Ruth Hargreaves: Gestalt Psychotherapist, London, SE4 LONDON, E8
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Ruth Hargreaves

Gestalt psychotherapist
London SE4 , LONDON E8
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About Me

Hello, my therapy work is currently a mix of zoom sessions and face to face. As an accredited psychotherapist with many years of therapy experience this is further unpinned by 35 years of clinical experience in the NHS.

Having initially trained and worked at Charing Cross Hospital in 1987, I later moved to St Mary`s in Paddington in 1996 dedicating myself to staff health and well-being. I have worked in both the public and private sectors including an international human rights organisation and a large mental health trust. I worked with Brent Bereavement for 4 years as a volunteer counsellor and for 12 years as a counsellor in an Occupational Health Department at a large London teaching hospital.

I enjoy my work and want to work with you so as to find ways of meeting your needs through Gestalt techniques of experimentation, discussion and exploration. I utilise Gestalt, body work, person centered therapy, some REBT and hypnotherapy as methods of approach. I am highly perceptive, creative, insightful and work to understand you well, attuning myself to your needs and internal dialogue with methods of approach firmly evidence based.

My psychotherapy work experience has ranged widely: – working with body image issues, sexual identity, depression, anxiety, work related stress, anger management, relationship issues, religious influences, parental influences, coping with failure and dealing with the fear and trauma of it and the impact and effects of disability. 

I have a lot of experience working with clients who have experienced loss and bereavement. Grief has the habit of triggering other losses and compounding the current loss with often painful memories of other painful life events. Whatever these are – loss of friends, relatives, ambitions, health, therapy can help with this. I have also spent many years working with clients who are experiencing work place stressors and who often have simultaneous pressures at home, thus creating the sense of feeling trapped and wondering how to find a way through the constraints, anxieties, tensions these situations create. Additionally, I have worked with people who feel they have failed in some way, struggling to define their identity or sexuality, who are looking for a sense of direction, a sense of purpose and place in the world. These are just some examples of what I / therapy can assist with.In the session we will look at where you have come from, where you are currently at, and where you would like to go from here, along with trying to find a way to achieving that.  In line with existential / experimental ideas, there is a focus on making choices and accepting responsibility for your life, but I also incorporate other ideas and techniques from different areas when appropriate.  Therapy works at your own pace and is adapted to your individual style and needs.  Like any other relationship it changes and develops over time as we continue our work together and as your needs change.  

You are invited to bring all aspects of yourself to therapy and to discuss them freely – whether they are anxieties, memories, feelings, thoughts, dreams, events or fantasies.

To arrange an appointment/initial meeting please can you email me in the first instance. With many thanks,Ruth 

webpage

www.intothemindtherapy.com

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First Practice
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IntoTheMindTherapy
Sprules Road
Greater London
London
SE4 2NN

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Ruth Hargreaves
322C (Ground Floor) Kingsland Rd, Hackney, London,
Greater London
LONDON
E8 4DE

Issues often worked with

Anxiety
Bereavement
Depression
Interpersonal relationships
Sexual abuse
Social communication
Trauma
Cancer/serious illness
Health anxiety
OCD
Panic attacks
Phobias

Therapy offered

In person
On video

Client groups

Adult
Couples

Fees

£85 for a 50 minute session

Training and qualifications

MA (psychotherapy) – (Distinction) -The Gestalt Centre
Psychotherapy Practitioner Diploma-The Gestalt Centre
Post Graduate Psychology Diploma– University of East London Psychology Department
Diploma in Counselling-The Gestalt Centre
BSc (Hons) Occupational Health – Brunel University
RGN – Charing Cross Hospital

Supervision- Relational Change 

Verified professional membership

UK Council for Psychotherapy