Funbi Sarras

Working with me is, essentially, taking the opportunity to honestly engage with the core of what niggles or seriously disrupts your life, and making a lasting transformation - individually or relationally. Since seeing my first client in 2010, I have worked with many people, as unique as you are; in this I have found that the best way to make my training count is to be prepared and open to meeting you as you are.

My formal training in psychology and then as an integrative psychotherapist and shiatsu practitioner covered various philosophies about the human condition and how to provide effective support through life's challenges by appropriately integrating therapeutic methods. My approach, therefore, incorporates some of the following schools of thought:

Humanistic, existential-phenomenological philosophies - working with relating collaboratively at depth

Cognitive behavioural approaches - working analytically with behaviours

Existential psychodynamics - working with the existential nature of internal conflicts and paradox

Body focussed approaches - working with the body and breath to support non-verbal therapeutic processes

I work with adults who are able to independently enter the agreement we reach for our work together, seeing individuals and up to 3 people in relationship focused sessions.

I see people for brief periods, including single-session or one-at-a-time work, and mid- to long-term therapeutic work. My work with my clients is always collaborative. This means we first agree on a structure that suits the initial goals of the therapeutic engagement and the practicalities of working together, and occasionally assess how adequate the process is.

I try to keep my initial sessions as representative of therapy with me as possible. This allows you make an informed decision about how we can best work together. Often, clients are able to more succinctly highlight their needs and expectations of the service when there are only minimal prerequisites to starting the process.

Working with me is, essentially, taking the opportunity to honestly engage with the core of what niggles or seriously disrupts your life, and making a lasting transformation - individually or relationally. Since seeing my first client in 2010, I have worked with many people, as unique as you are; in this I have found that the best way to make my training count is to be prepared and open to meeting you as you are.

My formal training in psychology and then as an integrative psychotherapist and shiatsu practitioner covered various philosophies about the human condition and how to provide effective support through life's challenges by appropriately integrating therapeutic methods. My approach, therefore, incorporates some of the following schools of thought:

Humanistic, existential-phenomenological philosophies - working with relating collaboratively at depth

Cognitive behavioural approaches - working analytically with behaviours

Existential psychodynamics - working with the existential nature of internal conflicts and paradox

Body focussed approaches - working with the body and breath to support non-verbal therapeutic processes

I work with adults who are able to independently enter the agreement we reach for our work together, seeing individuals and up to 3 people in relationship focused sessions.

I see people for brief periods, including single-session or one-at-a-time work, and mid- to long-term therapeutic work. My work with my clients is always collaborative. This means we first agree on a structure that suits the initial goals of the therapeutic engagement and the practicalities of working together, and occasionally assess how adequate the process is.

I try to keep my initial sessions as representative of therapy with me as possible. This allows you make an informed decision about how we can best work together. Often, clients are able to more succinctly highlight their needs and expectations of the service when there are only minimal prerequisites to starting the process.