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In Balancewith Sandra Smith.
I am an ACE* aware and Trauma informed therapist, I started studying "bottom up therapy" in 2016, bringing more of a mind body approach to my practice. Neuroscience is proving that your body holds a record of everything you have been through since you were conceived. I have seen dramatic results by helping my clients tune in to what their body is saying, enabling them to have a better understanding of themselves.
*Adverse Childhood Experiences |
Your options for working with me...
After lockdown, there has been a huge upsurge in online counselling. The tendency to compare in-person and online therapy is natural and often useful but it is not a fair comparison.
I have had a lot of experience working with clients online, but I do have a personal bias to working face to face. Online therapy requires a different kind of listening, because the senses are reduced to sight and sound. It is far more intense for the therapist.
Counselling governing bodies recommend that therapists have longer breaks between online clients, and therefore see less clients in a day. The implications of these recommendations, has been reflected in the increased price of my online counselling service. Below I have listed the advantage of both online and in person counselling. At the end of the day, it is a choice only you can make.
I have had a lot of experience working with clients online, but I do have a personal bias to working face to face. Online therapy requires a different kind of listening, because the senses are reduced to sight and sound. It is far more intense for the therapist.
Counselling governing bodies recommend that therapists have longer breaks between online clients, and therefore see less clients in a day. The implications of these recommendations, has been reflected in the increased price of my online counselling service. Below I have listed the advantage of both online and in person counselling. At the end of the day, it is a choice only you can make.
In person: £51.00
You have travel time, which allows you to process your session before being submerged back into daily life.
You have a safe, neutral space to explore difficult and potentially painful emotions.
No distractions: things needing done at home, visitors popping round.
You can create an oasis outside your day to day life that is for you alone.
Being fully in the moment with your therapist with no time lags or pixilation.
Your therapist can work with more than your spoken word. Research shows that 70% of communication is non verbal.
You have travel time, which allows you to process your session before being submerged back into daily life.
You have a safe, neutral space to explore difficult and potentially painful emotions.
No distractions: things needing done at home, visitors popping round.
You can create an oasis outside your day to day life that is for you alone.
Being fully in the moment with your therapist with no time lags or pixilation.
Your therapist can work with more than your spoken word. Research shows that 70% of communication is non verbal.
Online: £62.50
You save on travel time.
Save travel cost.
You may feel more comfortable opening up from your own personal space.
You have a wider choice of therapist as distance is no longer a determining factor.
Accessible for people who prefer not to go out or have mobility issues.
Clients don’t have to worry about people seeing or finding out that they’re receiving counselling, as they don’t have to walk into a counselling office.
You save on travel time.
Save travel cost.
You may feel more comfortable opening up from your own personal space.
You have a wider choice of therapist as distance is no longer a determining factor.
Accessible for people who prefer not to go out or have mobility issues.
Clients don’t have to worry about people seeing or finding out that they’re receiving counselling, as they don’t have to walk into a counselling office.