Jamie De Carvalho

In person sessions - 0930 to 1530

Please let me know your own availability when you make contact.

There are many reasons why someone may want to see a therapist, whether you are feeling depressed, are having difficulties with a relationship or feel like you just aren't who you used to be. Dealing with your problems alone can feel isolating. We all have difficulties in our lives and we react to these difficulties in very different ways. Therapy is a place to begin to understand your relationship with your difficulties and how this relationship affects your life.

It can help to speak to someone outside of your normal friendship group about your problems within a space free of judgement. Sessions are directed by my clients and I think of therapy as a way for myself and my clients to learn about who they are and how they function in the outside world. By doing this we can look at how you can better live with and manage the things that are bringing you to therapy.

I typically see clients once weekly for 50 minutes and we can discuss over what period we see each other when we meet. Many clients find it helpful to see a therapist over a few years once they begin to learn more about themselves while others are content to have a smaller number of sessions. The choice is yours and something we can discuss in our first session. If you would like to learn more about yourself, call, text or email.

Please visit www.therapybyjamie.co.uk for more information about me and my practice.

It is important to feel safe when first meeting a therapist so I suggest to clients that the first session is used to discuss what is bringing the client to therapy and to ask any questions they might have about me. It is normal to feel worried, anxious or scared the first time you have a session. The best thing I can suggest is to give therapy a try and see how you feel. Talking about what happens in the room with your therapist is just as important as speaking about the problems that brought you into the room.

I can offer you an open, accepting and safe space to discuss your work and development and understand the role supervision plays in well-being, decreased burnout and job satisfaction.

I have been in the field of mental health since 2009, starting in NHS mental health services followed by psychotherapy training and have been a practising psychotherapist since 2011 with experience in both private practice, charities, schools and busineses.

My foundation in both therapy and supervision is in the phenomenological, what is happening between myself and my client/supervisee. In the same way that the therapeutic relationship is a microcosm of the client's relationship, the supervisory relationship is the same. 

I completed supervision training at the Centre for Supervision Training and Development, based on the 7-eyed model of supervision (Hawkins and Shohet) which is a process model that focuses on the interplay between therapist, client and supervisor to help the supervisee understand the context of each.

I am able to offer in online and telephone sessions throughout the day and in person sessions between 0930 and 1500.