Welcome to
Counselling & Psychotherapy in Purley
I am a qualified, experienced, Psychodynamic Psychotherapist,
registered with the BPC and FPC.
Welcome, my name is Amanda Strang and I am a Counsellor and Psychotherapist providing therapy to adult individuals in Bethnal Green E2 and Purley CR8.
Counselling and Psychotherapy in a safe, comfortable and private setting
There are many different types of therapy, and it can feel daunting to navigate different approaches, and the titles used (counsellor / psychotherapist) whilst seeking help.
A reliable, ethical, confidential and robust relationship with your therapist in a quiet private space is at the centre of any meaningful therapy - irrespective of the clinical approach, or whether it's counselling or psychotherapy. It's important to trust your instincts, and find the right, registered, non-judgemental person to work with you.
I have over ten years experience of working therapeutically with adults - in private practice, charities and the NHS - with people from diverse backgrounds, facing a broad range of difficulties in their working and personal lives. The experience of unexpressed feelings, manifesting as anxiety and depression, can be very difficult to manage alone, or to share with friends, family and partners.
My intention is to listen carefully without judgement to what's troubling you, and we would then work collaboratively to understand and work through uncomfortable thoughts, feelings, and behaviours, as the basis for change - and to develop inner resilience to face life's challenges, now and in the future.
Professional Qualifications
I hold a WPF Therapy Postgraduate Diploma (Level 7) in Psychodynamic Theory and Practice (2015).
My training included 4 years clinical practice.
Professional Bodies
I am registered with the British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC), and the Foundation for Psychotherapy and Counselling (FPC), working to their ethical frameworks, complaints procedures, and requirements for continuing professional development, including supervision.
I am experienced in helping people with a wide range of issues, including those listed below, but this isn't a definitive list.
Anxiety
Abuse
Bereavement
Depression
Low self-esteem
Being or becoming a parent
Betrayals, separation and divorce
Childhood trauma.
Stress
Transitions including student life.
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy is based on many of the ideas of Freud and Jung, but developed further by contemporary thinkers and researchers.
Our thoughts, feelings, and behavior can be affected by deeply-held, unconscious assumptions we hold towards ourselves and others, often originating in early childhood experiences. These can cause difficulties in living your life fully.
While some anxiety (for example, at work) is motivating, overwhelming and enduring anxiety, and panic attacks arising from overwork or high expectations, can block off other feelings including anger and sadness.
I would encourage you to talk freely about what is troubling you now. This can feel unfamiliar but it gets easier.
Exploring early memories and feelings can help you to understand the connections between past events and current personal and work relationships, and so achieve changes to how how you think, act and feel now and in the future.
For more information, click here: "What is Psychotherapy?"
Purley
Bethnal Green
The Initial Consultation
The initial 75 minute consultation, provides an opportunity for us to meet each other, for you to have an experience of how I work, and decide if what I offer would be benefical, and agree a way forward.
My location
My rooms in Purley are 12-15 minutes walking distance from Purley Station. accessible by train from South London including Croydon, Streatham, and Clapham Junction and also east Surrey, including Reigate. I also work from Bethnal Green.
Fees & Appointments
Fees at Bethnal Green
Initial consultation: £75.00 (50 minutes)
Therapy sessions: £75.00 (50 minutes)
Fees at Purley
Initial consultation: £70.00 (75 minutes)
Therapy sessions: £60.00 (50 minutes)
A lower fee is possible in certain circumstances . This can be discussed at the initial consultation.
Get in touch
You can contact me on my practice mobile (07874 229344); if you get through to voicemail, leave a message and I shall return your call as soon as I am able to (usually within 24 hours).
Alternatively, you may wish to contact me by e-mail which you can do through the contact form below.