How I can help

Iam a highly trained, experienced full time  counsellor who is trained in clinical hypnotherapy. I’am fully accredited and registered with the National counselling and Psychotherapy Society and the National council of Hypnotherapy.

I offer a safe space for my clients to process their experiences without judgement. I’m also a therapist who does not hesitate to offer her insight (If this is what the client requests) and often work intuitively.  I love my work with a passion and counselling is a full time job for me. Previously, I have also worked in the social care field and volunteered/worked for various mental health organisations; “Mind” the mental health charity, St Mungos (mental health supported housing” and the mental health department at St Pancras hospital etc.

I work mainly from a person-centred approach and also implement an integrative approach to therapy to suit the individual client needs. I also hold an honours degree in psychology.

I have been described as an IDM level 3i therapist by my counselling supervisor. (Monthly supervision is a requirement of being an accredited counsellor even in private practice) Which is considered to be the highest level of professional growth achieved as a counsellor, according to the Integrated Developmental Model of Supervision.

 

As with all professional and ethical therapists, I am also covered by professional indemnity insurance and am a firm believer in continuing professional development.
I have worked with clients in treating various issues and invite you to get in touch with any queries you may have with regards to therapy and how I could help.

The NCH and NCPS are all accredited by the professional standards authority which accredits registers to help people of the public get better care by ensuring that the health practitioners they register are competent, trustworthy and trained to a high standard. The professional standards authority is recognised by the NHS and the Department of Health has recommended that where people are looking for therapists they use someone who is accredited by the professional standards authority which is the gold standard.

Training, qualifications & experience

  • BSc honours degree in Psychology
  • Adv Diploma in Counselling and psychotherapy
  • IDM level 3i therapist (Highest level of professional growth)
  • Diploma in Clinical Hypnotherapy
  • Practitioner training in Neuro Linguistic Programming
  • Practitioner training in Timeline therapy
  • NLP Coaching training
  • Hypnoband licensed practitioner

Additional Continued professional development trainings:

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Depression, Anxiety, Trauma and Personality Disorders. (One day training with psychotherapy excellence)
  • Mindfulness course (Intensive two day training with Dr Richard Sears)
  • Using internal family systems therapy with autistic clients (Workshop with Sarah Bergenfield; Psychologist and autism specialist)
  • Somatic Therapy for complex Trauma with Janine Fisher, Arielle Schwartz (Ongoing training)
  • Acceptance and Commitment therapy for behavioural addictions; A shame free approach for helping clients understand their triggers, break compulsive patterns and embrace pain with purpose. (6 hours training with Dr Jennifer Patterson)
  • Transforming traumatic grief. Neuroscience techniques for meaningful recovery from traumatic loss  with Dr Kate Truitt (2 full days training)
  • Cognitive behavioural therapy training for Anxiety disorders and OCD. (16 hours certified training with psychotherapy excellence)
  • Rational Emotive Behavioural therapy (REBT 10.5 certified hours training)
  • EMDR & Parts Work for Treating Complex Trauma: Somatic Techniques to Decrease Defensiveness and Facilitate Trauma Processing with Dr Arielle Schwartz
  • Trauma certification workshop to resolve deeply held trauma with Dr Janine Fisher (2 full days)
  • CBT-I To Treat Insomnia: Proven Interventions That Go Beyond Sleep Hygiene (4 hourse with Dr Catherine Darley)
  • An introduction to online and telephone counselling (10 hours certified training)
  • How the body keeps the score trauma training. (Professor Bessel van Der kolk, 15 hours online training)
  • Working with Narcissism (Professor Christiane Sanderson)
  • Healing Trauma (Janine Fisher)
  • Transforming Trauma with Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT) With Dr Leanne Campbell (One day training)
  • Compassion Focused Therapy: enhanced application for using and understanding compassion in trauma ( Dr Chris Irons)
  • Applying attachment theory in clinical practice (Psychotherapist Linda Cundy)
  • Attachment  theory with Thais Gibson (Numerous articles and webinars)
  • Couples therapy relational life therapy training ( Dr Terry Real)
  • Down a rabbit hole: Where we and our clients can become stuck. With Counselling directory
  • Constantly reading articles, books, and attending webinars, trainings. Love  listening to podcasts about human psychology by established evidence based therapists.

 

Please view my counselling directory profile for more info:

https://www.counselling-directory.org.uk/counsellors/sidra-khan

 

Just some of the issues that I work with include:

Please view below for many other issues that I work with:

 

 

 
Sidra Khan

Mindlounge Therapy

Contact: 07526 000360