Heidi Soholt

**Please note: I do not currently have any availability for new clients. Please contact me if you would like to join my waiting list. 

Hello, and welcome to my page.

I am a fully qualified, accredited, therapist, working with adults and young people (age 15+). 

I work in an 'integrative' way, tailoring support to my clients' needs. This means that I use both talk-therapy approaches and more creative techniques, depending on personal preference and presentation. For example, I may use specific, evidence-based approaches such as Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, to help someone manage symptoms of anxiety, or take a more organic, explorative and creative route with someone with less specific issues. I also frequently integrate the two. I am trained in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR) and Person-Centred and Creative Therapy. I am also a fully qualified 'Cyber Therapist', which means I can provide sessions remotely via video. 

I believe that through exploring thoughts, feelings and behaviours, in a safe, non-judgmental space, individuals are able to access tools within themselves to better manage their lives. So much emotional and mental discomfort is rooted in a poor sense of self-esteem/identity, and I work with clients to try to uncover what feels authentic and meaningful for them.  

I take an attachment-informed perspective in much of my work, as I believe that upbringing can provide important information about present-day struggles. Once an individual becomes aware their internal 'pattern' of behaving/responding could be rooted in the past, they have more options for going forward in their lives. 

I provide face-to-face sessions from premises in central Stirling, and remotely via video. 

The first session provides an opportunity for us to get to know each other. I will usually undertake an assessment, to find out more about you and your needs, and answer any questions you may have about therapy. We would then discuss whether you would like to go forward with therapy, and if so, what this would entail e.g. how many sessions, regularity, timings and so on.