Sophie Linnett

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MSC, MBACP, BPC
Available for new clients
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London, EC1V 1LJ
Available for new clients
Available for new clients

This professional is available for new clients.

About me

If you have come to this site it is possible you are facing difficult feelings, emotions and thoughts. You have made the first step.

Could therapy help you?

Talking about your problems can be hard but with a caring and empathic counsellor it can help to bring relief, resolution and freedom from thoughts that might be getting in your way. These problems could include: relationship difficulties, bereavement and loss, health issues, trauma, anxiety, stress and life’s transitions. When faced with any of these troubles therapy can help. I also have experience helping clients with work related issues. Thinking about the dynamics and relationships within an organisation and the impact and difficult feelings that can be brought up in these environments. Colleagues, managers and bosses can evoke strong emotions which may originate from your past that have never been dealt with or resolved.

Who I am

I am an experienced counsellor and psychodynamic psychotherapist with a past career in business. I provide a safe and secure place to work together to discuss and examine the feelings and troubles you are facing. Together we can work towards finding a way of understanding those feelings, how they relate to your past, if there are patterns of behaviour where actions are repeated and so then working towards leading a more contented life. You will be listened to and heard with empathy, free to speak about yourself in ways that might never have been explored before. You will be treated as an individual, never judged or pigeon-holed. My role is to work with you to help you find your potential releasing you from whatever thoughts hold you back.

How I would work with you

I work, together with you, looking at how your history, past and early relationships and experiences have shaped your life and the choices and patterns that have been formed which may affect your responses in adult life. Some of these might keep you from where you want to be. Sometimes it is a mixture of issues, sometimes an unidentified feeling of disquiet, feelings which can be alleviated by talking in a safe environment.

I can offer both short and long term therapy depending on your needs. Our sessions would be 50 minutes and at the same place and time each week. I work from a central location close to Angel tube station.

Next steps

If you think I might be able to help you please call or email me and we can arrange an initial meeting to see how well we might work together and agree a way forward.

Training, qualifications & experience

I am a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP). I work to their code of ethics.

I have a MSc in Psychodynamic Counselling and Psychotherapy from Birkbeck College, London University.

I have had a long and successful career working in corporate business and then running my own company for many years.

Alongside my private practice, I provide counselling at a Central London GP practice and also a UK national charity.

I attend lectures and workshops to continue my personal development and meet with the professional requirements of my profession.

Member organisations

BACP
British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP)

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

British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
Accredited Register Scheme

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.

British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy

Fees

£70.00 - £95.00
Free initial telephone session

Additional information

I charge £120 for the initial 1.5 hour assessment session. Once weekly sessions of 50 minutes are £70- £95 depending on day and preferred time of session.

335 City Road, London, EC1V 1LJ

Type of session

In person
Online
Phone

Types of client

Adults
Couples

Online platforms

Zoom
Sophie Linnett
Sophie Linnett