This professional is available for new clients.
This professional is available for new clients.
About me
Hello, I am Rachael, welcome to Sana Te Psychotherapy. Did you experience childhood traumas that still affect your everyday life? Is overthinking and worrying causing you distress and anxiety? Struggling with suspected ADHD symptoms? You are not alone, and I would be privileged to support you on a journey to healing. My main areas of work involve these so If working with a therapist who can also work somatically and creatively to heal resonates with you, please do read on.
Counselling and somatic practices can provide a grounded and safe environment to enable a healing journey that can transform your life. I work with the whole person, body and mind and use creative ways of working with you towards healing alongside traditional talking therapy. I am passionate about supporting the whole person, mind and body.
Here's a little about me and my practice. I have worked for more than 25 years within university education, a local hospice and front-line services alongside my private practice. I have lived experience of childhood traumas and grief and understand how deeply they can affect you. These experiences have allowed me to deeply understand and connect with how the impact traumas, childhood wounds and painful emotional experiences have on your everyday life. I am passionate about how strong the healing process can be when the right relationship qualities, approach and care are offered to you.
Having worked with people experiencing a wide range of issues, such as childhood trauma, anxiety, ADHD, toxic relationships, grief and trauma, I have and continue to develop my practice and therapeutic services I offer to support you in whatever you are experiencing. I am passionate about supporting people who are in emotional distress.
Training, qualifications & experience
I work from the heart in a somatic, embodied and creative way. I am a qualified BACP accredited person-centred counsellor, and this means I put you at the centre of our therapeutic relationship. I also bring elements of CBT for some anxiety issues and Psychodynamic work which supports learning about your childhood experiences and how they may impact on you now. I am a meditation teacher and use creative ways of working with the whole of you, mind and body. This may be breath work, grounding exercises, walk and talk sessions, sand tray therapy work and somatic movements.
My specific qualifications and training are listed below:
PGDip Counselling and Psychotherapy
Graduate Skills in Counselling
Certificate in Integrative Sand Tray Therapy
Pesso Boyden Experiential workshop
Diploma in Coaching for ADHD
Transaction Analysis TA101
CPD in Polyvagal theory
Embodied practices for trauma work
Trauma informed interventions & practice
Psychodynamics and inner child healing
ADHD in females
Bereavement and complex grief
Meditation and Mindfulness teacher
Certificate in Understanding Autism
Mental Health First Aider
Life Coaching
Student support and wellbeing
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
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
Therapies offered
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Fees
£50.00 - £70.00
Free initial telephone session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I offer some concessions for blue light card holders and students.
