Simona is an Integrative Psychotherapist working with individuals as well as couples, with 15+ years of experience working within the NHS Primary & Secondary Adult Mental Health Care. She is also a Clinical Supervisor with extensive experience in counselling & psychotherapy. If you are asking questions about your life then I can help you find answers.
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Do you want to feel comfortable about yourself and your life?
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Do you want to develop a more positive outlook for the future?
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Do you want to reach your full potential?
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Do you want to enhance your relationships with important people in your life?
I offer a professional, caring, confidential and above all understanding environment for you to explore the underlying reasons why you feel the way you do. I draw upon many years of experience and use a number of therapeutic methods to develop a personalised approach tailored to your needs.
Clinical Supervision
Psychotherapy clinical supervision is a structured and collaborative process where a qualified therapist guides and supports a trainee or experienced therapist in their clinical practice.
Psychotherapy
Psychotherapy is a psychological process undertaken over a longer period of time, which aims to facilitate an understanding of our sense of self, relationships with significant others and expectations from our lives.
Couple's Therapy
A Relationship psychotherapist helps two partners gain insights into their communication patterns and the emotional reactions, expectations and beliefs, and supports them to find new resolutions.
EMDR
EMDR is designed to enable people to heal from the symptoms and emotional distress that are the result of disturbing or traumatic life experiences.
Counselling
Counselling is a psychological process with a specific outcome, and is facilitated usually across a short period of time (6-12 sessions).
Safe and Sound Protocol
SSP is an auditory programme using a collection of songs and sounds filtered and structured to help symptoms related to anxiety, stress, low mood and energy levels, or medically unexplained conditions.
Menopause CBT
EMBERS is a Menopause-CBT holistic psychological model developed to empower women in overcoming the challenges the menopause can cause. This model focuses on harnessing symptoms, implementing lifestyle changes, and enhancing overall well-being, offering comprehensive support for a smoother journey through this transformative phase.
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Reviews
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“Humongous thank for the last 12 months […] and for all the wonderful support and insights, which has been so helpful and made such a difference to me and [my baby’s] life.”
“I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for what you have accomplished with me […] for your perseverance and devotion in achieving a complete change in my belief system. It scares me to conceive how the rest of my life would have been like without you and therapy. […] feelings that I no longer dismiss or hide away from, using what I feel to improve, not as a tool to downgrade/criticize. […] I now know and will achieve something everyone aspires to instead of something I thought I could never achieve ”
“I wanted to …express what really can not be truly expressed with words. You have given me the opportunity to find peace within […] thanks to your tremendous gift for understanding.”
“I started the sessions with you at a […] sort of pinnacle of everything crashing around me and suffocating me with confusion.
To be put in a place with a complete stranger and let them have access to your inner secrets is [..] scary. But I realize is what I have been seeking all my life
[…] the relationship I established with yourself [was] probably one of the most significant relationships I forged in my life.
I am grateful I have been given the opportunity to voice the hurt with someone like you and I can only hope everyone in the world finds the same. […] I want to absolutely express that you are the only person I can imagine could have achieved making me see ‘the light ‘ I needed to see. ”
“I arrived at the summit of my life, the air is clean, the view is clear. Thank you for helping make it happen.”
“Words simply don’t seem enough!! Thank you for helping me on this journey, for your understanding, guidance and reason!! But most of all for giving me hope, something I lost a long time ago…”
“Thank you for everything, you have made a huge impact not only to me but family too.”
“You helped me understand the experience of having ‘a safe place’- which you have provided- so I could discover myself, and grow as a person, to become authentic.
So simple, so hard… It may be of it’s time, but it’s timeless.”
“The first thing you helped me feel was to actually be seen, noticed, heard, in a meaningful profound way. This is what you gave me, the space and the experience.
It was a big thing to be aware of caring for my own needs. My needs! Big change to think of what I want. Thank you for a life changing experience.”
“Words will never be able to convey how grateful I am for what you have done for me. You have given me the basis for a life that I never thought I could really have, yet now I can see myself […] able to attain happiness. You have given me a sense of self worth, [… ]made me realize that I have something (valuable) to offer , […] passed on life lessons so that I can look after myself , for that I will be eternally grateful.”
“Dear Simona,
I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for all the support and help you’ve given me.. It’s immensely valuable to meThank you for teaching me ‘ to dance in the rain’.”
“Wen I first came to therapy `I remember feeling like I didn’t know what I was doing and felt like I had no control over my life and the people in it.
[…] Through our work together I have been able to understand different aspects of myself and how they relate to my past, this has helped me to make sense of inner conflicts and [feelings].
Through therapy I feel more aware of my inner world and its movement (feelings, thoughts, fears, dreams) With this awareness I feel better able to make choices and decisions that belong to me, […] to own my life and trust myself ”
“I would like to say a big big thank you […] for all the incredible help and support you’ve given me; I am so glad I heard about you.
You’ve enabled me to recognize my feelings; start to express them and work out where they’ve come from, as well as accepting them and trying not to feel guilty about them. This has helped me to accept the feelings of other people without judging them; and to help [my family] recognize their feelings and have them validated.
You have been and amazing therapist and I don’t know how to thank you as much as I would like to do. I am sure everyone who works with you will come away feeling the same”
“Feeling my emotions in my body was difficult but I learnt to see that being connected to the body is important. To be a whole!”
“I discovered the experience of really looking into the other people eyes, not look away, to SEE the love that might be there. See the Connection.I am not alone anymore.”
“Thanks to your help and support I entered a new stage of my life which is quite scary and exciting, and feels very much like a Bardo moment for me. I have a future which can be, will be far brighter than the one I previously imagined.”
“This time with you has given me time to heal, to grow, and most importantly to hope and believe in myself that I will succeed and continue to grow far past my own own expectations. You helped me change my perception of myself and to value myself for who I am, rather than just what I can offer to others…”
“I am sincerely thankful for having the opportunity to have met you, for all your wisdom and insights, your encouragement, and your compassion. I really do feel very fortunate to have met and worked with you as my psychotherapist. Thank you”