Fay Heatley

I work flexibly, and offer face to face sessions. I have evening appointments which are convenient if you are working, as well as day time. At the moment I am offering Tuesday and Thursday evenings.

I also offer after school sessions, on a Tuesday at 4.00, 5.00 and 6.00pm. And on a Friday at 4.00pm.

And I offer day time sessions on a Tuesday and a Friday.

I am a psychodynamic counsellor offering private counselling in Enfield in North London.

I have an Advanced Diploma in Psychodynamic Counselling and am a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. I offer face-to-face counselling in well appointed therapy rooms in Enfield Town. I build trusting cooperation with my clients so that we can both learn from the work we do together.

I have spent the last ten years working with agencies, charities and privately in North London and Hertfordshire.

I work with adults and with teenagers from 13 years of age and have built long, open ended relationships with my clients.

I worked for a bereavement counselling service through the Pandemic, so have experience of deep and sudden loss. I can sit with depression and feelings of worthlessness. And having worked with teenagers, I think we all have very intense feelings and challenges.

My private practice is based in Enfield Town where I provide in-person counselling. I also offer on-line sessions. Please contact me for any further details.

As a psychodynamic counsellor I have the greatest curiosity about you, your family and your early experiences, as these experiences make us who we are. Counselling represents a second chance, to examine these experiences and to do some re-evaluation. The defences we build up from our infancy may not serve us well as adults and young people. We may want to adjust some of these early defences so that we can manage better, in the world. Counselling offers a safe place to do this, and to go at a pace that suits you, the client.

As I counsellor I provide a container, a non judgement space, to safely explore anxiety, depression, loss and disappointment. Clients often arrive exhausted by their attempts to try and avoid very difficult feelings. Therapy offers a unique space to allow those feelings to unfold, without being engulfed or overwhelmed.

The repetition of a weekly session provides the safety to repeat this process until you can build up the confidence to manage these feelings yourself.

I offer a non chargeable initial session, the first difficult step. As this space is for you the client, we will start to identify the main themes that you wish to work on. I believe, as a psychodynamic counsellor, my approach can bring us to an understanding of ourselves and the unconscious processes that drive us.

I can work with anxiety, depression, low confidence and low self esteem, bereavement, trauma and abuse and family break down. I have a particular interest in those living with long term health conditions.

Do get in touch for more information.

I offer a non-chargeable initial session so that we can explore what brings you to counselling now. The first step is to reach out and make contact. It can be hard to know where to begin, and I offer this time to start to think together and begin to work together.

If you would like to continue, how many sessions is for you to decide. I do make long-term relationships with my clients. It is always worth working towards a planned ending to counselling.