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Therapy

I have a Diploma in Integrative Counselling from The Minster Centre (a UKCP registered centre for integrative psychotherapy) and have been practising as a therapist for 8 years, both in person and online. I am a member of the BACP (MBACP).

I also qualified as a coach more than 20 years ago. My work is inspired by many different teachers, and I especially weave the influence of Jungian analysts, Dr Clarissa Pinkola Estés and Marion Woodman, into my practice, alongside relational, psychoanalytic, and transpersonal thinkers.
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"In our yearning to be perfect, we have mistaken perfection for wholeness. We think we cannot love ourselves until we and others meet some external standard. Depression, anxiety - in fact, most neuroses and compulsions - are ultimately a defence against loving ourselves without condition."
- Marion Woodman, Addiction to Perfection

I draw on a variety of therapeutic approaches depending on your needs as my client. I place great importance on building a therapeutic relationship where you feel that you can explore whatever is most important to you, at the pace and in the way you wish. You are at the centre of all our work, and I believe that the answers to whatever questions you're asking come from within you, at a mind, body, and spirit level. My job is to accompany you back to yourself; to help you make decisions that serve you; to nourish your relationships, including the one with yourself; to find ways to be with yourself in times of anger, sadness, anxiety, grief, confusion, and other emotions.

What does that mean for how we work together? We enquire into what your life experience has been so far; how it's shaped you; what stories you tell yourself and have been told by the dominant culture; how you've learned to build relationships and what beliefs and assumptions you carry into your connections with others. Through this exploration, you'll develop a deeper awareness and acceptance of yourself and your life, and a greater understanding of the threads of the story you're weaving and want to weave.

If you're open to it, we'll feel into your embodied experience to include bodysoul wisdom and reflect on your dreams so that you can understand your unconscious world, and bring some of that potent energy into your life and relationships.

Having real conversations about what matters to you is what matters to me. I offer a place where you can connect with, and express what you really think, feel and want, and be met with care and compassion.

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"The doors to the world of the wild Self are few but precious. If you have a deep scar, that is a door, if you have an old, old story, that is a door. If you love the sky and water and so much you almost cannot bear it, that is a door. If you yearn for a deeper life, a full life, a sane life, that is a door."
Clarissa Pinkola Estés - Women Who Run With the Wolves

Ongoing Development

I continue to learn and grow as I interweave the various strands of my practice. I remain in therapy and have regular supervision, both individually and in groups. I regularly attend lectures and study groups on specific issues relating to my client work. I am also part of an anti-racist study group and committed to understanding and working against the social and political dynamics of racism in the therapy room and in my life.

You may not be sure whether therapy is for you or be clear about what exactly you "do" in therapy, or who you would like to work with. I understand that it can be quite nerve-wracking to take the first step and am available to answer any questions you have to figure out what is best for you.

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Practical Details

I see clients at my private practice at Homa Psychotherapy Practice In Islington, at AASHNA in North Finchley, and also online.

My therapy fees depend on where we are working. Please ask for details.

I offer some concessionary spaces, but these are currently full (October 2025). I am also part of the Aashna+ therapy service, a social justice project offering a longer-term service for clients for whom therapy is inaccessible in mainstream therapeutic services.

If you would like to explore therapy with me, please send me an email direct to sandra@sandrahiltontherapy.co.uk or call 07746 402104 to arrange an initial consultation.

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If you’d like to see what working together might look like for you, you can book a call with me.
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