Sabina Pieper

If you are looking for therapy, it is likely that you feel that something needs to change. However, you might not be aware of what you are struggling with, aside from feeling stuck, lonely or desperate in a way that is having a profound effect on your life. Psychotherapy can help.

By retelling and exploring our life events we gain a better understanding of how our present has been shaped by our past, and we can develop a more compassionate relationship with ourselves, and therefore also with others. 

How you might feel: 

• Anxious
  
• Restless
  
• Having sleep problems
  
• Having panic attacks
  
• Feeling tense and unable to relax 
  
• Having a persistent sense of dread and fearing the worst
  
• Low mood and depression
  
• Having difficulties with day-to-day parts of your life including holding down a job, looking after yourself and simply enjoying your leisure time
  
• Feeling hopeless and despairing
  
• Feeling guilty, worthless and down on yourself
  
• The inner critic is sabotaging your life
  
• Feeling isolated and unable to relate to other people 
  
• Angry and frustrated over minor things
  
• No self-confidence and self-esteem 
  
• Finding it difficult to make decisions
  

You are not alone.

I am here to help and support you through this difficult time. The therapy I offer focuses on compassion, collaboration and understanding. When you talk about your deepest thoughts and feelings with someone who is trained to help you make sense of them, new ways of thinking, feeling and behaving can emerge. Throughout our sessions, I will support you to become more conscious of the things that have held you back, identifying unwanted patterns and behaviours through a better understanding of their origins, building self-acceptance, self-nurture and confidence. And ultimately working towards more fulfilment in life, work and relationships.  

We sometimes have simply forgotten to trust in our own inner guidance, and we feel lost in life. Through the recognition of our feelings in a non-judgemental, therapeutic environment, we discover new perspectives and change can happen. I facilitate this process by using a person-centred approach, letting you lead the way and meet you wherever you are, from human to human. I am here to listen to your story of events, discover how things have unfolded for you, how you are feeling today and talk about the experiences that have led to it. 

Besides private practice, I have been working as a psychotherapist/art psychotherapist with diverse client groups in the NHS and in the charity sector offering short and long-term therapy. I help clients who struggle with a variety of issues including anxiety, depression, panic attacks, insomnia and issues around self-worth. Many of my clients have experienced relational trauma in their life, including abuse, neglect and abandonment in childhood, the death of a loved one and difficult breakups from partners.

I am accredited by BACP and the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and follow their standards of proficiency. I have regular supervision with a UKCP registered supervisor and am committed to ongoing professional development.

I offer a free initial 20mins session to understand how I can support you and for you to find out if I am the right therapist for you.