Sandra Kutner

Mondays    09:00 -18:00.  via zoom / and in person in Olney, Milton Keynes, Bucks - availability

Wednesdays - 0900 - 18:00   via zoom and / in person in Olney, Milton Keynes Bucks - availability

Friday. - 0900 - 17:00       via zoom and / in person in Olney Milton Keynes, Bucks - availability.

Is anxiety a result of your negative thoughts and feelings?

Is your low or sad mood the result of a set of life events which you are finding hard to cope with?

If your anxiety is due to repressing an old wound, I can help you to face your fear in a safe space where you will not be judged.

In times of emotional challenge you may engage with unhelpful, repetitive habits, causing you to feel anxious or experience low mood. We will explore any unhelpful  coping strategies and focus on what lies at the root of your feelings and behaviours.   

Humans love clarity and certainty, but life can sometimes be chaotic and unpredictable. Whilst  black and white thinking sounds beautifully simplistic, it is often the chaos, complexity and grey that brings the beauty, peace and understanding. Whilst the  process can feel challenging, we will work through this together.

My practice is built on empathy, non-judgement and validation. I want you to feel  heard and validated in a safe space. Clients have shared feeling so much lighter after offloading difficult thoughts and feelings, wishing they had engaged with counselling sooner.

Perhaps you are avoiding vulnerable feelings, believing them to be a sign of weakness.   To the contrary, healthier, deeper connections are formed when we are open and vulnerable with others.  Allowing vulnerability into your life also opens the door to compassion and self-care. 

As you connect more openly with your authentic self, I hope you notice how your worldview becomes  emotionally easier to navigate.

My aim is to work with you to build a healthy therapeutic relationship,  that you can then mirror outside the counselling room.

My work mainly focuses on anxiety and depression,  symptomatic of life changing events such as grief and loss, abuse, relationship issues and many more. Your experiences can easily manifest in symptoms such as low self-esteem, stress and many other negative symptoms.

I work with particular modalities that underpin my practice and support my clients:

A) Person-centred therapy  is built on empathy and genuineness

B) Psychodynamic theory:  

Psychodynamic therapy focuses on unconscious processes which are manifested in the client's present behavior. The goals of psychodynamic therapy are client self-awareness and understanding of the influence of the past on present behaviour.

i. Namely Attachment Theory which focuses on the attachment bond between mother and child in their formative years. The quality of this relationship is dependent upon the consistent availability of the parent to the child formed in early years.   When for numerous reasons, the primary caregiver is not sufficiently available throughout a child's developmental stages,  the child learns not to need from another and tries to meet their own needs.

ii. Transactional Analysis focuses on our learned styles of behaviour, helping us understand how we revert to our child, adult, parent state.  It is helpful when we can make a link between the critical parent, or the adapted child state which has always been helpful for my clients.

The theories I work with help my clients to  grow emotionally. By  incorporating their values and beliefs make it easier for them to connect with their authentic selves. 

Please take a look at my website and don't hesitate to get in touch for more information: www.skcounselling.co.uk

If you connect with my website or would perhaps like to find out more, please  book a free  telephone conversation to ask any questions and establish what you can expect from working with me.

​The next step is an initial one hour assessment providing you with a confidential, safe space for you to share a little more deeply what brings you to counselling now.   This session will enable you to engage and experience  a  therapeutic relationship.  By doing so, you will hopefully experience, empathy, understanding and no judgement.  

I want you leave our sessions, knowing that you are on a journey to connect with your authenticity;  to feel a true sense of self.  Whilst this process  can be emotionally challenging, it will definitely increase your resilience.