Mary Smail
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This professional is available for new clients.
About me
Zoom or Face to Face work in south London (Tube and a five minute bus journey)
IF YOU FEEL:
anxious, depressed or struggling with low self-worth
up against a brick wall
held back by inner-critic attacks
concerned or confused about relationships
resentful and unsure how to move on
a need to work though sexual orientation
you want to be more creative
concerned about Neuro diverse issues ADHD, dyslexia, prosopagnosia, dyspraxia and feeling you are different
the need to work through a professional/work situation
it would help to talk through spirituality or consider God-questions
hurt through a misunderstanding in a church situation
without someone who really matters, in a grief or bereavement process
curious about what happens when a Soul dies, dealing with areas of dying (your own or someone who you care about),
unsure about the ageing process of your parents or of a loved elder
shamed at feeling down and people want you to cheer up
Then I am ready to meet you to see how a deeper healthy part of you knows what needs to happen to revision your situation and allow you to move on.
I offer a safe place and confidential time for you to bring whatever issue you would like to explore.
I am trained both in Psychotherapy (talk therapy) and as a Creative Arts Therapist, (Sesame Dramatherapy) so can offer the option to talk, or to use a more imaginative, symbolic approach. The work can be focused and short term or it may need a longer on-going timescale. We will work with whatever you bring.
The work of Carl Jung, James Hillman, Thomas Moore, Robert Romanyshyn and Marian Billy Lindkvist and Marlene Dietrich are the greatest inspirers of the way I work.
As I am also an Assertion Trainer it may be that we work to build up your self-esteem and confidence, giving you everyday skills to cope with relationships, work and life in general.
I also work through Internal Family System (inner parts work) and am a qualified EMDR therapist. I also hold a Diploma in Energy Psychology and have trained as a Soul Midwife.
I am registered to practice with the United Kingdom Council of Psychotherapists and with the Health and Care Professions Councils, and am answerable to both these bodies, regularly reviewing my practice to ensure good practice.
The best way to reach me is to send either a text to 07931 348052 or email me at marysmailtherapy@yahoo.com I will then come back to you.
Training, qualifications & experience
Reg Arts Therapist at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
Counselling Skills - Westminster Pastoral Foundation
Post Grad Diploma in Psychotherapy - Re-Vision
Cert in Supervision through the arts - Creative Arts Supervision Training Cert in Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR) Richman training Cert in Energy Psychology, Confer - pending results - July 222
I have worked for over 35 years with children and adults in both groups and in private practice. I also have vast experience in training therapists in the UK, Ireland Sweden, Korea, Serbia, Ireland. Germany and Australia.
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
My particular interest is working with people who are in any area of what I call the Death Lands -
Diagnosis, Bereavement, Palliative Care, The Dying Process, Suicide, The "Beyond Life".
I have completed The Soul Mid Wife foundation training with Felicity Warner and am involved in training therapy students on the place of Loss can be worked with in counselling and therapy.
Training
I created and convene a course for registered health professionals who want to learn how to apply a less verbal and more right brained spiritual approach to their practice. This course is called Psyche and Soma and it is part time over the period of a year. More info at www.marysmailsoulworks.co.uk
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Fees
£60.00 per session
Free initial online session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
My normal session fee is £60. An agreed lower fee in special circumstances can be discussed. I offer an initial half-hour consultation for which there is no charge.
When I work
Day time sessions presently available - people wanting to come before work are welcome to enquire. No evening times available for the next three months.
Further information
I work with people giving them time to tell their story so that together we can begin to discern a new way of seeing hard times as doorways to the new. Rather than getting over-involved in pathology, my practice is based on their being a creative, healthy part in everyone, however hopeless their situation appears. I call this inner knowing, "soul intelligence" and try to offer a relationship where together a way through dilemma and confusion can be discovered. The therapy has a mutual intention - the therapist and the person coming are co-workers rather than expertise being assigned to one or the other. Therapy needs to have an element of creativity, friendship and fun - it is not just about unpacking the more difficult material of life, though that is part of it.
