Sonya Black
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About me
My aim is to provide you with an opportunity to explore what is happening for you and how you would like things to be different. I would like you to have a space in which you can feel safe, allowing you to develop an understanding of yourself and the steps you need to make so you can live the life you want to.
I aim to help you to simplify complex situations so that they make sense to you. This can offer clarity so that I can support you to take practical steps to make changes.
I have a strong interest in the biopsychosocial approach, considering a variety of factors which lead to you being who you are.
I work with you in a collaborative way, as a partnership to help you overcome difficulties. You are the expert in you and what you are experiencing, I am highly trained in psychotherapy which can help you to deal with challenges you may be experiencing. In addition to this, I am a Cognitive Behaviour Therapist, an Advanced Level Compassion Focussed Therapist, trained in Schema Therapy and a Mindfulness Teacher.
I understand that all people are unique, with individual sets of experiences, past and present. I work with you to tailor therapy to your needs.
CBT is an evidence based approach and I work to keep up to date with latest developments to inform our work together, delivering the highest level of therapy to you.
My goal for you, is that you are able to leave therapy, with the understanding, skills, insights and tools that you need to live the life that you want.
Training, qualifications & experience
Awarded an MSc in Rational Emotive and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy in 2006 by Goldsmiths College, University of London. I continued my studies with the Institute of Psychiatry and was awarded a Post-Graduate Diploma in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy in 2008.
My work since then has been in a leading Private Hospital setting, The Priory and the NHS, (Maudsley Hospital and IAPT). I worked for a number of years with West Kent MIND, as an Honorary Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist.
I am accredited with British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP).
Further Training
Mental Health First Aid Instructor (MHFA England) Workplaces are typical locations for training single or increasingly teams of Mental Health First Aiders.
Compassion Focussed Therapy, (Paul Gilbert) Advanced Level Practitioner
Schema Therapy, trained as a therapist.
Mindfulness Teacher, training with the Oxford Mindfulness Centre, along with training with Jon Kabat Zinn and Mark Williams. I am trained to deliver a range of programmes including Mindfulness based Cognitive Therapy for Depression (MBCT) and MBCT for Life, Peace in a Frantic World. Along with Mindfulness for chronic pain and physical illness at Breathworks.
Further training with the Mindfulness in Schools Project, allows me to deliver Mindfulness in Schools to children and teachers.
Member organisations
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The BABCP is the lead organisation for Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in the UK. Membership is open to anyone with an interest in the practice, theory or development of CBT. BABCP also provides accreditation for CBT therapists. BABCP accredited members adhere to the Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics in the Practice of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies, and are willing to be scrutinised in this adherence as required.
Accredited register membership
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
Health Insurance/EAP
When I work
Online and Face to Face Therapy available (Tunbridge Wells and Sevenoaks).
Please email or call for availability.
Further information
My aim is to provide you with an opportunity to explore what is happening for you and how you would like things to be different. I would like you to have a space in which you can feel safe, allowing you to develop an understanding of yourself and the steps you need to make so you can live the life you want to. I aim to help you to simplify complex situations so that they make sense to you. This can offer clarity so that I can support you to take practical steps to make changes. I have a strong interest in the biopsychosocial approach, considering a variety of factors which lead to you being who you are.
