Sally Lorinda Strawberry
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About me
I'm a counsellor/psychotherapist working with couples experiencing relationship issues or individuals with anxiety, depression, relationship problems; including abuse, coercive control and family issues. I can also help you if you are struggling with cancer, long-term and terminal illness, self-esteem, identity issues, and bereavement.
I offer you a safe, confidential space for non-judgemental support to explore your struggles with life’s challenges and difficult emotions. As a Humanistic counsellor, I firmly believe in promoting your autonomy and gaining an understanding of your experiences with a caring, compassionate, empathetic, warm, and accepting way of being. I will provide the foundation on which we can build a trusting, equal rapport to explore your distress, relationships, behavioural patterns, or any other issues you wish to talk through.
Establishing a collaborative relationship is key to our work together, which will allow you to think of things you may not have considered before, creating opportunities for personal growth, positive change, and acceptance. I will support you as you regain control over your life or develop coping strategies.
Whether you’ve had counselling before or not, I'm aware of the courage it may take to make the first step towards contacting a therapist. I therefore welcome any questions you may have, so please feel free to call, email or book a session.
Training, qualifications & experience
As well as working in private practice I continue counselling at the Fountain Centre situated within Guildford’s Royal Surrey Hospital providing support for cancer patients and their families. As part of my work there, I specialise in counselling women with Gynaecological cancers for GRACE Charity. All of my work has been very varied, and I have gained experience in working with a number of issues, including:
- Anxiety, relationship issues, identity problems, emotional and physical abuse, grief, stress, family problems, low self-esteem, loneliness, disabilities, health or age concerns, long-term or terminal illness, addictions, sexual issues, social injustices, and autism.
Qualifications:
· BA (Hons) Humanistic counselling -1st – Chichester University
· Certificate in Couple Counselling: Surrey Counselling Training
· Toxic relationships: Insight and recovery - Resources
· Expressive arts therapy - University of Chichester
· Specialist Humanistic Therapy - Classic Person-Centred/ Experiential - University of Chichester
· Brief therapy, including Motivational Interviewing - University of Chichester
· Understanding and supporting autistic clients -BACP
· Facilitating groups - Resources
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
- Addictions including porn addiction, gambling and drug abuse.
Therapies offered
Fees
£60.00 - £80.00
Concessions offered for
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Further information
Recent client testimonials:
"Therapy with Sally has been truly transformative and life-changing. She is a very sensitive and intuitive space holder and I felt completely safe, held and seen in her sessions. She is fully present, non-judgmental and compassionate, and she brought just the right mix of guiding the session and giving me the room to go deep and find what I needed to express. She listens deeply and is very attuned to emotion and energy - she was fantastic at inviting me to pause and be with an emotion more deeply, or to sit with something that came up or reflect on it. She can hold space for very difficult emotions and memories, and she was robust about validating my feelings, putting situations in context and showing me ways to advocate for myself and strengthen my boundaries. Sally is so authentic, humble and powerful as a person too, so her presence is very healing and restorative. Honestly, after a lifetime of self-development work, and being a qualified holosomatic breathwork therapist myself, as well as familiar with the world of therapy, the issues I was facing were so complex and overwhelming I was absolutely at the end of my tether and didn't know what to do when I got in touch with Sally. I had lost all my confidence and was traumatized and hypervigilant to a large degree, as well as still running on childhood trauma patterns. I came to therapy for support as I had no idea how to go forward in life, and my time with Sally was absolutely transformative. I seriously had no idea therapy would be like that or I'd have done it sooner! So many issues have been healed and resolved, and I have a strong, confident platform for moving forward. I also know that I'll have a great support in Sally in the future if and when I need it. Thank you so much, Sally, you are an absolute master at what you do!" Kelly M
