Dr Sidra Chaudhry

I am a fully qualified and experienced multilingual Counselling Psychologist and Psychotherapist. I am fully registered with HCPC and BPS and a registered member of the BACP (MBACP). 

I have more than eight years of experience as a counsellor and therapist working with a diverse background of clients. Owning to my integrative training and also resulting from many years of my working within Public Health Sectors, I am trained to different approaches according to people needs and demands as well as their expectations from Counselling & Psychotherapy.

Being a counselling psychologist and Psychotherapist, I provide counselling assessment and psychotherapy to the clients of different organisations, including domestic violence organisations and Homicides. I got my training from MIND and EACH. At present, along with private practice,  I am working with Ieso and Therapy Central. I am also working with Harley clients.

I have substantial experience in a wide range of mental as well as physical problems, including:

• anxiety
• Health anxiety
• panic disorder
• phobia
• specific phobia such as blood, injection, needle, elevators, lift, travel, pain, insects etc.,
• agoraphobia
• generalised anxiety disorder
• social anxiety
• attachment problems
• separation anxiety disorder
• obsessive-compulsive disorder
• bipolar disorder
• post-traumatic disorder
• stress disorder
• relationship problem
• eating disorder
• bereavement
• breast cancer patients
• psychological adjustment to long term medical conditions as well as culture and personal growth issues.

I have extensive experience working with people who have any physical health issues such as acute and chronic illness and long-term illness. I have a personal understanding of how physical ailments can affect emotions as well as mental health beings.

How do I work?

My approach is based on Integrative, which means I am trained to use the Psychodynamics approach, Cognitive behavioural Approach, Rational Emotive Behavioural Therapy, Humanistic Approach, Existential-Phenomenological Approach and Multi-Model Approach in my practice. I am trained to use different exercises such as relaxation techniques, Guided imagery, fraction relaxation techniques and progressive muscle relaxation techniques. I choose my approach based on your needs and expectations from Counselling & Psychotherapy.

In my personal qualities, I am genuine, empathetic, non-judgemental, unconditional positive regards and respect towards my clients. I do not see you based on your characteristics and not on your age, race, ethnicity, religion etc.

Intensive Counselling

I offer intensive counselling. It means that you are not in a good mood, or having stress or feeling low for a short time, and want that someone to listen to you without judging you and need someone to stay with you at the particular moment instead of seeking counselling for a short or long term. It means you have one intense session either by phone or face to face. The length of an intensive session varies according to your need but would not exceed 90 minutes. With Intensive counselling, you are not bound to time. Intensive counselling is more suitable for people who are depressed, feeling low, especially at night or at weekends, bank holidays. Intensive counselling does not include any assessments. It just stays with your relevant (current) issues.

For more information, please contact page me.

• Counselling with Health Anxiety
• Counselling with Crisis
• Counselling with Incurable disease
• Counselling with life-threatening illness
• Counselling with terminal illness
• Counselling with socio-cultural conflict

I am registered provider for insurances company such as Cigna, WPA, Aviva, Bupa, AXA and Vitality.

Fees available on request:

Services:

I provide counselling and psychotherapy services in West London. I am not limited to face to face counselling, I offer telephone counselling, Skype counselling, face-time counselling and face to face counselling. It means, my help for you is not limited to people around my area, rather, I am available for anyone regardless of their time and place. I understand the importance of online counselling, because I know today in our busy world, it is very hard to travel but not difficult to access internet world. Online counselling is suitable for people those who have travel anxiety, and especially people with physical health issues and restricted movements and dependent on others for travel. Online counselling is also suitable for people who have limited earning, so they can save their travel budgets as well as for those who are very busy in their professional life, and have not time to extra travel. They can connect to me through online counselling.

• Skype counselling
• FaceTime counselling
• Telephone counselling

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Languages:

• English
• Urdu
• Hindi
• Punjabi

I have also Professional Liability Insurance.

Client feedback:

"Hi, We have taken Marriage counselling from Sidra which enabled me and my wife to recognise each other's feelings and resolved conflicts and improved our relationships. Through marriage counselling, we have made thoughtful decisions about rebuilding and strengthening our relationship. Also, learned sharing life developed more physical and emotional intimacy."

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"Hi, My husband and I took Marriage counselling a few months ago from Sidra. Who was very helpful and co-operative. She helped me and my husband to save our marriage which was going in the wrong way. We both can now freely communicate with each other without any hesitation. We are now giving more respect to each other's decisions and contributing our opinions in our daily life. We have now also learned to avoid any arguments in children's presence. We are both thankful to Sidra who has shown the path of the happy marriage."

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'Sidra is a great therapist. She has made me overcome and navigate through different situations and really taken the time to understand the root cause of my anxiety. Not only is she a great listener, but she provides meaningful advice and techniques. Highly recommend to all.'