Sarah Lafford
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About me
Many things can get in the way of us living how we want to live. Unsatisfying relationships, traumatic memories, a lack of trust and hope, feeling uncomfortable in your own skin. These experiences and feelings can get in the way of your connection with others, your enjoyment of life and your self-esteem. Perhaps you want to know yourself better, feel more able to work through life’s challenges, and be open to others and life’s possibilities.
What I offer
I offer a space to explore what may have been kept in the dark. I believe emotional harm ought to be healed in relationship and so I offer an exploration of your relationships today, the relationships of your past and our relationship with each other.
I truly believe in the power of therapy to support positive change. I offer you my curiosity and attentiveness; I take seriously the bold step you’re taking.
During an initial free 15-minute meeting online, we can explore your hopes for therapy. If you would like to proceed, we will meet for an assessment session and then continue to meet on a weekly basis. We’ll continually review the work together.
Training, qualifications & experience
I have a postgraduate diploma in Integrative Psychotherapy, and am currently working towards full accreditation with the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy.
My training and experience is trauma-informed, and relational-developmental. I am an LGBTQI-affirmative therapist, and have experience of working with people from a range of cultural backgrounds and with neurodivergent processes.
As well as working privately, I have experience working at a victim support charity and two not-for-profit counselling and psychotherapy services.
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
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Fees
£50.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Sessions cost £50 for 50 minutes.
I offer a reduced fee to trainee counsellors and psychotherapists.
Further information
I am a member of the following professional organisations and adhere to their ethical standards:
- BACP (British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy) (registered member)
- UKCP (United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy) (trainee member)
- Sherwood Psychotherapy Training Institute
