Elizabeth Shaw

About me and my therapy practice

I have a limited number of face to face sessions please enquire about my availability. 

I hold a BSc in Humanistic Counselling and support clients with a wide range of issues in my private practice in North Kensington as well as in two charitable settings in Ealing and Notting Hill where I work with GP referrals. 

Humanistic therapy is fundamentally optimistic, and the approach is non-judgemental and empathic encouraging you to recognise your inner resources and strengths. 

Whatever it is that is troubling you I believe talking through your issues every week can help you come to terms with current challenges enabling you to lead a happier, healthier and more fulfilling life.

My particular interest lies in the trauma of early loss and what we deny or repress, and how this impacts our ability to live as fully as we might and in the relationships that we make, but whatever your story, I can promise to listen without judgement and offer you a safe and confidential space to be heard.

Practice description

I am offering online and face to face counselling  depending on your preference or a combination of the two.

My practice in Kensington, W10 is located a few minutes’ walk from Latimer Rd Tube with PayByPhone parking opposite and in the surrounding streets. 

My consulting room is light and spacious allowing for socially distanced sessions.

My first session

Sessions last for fifty minutes and our initial session is a chance for you to describe the issues that are troubling or distressing you and for you to discuss your expectations of counselling with me.

If we agree to begin therapy then further sessions will be arranged typically at the same day and time each week. Whatever we discuss will be in total confidence and treated with respect.

If you would like to ask any questions before requesting an initial session then please do give me a call and you can get a feel for if I am the right person to talk to right now. 

What I can help with

Abuse, Addictions, Anger management, Anxiety, Bereavement, Cancer, Child related issues, Cultural issues, Depression, Disability, Health related issues, Identity issues, Infertility, Loss, Men's issues, Post-traumatic stress, Pregnancy related issues, Redundancy, Relationships, Self esteem, Sex-related issues, Sexuality, Spirituality, Stress, Trauma, Women's issues, Work related issues

Types of therapy

Brief therapy, Creative therapy, Gestalt, Humanistic, Person centred, Phenomenological, Relational, Solution focused brief therapy, Transactional analysis

Clients I work with

Adults, Older adults, Young people

How I deliver therapy

Long-term face-to-face work, Online counselling, Short-term face-to-face work, Telephone counselling, Time-limited