Sofia Villalobos
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About me
Have you been struggling with depression and anxiety? Do you feel your life has become stuck in repeating behaviours that are affecting your life? Have you been struggling with your relationships? Perhaps you would like to explore your thoughts and feelings in a warm and secure environment.
Starting psychotherapy is a big step and finding a therapist who feels right for you is important.
Psychotherapy is about finding a safe and containing space to explore together whatever is concerning you. It is a chance to work collaboratively to make sense of painful or difficult feelings, and from there to make a change.
I am a qualified psychodynamic counsellor and psychotherapist running a private practice in the heart of Islington and online. I work using a psychodynamic approach, which means we will explore links between your past and present bringing a deeper understanding of some of your difficulties not just the symptoms.
Psychodynamic psychotherapy can help you to make lasting changes to your relationships and emotional well-being. It brings awareness and understanding to the issues you are struggling with, and to understand why you feel the way you do, or why relationships have taken a particular form. With better self-awareness comes healthier ways of being and relating. It can also help with sudden challenges in life or losses.
I can provide a warm and compassionate approach to exploring the issues you are finding challenging. Some of my areas of expertise are the following:
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Relationships
- Attachment disorder
- Loneliness
- Issues of difference
- Work-related difficulties
- Low-self esteem
- Loss
You can contact me to arrange an initial consultation.
Training, qualifications & experience
- BA (Hons) Psychology
- MSc Psychodynamic Counselling and Psychotherapy
- Trained as a psychodynamic counsellor and psychotherapist at Birkbeck, University of London
- Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP)
- Experience working in the NHS, private practice, and the charitable sector
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
Therapies offered
Fees
£70.00 per session
Additional information
£70 Initial consultation
£70 50 minute sessions
When I work
I am currently offering face-to-face and online sessions.
