Anna Lee

I currently have face to face availability.

I have limited online availability.

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I’m an integrative counsellor and I trained at the Mary Ward Centre in London. Along with private practice, my clinical experience includes several years of working at a Camden-based health charity for women, offering short-term NHS funded therapy, and long-term low-cost therapy, to a richly diverse community.

I regularly support clients struggling with low confidence and low self-esteem, relationship issues, difficult family relationships, depression, anxiety, bereavement and loss, childhood trauma, sexual assault, identity issues, loneliness, body image and people-pleasing issues.

Having worked in complementary health for 20 years, I have an interest in how emotional stress and trauma may be held in the body, sometimes manifesting with somatic symptoms, chronic pain, and illness.

Finding the right therapist can be a daunting and overwhelming experience, but seeking help to explore your difficulties is a courageous step. With a warm, non-judgemental but curious integrative approach, I aim to help you understand more about yourself.

As an integrative counsellor, I combine different theoretical approaches to suit your needs and pace. My training interweaves person-centred, psychodynamic, and relational approaches, but also draws from attachment theory. Understanding your relationships; significantly the one you have with yourself, can be instrumental in change.

At the heart of my approach is fostering a connection with my clients. Research has shown that the most effective therapy comes when the therapeutic alliance between client and therapist is a strong one; where clients feel supported and might begin to feel trust. With compassionate enquiry and my own reflections on your story, I hope to promote agency and autonomy in your life.

I acknowledge that therapy may feel uncomfortable at times, but it is this discomfort which often leads to a better understanding of oneself and potential change.

My practice room in Hackney E8, is just two stops from Liverpool Street Station and 10 to 15 minutes walk from Hackney Central, London Fields, Cambridge Heath and Bethnal Green Stations.

There are numerous bus links and cycle parks are provided. There is street parking available close by.

There is a waiting room for your comfort, should you arrive early.

If you'd like to find out more, I offer a 15-minute telephone session (no charge) to understand what has brought you to counselling and why now? You may have questions about how I work and want to discuss availability.

If we decide it is right to meet, I will offer you an appointment for an assessment session which will last for 50 minutes, charged at the agreed rate. It's an opportunity for me to find out more about you and for you to understand more about the therapeutic relationship and process and whether you would feel comfortable working with me. It's a time to assess if I'm the right therapist for you.