I work
11am to 8pm, weekdays
Sessions last 50 minutes and are at the same time weekly
Further information
Whether or not you have had therapy before, meeting a new therapist can feel daunting and it is important that the therapist you choose is right for you. The first meeting is an assessment, where we can discuss your focus for therapy, you can ask questions and decide whether you will feel comfortable working with me.
I am an approved provider for Aviva and Vitality.
