Sally Thompson

Working Days

Mondays 8.00am - 3:00pm

Tuesdays to Thursdays - 8:00am - 8:00pm

Fridays 8:00am - 5:00pm

Saturday 8:00 - 12:00pm

I am an emotional therapist with over 20 years experience both within the corporate and public sectors. For the past few years I have had my own private practice A Yellow Boat in Hackney Wick. As a member of BACP, and an accredited member of NCPS, I offer a person centred approach to therapy, working with couples, individuals and families.  I offer you non judgemental empathic support in a safe environment. Therapy can at times feel daunting but there is no right or wrong way to be. All I ask is that you bring yourself and together we will always find a way through.

Since turning to counselling I have helped clients work through a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, bereavement, divorce, attachment and loss difficulties, PTSD, physical, sexual and psychological abuse, long term and terminal illness, body dysmorphia, low confidence and esteem. I offer therapy for women’s issues such as infertility, perinatal and postnatal depression and menopause-related challenges. I welcome and support neurodivergent clients, including those with ADHD, as well as trans and gender-diverse individuals to my therapy room.

The list is endless to what we may be experiencing as we are all unique and bring our own story to the counselling room. Our mental health can present in many forms and at times prevent us from being able to enjoy life fully. Early life experiences can form our behaviour and understanding of the world as we see it and can at times become entangled with fear and instability. Our emotions can be triggered when we least expect them to be. 

Emotional therapy can help to untangle feelings and increase our awareness to make more sense of them. As with a spiders web our emotions are entwined within our conscious and subconscious mind. Once we can understand more fully why we may think and feel as we do we can increase awareness as to why we behave in a certain way. Most of our learning comes as a young child through norms of growing up, our role models at the time and family dynamics. As an adult we can challenge these early learnings and where needed allow ourselves to let go and reform our thinking and behaviour.

I am a strong listener with the ability to help unravel personal issues at your own pace and ensure that your safety is always paramount. I offer both short focused and longer term therapy with in person and online sessions.  I am also happy to offer telephone sessions where preferred. My practice is at A Yellow Boat, 29 White Post Lane, Hackney Wick, E9 5EN. I look forward to seeing you soon.

I offer a free 20 minute assessment either by telephone or zoom.  

You will be able to ask any questions you may have about the therapy/my way of practice and share your hopes and aims for the work.