Nadia Mackenzie

I understand reaching out for counselling can perhaps feel daunting.  I would like to reassure you that if you requested me as your counsellor we would work together at your pace to help you explore issues you find challenging. By building on your inner resources and exploring your options to increase your self understanding and a more positive way forward with your life. 

I am a fully qualified SW London based therapist with 4 years professional work experience and member of the BACP, guided by their Code of Ethics. My Integrative training includes all the main Psychodynamic and Person-Centred /Humanistic theories and CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy). 

I have additionally trained in integrating Creative practice which can take the form of 'freely' expressing using clay, painting or drawing. For some clients this can be beneficial if struggling with finding the words to express how they feel. 

We can sometimes get stuck or overwhelmed in our lives and I do believe counselling is a powerful healer and vehicle for change, by exploring feelings and developing strategies for coping with difficulties.

Working relationally, I tailor my approach to allow your needs to guide our work. I aim to offer a warm, compassionate and non-judgmental approach for clients’ to feel safe, in a confidential space, to share difficult feelings and feel they are being listened to.

I often draw from a Person-Centred approach in helping my clients’ find ways to cope and begin to think about solutions for the challenges they face, which we would explore together. Working collaboratively at your pace, helping you to manage feelings, explore choices and develop your own inner resources. Together we would identify the difficulties you are experiencing, understanding their impact on your life and use strategies to work through what may be holding you back from living the life you really want to be living.

Some clients come to me with emotional difficulties such as anxiety, stress, depression, or struggling with low self-esteem and lack of confidence. Others come to therapy with family, relationship, college or workplace challenges. Some are experiencing loss or bereavement issues. Sometimes people come for personal development, feeling loss of purpose and experiencing these alone is often difficult.

My aim for our work together would be to provide comfort, a deeper understanding of yourself, and a sense of what options you have for enabling seeing things with fresh perspectives, which can open up new possibilities, helping you to achieve more positive connections with both yourself and others. I strongly believe given the right support, through learning ways to overcome old beliefs and behaviours, we have a capacity to find our own answers and so develop a sense of self-direction which leads us to more enhanced fulfilment in our lives. 

I offer an initial phone consultation of 30 minutes, free of charge, to discuss your needs and to help you decide if you would like to have sessions with me. These can be offered online or face to face and I do strive to accommodate being flexible to fit around my clients' weekly schedule .