About me
Why are you here?
You may have found your way here because something doesn’t feel right.
On the outside, you might be coping…
But inside, you feel overwhelmed, anxious, depressed, disconnected, or not enough.
You may find yourself overthinking, questioning your worth, or struggling in ways that are hard to explain.
You may find yourself in a relationship that does not feel nurturing anymore. You feel there is a disconnect that is growing and it is scary.
You even find yourself in relationship patterns that is self-destructive.
“Why do I pick the same kind of people?” This questions needs an answer.
Whatever is you struggle, there is a need for breaking through it.
And here is where I come in.
I will help you with:
- Talk through what's on your mind in a space that's completely yours.
- Start to make sense of thoughts and feelings that feel confusing or stuck.
- Work through past experiences that are still affecting you today, including trauma, using EMDR and inner child work.
- Pick up practical ways to manage anxiety, stress, or emotional overwhelm, drawing on CBT and mindfulness approach.
- Understand why you keep doing the things you do, even when you don't want to, using psychodynamic and somatic approaches.
- Feel more like yourself again.
WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO WORK WITH ME
Many people have sat with therapists who listened, but left feeling unheard. If that's been your experience, this may feel different.
In our sessions you will feel:
— A real dialogue, not a monologue into silence. I am present, responsive, and genuinely engaged with what you bring.
— Genuine curiosity about what lies beneath, the parts you can't quite name or explain yet.
— More than heard, gently challenged, guided, and given real tools to practise change in your life, not just in the room.
— A quality of connection that is attuned, unhurried, and entirely focused on you. Not on a method. Not on a checklist. On you.
This is what my clients tell me they didn't know therapy could feel like — until it did.
WHO I WORK WITH
I work with a genuinely diverse range of people, including neurodivergent individuals, those living with anxiety, depression or low self-worth, people navigating existential questions and life transitions, trauma survivors, and clients from minority and marginalised communities including BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and immigrant backgrounds.
What unites the people I work with isn't a diagnosis or a label. It's a readiness — however tentative — to understand themselves more deeply and to live with more freedom, peace, and self-compassion.
MY APPROACH
My approach is integrative, drawing on Humanistic Gestalt therapy, trauma-informed practice, CBT, Solution-Focused Therapy, and Embodied Therapy. In plain terms: I don't follow a rigid script. I follow you.
I am particularly attuned to working with neurodivergent clients — people whose minds process the world differently, who may have spent years masking, misunderstood, or exhausted by environments that weren't built for them. In our work together, your way of thinking is not a problem to be fixed. It is something we work with and from.
My practice is multicultural and identity-informed. I want to understand every layer of who you are, where you come from, what you carry from your family system, how your background shapes the way you see yourself and the world.
WHAT CLIENTS SAY
"Most of all I appreciate the fact that the sessions with Sandra are not just about unburdening negative experiences and traumas, but that Sandra brings me back into the present and helps me reframe my narrative about myself."
— Client (she/her)
"My sessions with Sandra were such a fruitful and generative experience. There was an immediate rapport and understanding which alleviated any attendance anxiety. It is a testament to Sandra and her therapeutic skills that several months later, the techniques I learned through her are needed less and less."
— LGBTQ+
"I did not believe in therapy. Before my experience with Sandra, I had one therapy session in my whole life. The experience was not a positive one, so I became resistant to talking about emotions. Sandra changed this for me. She has a friendly, witty and disarming approach. I felt comfortable to talk about things that I felt
— (he/him)
QUALIFICATIONS & CREDENTIALS
· Registered Member MBACP
· Humanistic Gestalt Integrative training
· Trauma Specialist — Oxford Trauma Series
· Author & Therapy Group Facilitator
· Extensive experience in CBT, Solution-Focused Approach, and Embodied Therapy
· Work with individuals, couples, and groups
· Background includes The Priory, London
AREAS I WORK WITH
Anxiety · Neurodiversity (ADHD, autism, and more) · Trauma & PTSD · Depression · Identity & existential questions · Self-worth & self-esteem · Relationships & attachment · Grief & loss · Addiction & compulsive behaviour · LGBTQ+ issues · Cultural & immigration experiences · Men's issues · Life transitions
LET'S TALK
Many of my clients tell me they weren't sure they were struggling enough to reach out. They were. And so are you — whatever that looks like for you.
I offer a free 20-minute conversation before we begin. No commitment, no pressure — just a chance to talk, and to feel whether this could be the right space for you.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Diploma in Gestalt Therapy
- Certificate in Gestalt therapy
- Trauma and Neurodiversity informed
- Cultural sensitive Therapy
- Humanistic and Experiential Therapy
- Certificate in Adult Safe Guarding
- Oxford University Trauma-informed therapy
- Personal Training
- Family support worker
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
Relationships
Male Mental Health
Cultural Identity
Self-identity
Marriage/Divorce
Therapies offered
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Fees
From £75.00
Additional information
I understand the high living cost is pressing across the board.
I can consider your financial circumstances in terms of fee cost.
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