Sarah Pettitt
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About me
Hello, my name is Sarah and welcome to my counselling profile. You may feel apprehensive about starting therapy, but it can help you to understand life's problems, feel more able to cope and positively move on with your life.
I am a trained integrative therapist, which means I incorporate different styles of therapy into my practice. These therapeutic styles include Psychodynamic, Person-Centred, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and some creative therapies. Below, I will briefly explain each of these therapeutic approaches. However, please visit my counselling website (www.spettittcounselling.com) for more information about these therapeutic approaches and the concerns they can help with.
Psychodynamic: this approach explores issues that may have evolved from the client's past. It believes that relationships and events from the past, such as childhood, influence our adult lives. This approach can help with lots of concerns, particularly relationship problems, depression and trauma.
Person-centred: this approach helps a client to grow and fulfil their potential. The client is seen as an expert on themselves so the counsellor plays a supporting role of exploring and understanding the client's troubles. The person-centred approach helps a client to achieve greater self-awareness. It is effective in helping with specific problems, such as depression, anxiety, stress, grief, abuse and other mental health concerns.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT): this approach is based on your thoughts, feelings and behaviours being interconnected. For example, how you think affects the way you feel and therefore behave. CBT helps a client to be more aware of and change their unhelpful thoughts, which then changes negative emotions and behaviours too. Unlike other therapies, CBT focuses on current problems only (rather than the past). It is solution-focused, looking at practical ways to improve your state of mind on a daily basis. CBT can help with a number of mental health concerns, such as depression, anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), stress, phobias, and trauma.
I support clients with a wide range of concerns, but I work mainly with issues such as anxiety (including panic attacks), depression, bereavement, relationships, abuse and trauma. For more information about common concerns I work with, please visit my website (www.spettittcounselling.com).
My training has focused on intersectionality and being mindful of these social differences when working with clients. I work with clients from all genders, sexualities, races, cultures, ethnicities, religions, ages, geographical locations, classes, and abilities.
I also work with adolescents/young people (16 years+).
People often ask how many sessions they will need. The duration of counselling depends on the issues you are bringing to the sessions. Some people need a few sessions to help with a specific presenting issue, others much longer if they are making sense of past experiences. Each person's counselling journey is different and that is ok! I regularly review the work with clients so they can monitor their progress in relation to their original goals of coming to therapy.
So how you can you be sure I am the right counsellor for you? That is something only you can decide, but I am happy to have a chat on the phone to discuss your situation and any concerns you may have about coming to counselling. I also respond to any questions you may have via email. You may then like to have an introductory session which is a chance for us to meet in person and discuss your reasons for coming to therapy in more detail. We can then decide if I am the right counsellor for you. This meeting does not commit you to further sessions.
If you would like more information about my services then please contact me or visit my counselling website (www.spettittcounselling.com).
Training, qualifications & experience
- Level 5 Post-Qualifying Certificate in Relational Counselling- Couples Counselling (completing December 2023/January 2024)
- Diploma in Integrative Supervision, The Minster Centre
- Accredited member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)
- Advanced Diploma in Humanistic Integrative Counselling, CPPD Counselling School
- Diploma in Humanistic Integrative Counselling, CPPD Counselling School
- Counselling Skills Certificate Level 2, The College of North East London
- First Class Honours in BSc Psychology, Cardiff University
Recent training:
- Working with Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse
- Responding to Anxiety and Depression
- Trauma
Member organisations
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
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
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£60.00 - £70.00
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
Individual session: £70 (face to face) £60 (online)
Joint session (relationship/couples counselling): £80 (face to face) £70 (online)
Supervision: £60 (face to face) £50 (online)
Please note- the full session fee is charged if you cancel with less than 24 hours from the session start time
When I work
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Morning, afternoon and evening sessions available.
