AXA PPP Counselling in City of London, London

Most people want to feel good within themselves and within their lives. I don’t think this is too much to ask! If obstacles have previously prevented this, it does not mean the future need be the same. Change is always possible and often we need a helping hand. I am passionate about collaboration as the most empowering route on a therapeutic journey. You have the strength and the answers and together we can make sense of any hurt, obstacle or fear.

Therapy can be more than just a space to discuss difficulties, it can be a place of learning, healing, playing and growing. It can be a place where you can process the past, so that you're able to move forward into the life that you want to create for yourself.

Bienvenidos & Welcome - to Wise Oak Psychology, an intimate, online private psychology practice run by Dr Sofia Robleda, who has over 10 years’ post-doctoral experience in using a range of evidence-based approaches to support adults experiencing depression, anxiety, stress, relationship difficulties, and many other emotional and mental problems. Dr Robleda's values are to be compassionate, professional, and effective. She aims to support people to live a full, meaningful life in accordance to their values and beliefs, and to achieve this in as short a time as possible.

How Can I Help? Helping you work out what’s most important in life Identifying an issue that is affecting your day-to-day life Helping you to make important decisions when you are not sure what to do next Developing good communication strategies I work with clients who are seeking help to affect long term change. I am an experienced senior accredited therapist. We explore and acknowledge difficult feelings in a supportive and gentle environment. I work with my clients to find perspective and containment with difficult and stressful situations whilst support

I am an accredited UKCP Gestalt Psychotherapist working in English and Polish. I have been working as a psychotherapist in private practice for over 10 years. Before becoming a psychotherapist I have worked in various mental health settings – social care, outreach support, family support, supported living accommodations, project management, NHS and Mind.

Are you feeling down, anxious, stressed or simply overwhelmed by life events? Are you struggling with your health? I am here to help! I have worked for over 10 years in the NHS providing psychological support and I am passionate about wellbeing and the mind-body connection. I will help you by: -Providing a safe space to reflect and get in touch with your emotions. -Bringing out your strengths. -Developing new coping skills. -Supporting you setting new goals and planning for the future. -Finding long-term solutions and avoiding short- term fixes. -Developing resilience (to bounce back from adversity and lead a fulfilling life).

I find that most clients are struggling because they lack coping strategies to manage distress, but also often because they are out of touch with what is important to them, their values, their strengths, their preferred life directions, and there are barriers such as anxiety, fear and/or emotional discomfort which lead to avoidance and other unhelpful behaviours. In turn, these factors thwart their goals and increase distress. Clients want reduced distress and increased pleasure and engagement with a life in which they can feel confident and empowered.

Your emotional well-being matters. Don't let past experiences or relationship challenges overshadow your present. By identifying and resolving unhelpful coping mechanisms, you can make meaningful changes. Our past shapes our perception of ourselves, the world, and relationships. We may get stuck in difficult memories and emotions we want to forget. Negative thinking and maladaptive coping can impact our daily lives. These experiences significantly influence how we handle stress. But remember, your past doesn't define you. Don't let unwanted memories hold you back. Embrace the opportunity for positive change.

With substantial experience working in NHS mental health services since 2005, my contributions span both children's and adult services, providing me with valuable experience in collaborating with individuals, families, and interdisciplinary teams. I offer support for various mental health challenges, such as low self-esteem/confidence, depression, stress, and anxiety, including phobias, generalised anxiety, and panic disorders. I have specialist experience in working with people with physical health difficulties, anxiety presentations and working with neurodiveristy.

Life at times can be challenging, people can often feel isolated and stuck in their struggles, confused about what to do to change the things in life that are troubling them. Reaching out can be hard, trusting others can feel even more difficult. It's at these times that therapy can make a difference. I am a sex-positive, kink-knowledgeable psychotherapist and am familiar working with a range of relationship models and gender dynamics. I work with people from a diverse range of cultural backgrounds, including individuals from straight, queer, poly and kink communities, sex workers, and people who identify across the gender spectrum.

I am a French HCPC registered Psychologist and BPS Chartered Psychologist. I am BACP registered with AXAPPP, WPA, BUPA, AVIVA and VITALITY. I provide therapy in English and in French in my practices in Holborn. I see adult for short-term counselling and longer-term psychotherapy and use a range of modern approaches depending on your needs (CBT, Humanistic, EMDR, Psychodynamic). I shall provide a safe, non-judgemental space where you can bring any concerns that might be troubling you. From every day life trouble to trauma, all types of concerns are legitimate and will be heard by me during therapy.

I am a qualified psychodynamic psychotherapist offering a compassionate and confidential space for you to be listened to, and where we can explore your thoughts, emotions, experiences and any challenges you may be facing. Over the years, I have had the privilege of working with individuals who seek a deeper understanding of themselves or require support in navigating various difficulties such as anxiety, stress, depression, burnout, perinatal mental health, relationship difficulties and bereavement.

Smita Melling provides high-quality, confidential, ethical, and empathy-driven counseling services to reach solution-focused outcomes in a non-judgmental and non-advisory setting.

Are you living with higher levels of anxiety than those around you would’ve guessed? Pouring over moves you make, wishing you said or did things differently? Are you worrying at nighttime, despite all your best efforts not to? When our internal alarm system gets activated and the button to turn it off seems to have gone missing, it has a way of taking over every area of our life. I'm guessing that if you're reading this you've probably tried many ways to control the way you're feeling. It can be a frustrating experience not to gain control over it, perhaps especially so, if you’re used to succeed in other areas of your life.

I work using a variety of therapy models, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and person-centred approaches. We will work together to form a safe space in which we can explore your issues and try to help you find a way out of your current difficulties. I view ourselves as constant works-in-progress and understand that sometimes we become stuck in life and unable to find ways forwards. We will work together to discover which approach or approaches best suit you in order to help you become unstuck from your current situation.

I provide psychological therapy to adults who want to cope better with challenging and difficult life situations, identify what keeps them stuck, overwhelmed, or powerless, discover more about their wants and needs, understand their family, work, and romantic relationships better and develop into the person they want to become.

The most powerful relationship you will ever have is the relationship with yourself. I work on the principle that self-knowledge can help to improve many aspects of one’s life and that self-discovery can lead to a deeper sense identity and self-acceptance. My approach to therapy as a result a pragmatic one; essentially I meet my clients where they are emotionally, by working at their pace and focusing and exploring their whole way of being, looking at the ways which they have learned to relate to themselves and others and how they have learned to respond to different situations in life.

I am an accredited Clinical Psychologist working in private practice and the NHS. I support clients seeking help with a range of difficulties. I believe that therapy is often about helping people to re-integrate parts of themselves that have become alienated, overwhelming or maligned. A state of ‘wellbeing’ is not an absence of pain or difficulty, but a state in which all of our experience can be held and understood. This is both an internal but also a deeply social process, as humans make meaning in relationship with others and their community.

I can imagine, given that you are here, there may be something in your life that is causing you discomfort. Welcome, and well done for taking the first step towards getting some support. Some people seek out therapy because they have felt depressed, anxious or angry for a long time; others may want help for relationship difficulties, self-destructive habits or a chronic illness that is interfering with their emotional or physical well-being. Sometimes, unexpected changes or circumstances also bring people into therapy - for example, going through a divorce, feeling overwhelmed by a new job, or grieving the loss of a family member.