Sally Champion

I work at The Studio in Causewayside on Mondays and Wednesdays:

136 Causewayside, Edinburgh EH9 1PR

www.edinburgh-counselling-studio.co.uk

I work at Dialogue & Space near Meadowbank on Tuesdays:

64 Albion Road, Edinburgh, EH7 5QZ

www.dialogueandspace.co.uk

My introduction to therapy was as a client, which helped open my own eyes to new possibilities of living. While there are a multitude of reasons for any one of us to seek psychotherapy, there is usually a struggle of some kind that is the prompt to reach for therapeutic support.

I will be interested in what has brought you to therapy, and together we’ll begin to explore aspects of your life as you live it today. With your permission we’ll also time travel to earlier relationships and experiences, distinguishing between now and then, but also connecting what has happened to what is happening.

I bring warmth and curiosity to my work, without judgement or expectation, creating a therapeutic space with clients that feels safe and boundaried, as well as creative and spontaneous. This includes working with aspects of storytelling, with images and objects, with the body as well as the mind, with spirituality and aspects of existentialism.

Graduating from Edinburgh University's Postgraduate Diploma with Merit I am a registered member of BACP - British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. I undertake regular continuing professional development including training in American Relational Psychoanalysis and CreativeCoupleWork training at the Centre for Gender Psychology, London. I’m also cleared with Disclosure Scotland to work with U18s and have worked in Edinburgh schools.

My professional background includes teaching, working with families, and community engagement. I also spent 5 years making cheese biscuits for a living, change being an inevitable part of living.

I’m drawn to outside wild spaces and am passionate about stories and how we tell them (or don’t).

Key to any successful therapy experience is the relationship between therapist and client. I work to get alongside clients, accepting and acknowledging things as they are, whilst also working to deepen compassionate understanding and offering possible new perspectives. This is a collaborative and alive process in the room between us.  

My practice is grounded in a psychodynamic approach, working together to make sense of your past experiences and earlier relationships, and in doing so generating new insights around these patterns - or imprints - as they play out in the here and now. With an increase in compassionate understanding comes new possibilities for change and growth.

I'm also trained in Couples' Therapy, helping you both step back to see what patterns are playing out between you and the effect this is having on each of you, and on your relationship. Working with a trained Couples' Therapist can shift couples away from being stuck in reactive patterns, and towards more mutual understanding, connection and growth. This can be transformative and can help you both move forwards.    

I undertake continuing professional development regularly and can provide an up to date list of these on request.

Individual sessions are usually face to face and weekly, are 50 minutes, and are charged at £55. If need be I can also offer sessions online and by telephone. Couples sessions are also usually face to face, and can be 60 mins (£80), 75 mins (£100) or 90 mins (£120). Couples' sessions can be weekly or fortnightly.

I work with clients both in the short-term and longer-term. Clients leave whenever they feel ready, but endings are as important inside therapy as they are outside of it, and the intention is to end well, marking the transition with an agreed ending that we work towards together.

If you decide you’d like to meet me I’ll send you a copy of my working agreement which gives some more practical information.

 There is no obligation to continue beyond the first session, it’s a chance to ask questions and get a sense of me and how I work, and see if it feels like a good ‘fit’. 

Initial sessions are charged at the same price as any other session.