Shefali Agrawal

About me

It is not unusual to reach a point where you experience difficulty in understanding and making sense of life and relationships. Most of the time, the help of family or friends will be enough to get you through. Sometimes, however, the difficulties persist, leaving you feeling anxious, depressed, angry or frustrated and questioning your ability or your confidence to cope. If you are at this stage, then counselling or psychotherapy may be the best way forward.

I am a BACP accredited psychotherapist and counsellor offering an emotionally safe and confidential therapeutic space for you to talk about thoughts, feelings or experiences you may not have felt able to explore. I use an integrative approach which means my training helps me draw on a range of theories and research to provide a supportive and collaborative therapy adapted to suit your needs.

Working together we can untangle some of the threads in your life to gain a clearer understanding of your feelings and experiences.This can then allow you to find a way forward.This might involve processing some significant life experiences, understanding how your past might be affecting you now or learning new strategies and techniques to help you in your everyday life.

My consulting rooms are based in the West Middlesex University Hospital campus, Isleworth and Twickenham. I am available for daytime & evening sessions during the week and morning sessions on a weekend.

Next Step

Have a read of my qualifications & experience and if you feel you would like to make an appointment with me, we can discuss and arrange this. Feel free to call me on 07368 666 381 and ask any questions you may have about how we might work together. If I’m unable to answer your phone call, please leave a message and I will call you back.

Alternatively you can email me by clicking on the link at the top of the page.

Training, qualifications & experience

MBACP Reg. (Accredited) - Registered and Accredited with the BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy), the leading professional body of Counselling and Psychotherapy in the UK, and abide by their code of ethics.

Post Graduate Diploma in Psychotherapy and Counselling (Integrative), School of Psychotherapy and Counselling Psychology, Regents College, London

Foundation in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, City & Guilds University, London

Foundation Certificate in Psychotherapy and Counselling, School of Psychotherapy and Counselling Psychology, Regents College, London

Masters in Business Administration

Bachelor of Science

Additional training in:

Couple Counselling

Solution Focused brief therapy

Bereavement Counselling

Mindfulness

I have long standing clinical experience in the private, charitable, health and educational sector working with individuals and couples; helping people work towards personal goals including reducing anxiety, stress and depression, improving relationships at home and at work, building self-esteem, developing personal strengths, building assertiveness skills, reducing work stress, finding work/life balance, addressing anger issues, working through trauma, bereavement and loss, coping with chronic illness and pain.

I work for the NHS; have set up and developed a specialist counselling service in the maternity department at Frimley Park hospital. In addition to this, I offer psychological support and clinical supervision to the maternity staff team members of consultants and nurses.

I have extensive experience in working with the psychological impact of living with cancer at a cancer support centre attached to the West Middlesex University Hospital. I have worked with cancer patients and their family members as well as the hospital inpatients in the Palliative Care Unit. I continue to offer Clinical Supervision to the Palliative Care Team of consultants and nurses at the hospital.