Alexandra Pascal-Noel

I offer in-person sessions from Central London for £90. 

Please do get in touch for more details.

I am a proud Black non-binary lesbian woman with Epilepsy, an invisible disability.

I believe everybody deserves therapy, especially if you are Black, a person of colour, disabled, and identify as LGBTQIA+. And even more so if you hold those identities intersectionally.

My theoretical framework is integrative:

• Psychoanalytic and humanistic perspective - I use attachment theory to understand how my clients’ early trauma may have affected their relationships with others. The therapeutic relationship is important for modelling healthy and secure attachments in the here-and-now.
• Relational - I believe that within a strong, trusting, safe therapeutic relationship, we can work together to raise an unconscious process into conscious awareness.
• Existential - I work with my clients non-judgementally and empathically, not assuming anything about their experiences while making space for them to find their life meaning.
  
• Neuro-psychological and trauma-informed - I like to work as two human bodies in a room together, carrying generations of life experience and oppression. I am also a published writer and use poetry and prose as a form of expression and narrative therapy.
  

As your therapist, you can expect empathy, no judgment and compassion from me. You are the expert of your life. I am here to work alongside you as you figure out your feelings and processes - both conscious and unconscious. 

The beginning of our therapy will be about building a strong and safe foundation for our working relationship while also helping you set goals for therapy and discuss a plan to achieve them. 

I usually suggest that we meet online for an initial chat of fifteen minutes so you can get a sense of me and how I work. There is no charge for this introductory chat.

I will explain the boundaries of confidentiality and ask broadly what you would like from psychotherapy. I will take care not to go too deeply into your concern in the first meeting so you can get a clear sense of your feelings in conversation with me.

I suggest you take some time after this initial chat to consider whether you feel we might be a good match.