Josie Urso

My current availability is Monday to Wednesday 9am-2.00pm for face to face sessions in Barnet Therapy rooms, 169 High street, Barnet. EN5 5SU.

I also work remotely with clients online using zoom (contact me for availability). 

I am aware that starting therapy can be daunting. It takes real courage to seek help.

I'm here to support and help you figure it all out. I'm passionate about creating a calm and empathetic space where there is real connection and where you will feel seen and understood- perhaps for the first time. 

My role as your therapist, is to work together with you, helping to remove any obstacles that may be in your way, so that you feel empowered to create the path to the positive change you desire. 

My approach is warm, friendly and creative. I believe that by offering the right conditions and environment, you have the capacity to thrive. 

I have experience in helping to resolve issues in:

Relationship difficulties,

Anxiety, 

Panic attacks,

Depression,

Body image,

Self-esteem,

Loneliness,

Life transitions,

Belongings, 

Trauma.

My aim is to foster coping skills by encouraging your self-compassion and self-awareness, which helps to empower you and break negative patterns. 

I work with adults of all ages and backgrounds who are seeking support and guidance in navigating life's challenges. I am here to provide a supportive, empowering therapeutic experience tailored to your unique needs. 

Through dialogue and experiential exercises, you will gain insight into repetitive patterns of behaviour that no longer serve you and develop new ways to relating to yourself, others and the environment around you.    

I am a Gestalt therapist, which means that I work with people 'as a whole'. We'll think about your process, pattern of relating, blocks or feelings of overwhelm that you are facing. 

We will focus on the 'here and now,' and explore how past experiences have impacted how you view your world today and any challenges which are stopping you from obtaining calmness in the present. Through raising our awareness in each of these areas, we can come to understand our subconscious patterns and processes and effect meaningful change in our lives.

My job is to keep you safe and be alongside you whilst helping you resolve what is troubling you. My approach is humanistic and client centred. I believe in the power of the therapeutic relationship as a catalyst for change and prioritize building a strong rapport with each client.

Using a range of theory and approaches including person centred and mindfulness, I will work with you to raise your self-awareness so that you will feel that you have a choice over your personal difficulties.   

I offer a free 15 minutes consultation online via zoom for you to ask any questions, what has brought you to counselling and what you are looking for from therapy, so that we can establish if we are suited to work together. 

If we decide to continue we will arrange our first 50 minutes session-at which you we can discuss in further detail your circumstances and requirements.

Thereafter, we will meet weekly at a regular time -slot. 

There are no imposed time-limits on our work together- your therapeutic journey will be as individual as you are and we can review how you feel things are going regularly. 

If you wish to book an initial consultation appointment or enquire about my availability, contact me on 077193851075, leaving me a brief message and I will call you back. You can also contact me via email josieurso@hotmail.com 

All messages, phone calls and correspondence are treated in the strictest confidence.