Sallie Ward

I am a warm, experienced qualified psychotherapist and counsellor located in Teddington and Hampton Hill offering a private psychotherapy and counselling service during the week. I offer a safe, non-judgemental and confidential space where you can express and explore whatever is going on in your life. I am experienced in working with anxiety, depression, panic attacks, bereavement and relationship issues. I am registered with the BACP and UKCP and my modality is Transactional Analysis.

• Phone consultation - Free of Charge
• Initial session - £55
• Individual sessions thereafter - £70/session
• Concessions for Trainee Counsellors and Psychotherapists - £67.50/session

Face-to-face and Remote Sessions
These have been challenging times and I recognise that clients need more support than ever and so I offer both face-to face and remote sessions depending on your needs. 

If you are interested in either face-to-face therapy sessions or remote therapy sessions on Zoom or Teams, I would suggest a short chat about your needs would be a great place to start. This will also give me an opportunity to answer any questions or concerns you may have about talking therapy. The initial chat is free of charge. Please note, you must reside in the UK.

Do you suffer from Anxiety?
Anxiety is a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something with an uncertain outcome that can affect all of us at some point in our lives. Anxiety manifests itself in many different ways; symptoms might include breathing rapidly, trembling or excessive crying. You may feel an impending danger, panic or doom, even weak or tired. It can be crippling and very frightening and might develop into panic attacks.

Do you suffer from anxiety and/or panic attacks? Have you been diagnosed by your GP with depression or generalised anxiety disorder? Do you want to understand why, and explore new ways of managing your symptoms? Call me on 07377 470 640 to arrange an introductory session and we can explore how talking therapy might be able to support you.

Do you have low self-esteem?
If you are often sensitive to criticism and withdraw socially it’s possible you may have low self-esteem. You may also experience an excessive preoccupation with personal problems and have physical symptoms such as fatigue, insomnia and headaches.

Psychotherapy or counselling can help you explore in a safe and confidential space why you have low self-esteem and look at ways of understanding your confidence issues so that you can start to set appropriate boundaries. You can also consider what it would feel like to be more assertive with others and nurturing to yourself and explore how to engage with others more effectively.

Are you depressed? Feeling sad?
Depression can have a major impact on daily life, negatively affecting how you feel, think and behave. Depression can make you feel sad and/or have a loss of interest in activities and pastimes you may have once enjoyed.

Depression is often associated with bereavement, a loss of something important like a relationship or job or associated with chronic illness.

Talking therapy can offer support during difficult and stressful periods when depression takes hold.

Have you suffered a major loss or bereavement?
Losing a loved one through death or relationship breakup can be devastating, confusing and lonely. You may experience many feelings including anger, sadness and depression. You might feel you have no-one who understands how you feel; you might feel isolated or find others expect you to ‘get over it’ before you are ready. Or you may simply just want space to cry.

Bereavement counselling can offer much needed support as you navigate and come to terms with your loss.

Who do I work with?
I work with adults on a one to one basis for either long term psychotherapy  or short term counselling depending on your needs. This is also sometimes called talking therapy.

I work with Psychotherapy and Counselling Trainees 
I have experience of working with psychotherapy and counselling trainees. If you are seeking a UKCP accredited and qualified personal counsellor or psychotherapist to support you through your training, then please contact me for more information about how we might work together. I offer a concession rate for trainees and work with one student per class.

What can counselling and psychotherapy help with?
Counselling may help those who generally function well day to day but are experiencing difficulties in the present, which might be due to bereavement, a relationship break up or work related stress for example. Longer term psychotherapy may be more appropriate if you think your issues and anxieties are deeper or have been present for many years.

Counselling and psychotherapy; also known as talking therapy, can help with a number of issues that might cause you to feel anxious, depressed or generally stuck in life. Outlined below is a list of common issues that people seek counselling or therapy for, although this list is by no means exhaustive and simply feeling low, apathetic or ambivalent about life might be enough for you to seek help from a counsellor of psychotherapist.

• Anxiety
• Depression
• Panic Attacks
• Low Self-Esteem
• Stress
• Lack of Confidence
• Feelings of Isolation
• Early Emotional Trauma
• Attachment Issues
• Relationship Issues
• Feelings of Sadness
• Loss and Bereavement
• Suicidal Thoughts
• Feeling Stuck in Life
• Identity
• Dealing with Issues Preventing You Achieving Ambitions
• Understanding Yourself and Your Problems Better

If you are unsure if counselling or psychotherapy can help you, simply arrange an initial chat with me on the phone or Zoom/Teams to explore how you feel and if you think talking therapy might help. This initial call is free of charge and would last approximately 15 minutes.

Somatisation

• Phone consultation - Free of charge
• Initial Session - £55.00 (50 minute session)
• Individual Counselling - £70.00 (50 minute session)
• Concession - Counselling and Psychotherapy Trainees - £67.50 (50 minute session)

A weekly commitment is required. Prices reviewed annually. Over 18 only. 

Services

Counselling for General Anxiety
I specialise in working with clients who suffer from general anxiety. Anxiety can be crippling and reduce a person’s ability to function on a day to day level effectively often escalating into panic attacks which can be very frightening. I believe anxiety can stop someone from realising their full potential in life and I am committed to offering a service to help those who want a more fulfilling lifestyle but do not know how to achieve this or why things get in their way.

Bereavement Counselling
I also specialise in bereavement counselling and offer a safe, confidential and empathic space for you to explore your feelings and receive support as you grieve and adjust to the changes in your life following your bereavement. I do not offer advice or make judgements; my role is to support you as you adjust to the emotional changes following your loss.

The death of someone you love is a major event and coming to terms with the loss and dealing with the normal responses of grief can be very difficult. Everyone reacts differently and feelings can often feel overwhelming. You may feel lonely and isolated, experience anger, fear or guilt as well as helplessness and/or physical aches and pains.

Grief is a normal natural process and affects everyone in many different ways; you may have physical reactions, experience sleeplessness or lack of appetite or even feel guilty about not feeling emotional. All of this is normal, there is no ‘right’ way to grieve and we all experience it differently.

Working through your grief with the support of a counsellor can be a painful process, but it is often necessary to ensure your emotional and physical well being later.