Shirley Amatsakio

I am available for new clients on Mondays and Fridays.

I am qualified to support you with life's challenges and common mental health and wellbeing issues.

My personal experience with (complementary) therapy motivated me to become a therapist. The professional support I have received were invaluable for my personal growth.

Apart from running my therapy practice Counselling Therapy, I also work with a charity providing therapy services for vulnerable women, as a tutor for counselling and psychotherapy trainees, and as a Qigong (ancient Chinese Martial Arts) coach.

I am responsive, and have a great awareness to a multitude of needs.

Formerly, I worked in the education sector in The Netherlands.

I integrate the person-centred with the psychodynamic approaches in my practice which means that I support you in making sense of what is going on for you, and how your childhood experiences impact the way you think, behave, and feel now.

I was raised with the view and believe that we humans exist of body, mind, and soul or spirit; they are interconnected. Therefore, I may if needed and wanted add ways to support you using valuable body-based, and body-mind therapy tools like Qigong and Mindfulness exercises.

When we choose to work together, you will become more aware of yourself and how you connect with other people around you, so you understand the reasons why you are finding these times challenging. With heightened awareness, you can make the choice to change.

The first session will be for us to get an understanding of what you seek or need from therapy and to determine if and how it fits in with what I offer.

If we do fit, and agree to work together, we will meet for another 7 sessions on a weekly basis on the same day at the same time (short-term therapy).

We start with short-term therapy and decide after the 8th session if you continue (long-term therapy).

Each session lasts 45 minutes.