Ruth Wismayer

I have experience of working with a range of age groups from 5 to 18, engaging with a variety of issues including learning difficulties, behavioural and social problems, attachment problems, self harm, bereavement, traumatic separation, domestic violence, sexual abuse and issues surrounding fostering and adoption.

I also run a private practice, offering weekly therapy sessions for children and teenagers experiencing depression, anxiety or other mental health issues.

Since graduating from Birkbeck College London, I have been providing therapy for children in inner city primary schools and a specialist secondary school for pupils excluded from mainstream education. 

My approach is person-centred. This means that the client is encouraged to lead the session, whilst I try to respond to the underlying anxieties and conflicts being expressed. I use psychodynamic theory to inform the work, enabling me to make connections with the child’s past. Therapy can provide a safe and confidential space within which a child may explore their inner world either through play, role play, artwork or just talking. Regular, weekly sessions can create in the child a sense of continuity; of being held; of having parameters within which to experiment, build trust and communicate.

Please visit my website for more information.

www.ruthwismayer.com