Living in the UK is not easy! Many people do not feel at home and find it difficult to adapt to differences in language, culture, customs, quality of life, etc. Others feel that living in the UK has changed the way they see life and when they are back home it feels like they do not belong there either. It gives you a feeling that you do not belong anywhere and that you have lost some of your identity. These experiences are common among foreign immigrants. You cannot just think about losses, you need to turn them into opportunities.
Many people find it difficult to talk about their emotions and find it difficult to trust others. Or you have no one you trust to share your thoughts and emotions.
How much longer will you continue to suffer in silence?
You keep your problems to yourself and this becomes a very emotional burden. Consequently, this will interfere with your personal well-being, relationships, health and work. The feeling you get and that your life is stagnant and cannot get move on.
How will you resolve this situation?
I am a Psychodynamic Psychotherapist, Cognitive Behaviour Therapist and Gender, Sexuality and Relationship Diversities (GSRD) Therapist. I am graduated from the University of London and I have experience working with patients from the NHS, private practice, charities and online (Skype / Zoom). I am a member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and I offer brief psychotherapy and long-term psychotherapy. I have clinical experience in working with depression, stress, anxiety, trauma, relationship problems, low self-esteem, anger and loss of a loved one or work, etc. I also have experience working with clients who identify themselves as LGBTIQ+ as well as those who do not use labels to define their sexuality or identity.
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy is based in the acknowledgement of existence of the unconscious and through it can help to make sense of what happened in our childhood and how it affects our adult life. Sometimes we ask ourselves, 'Why do we always choose relationships that hurt us?' 'Why is it so hard to trust people?' 'Why can I not be happy even conquered everything I want?' Therapy can help you to understand these problems and help you deal with them more constructively.
Cognitive-Behaviour Therapy (CBT) is based on understanding how our (cognitive) thinking affects our behaviour and our emotions. It is the interpretation of events as what each person sees, feels and thinks to affect us, not the events themselves that make people feel emotional discomfort, pain, anxiety, sadness, etc. Through the therapeutic process, the patient modifies the way he thinks about his experiences and beliefs to adopt a different way of interpreting facts that occur in his life. The goal in therapy is to transform the way of the patient thinks and seeks to equip the patient with a new set of techniques and cognitive strategies to, from there, process and respond to reality in a more functional way.
Gender, Sexuality and Relationship Diversities Psychotherapy (GSRD) Therapy. GSRD is a broader term to replace the acronym LGBTIQ+. This term includes lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans people, intersex, kink, non-monogamies, sex workers, asexual, non-binary and other gender non-conforming people, as well as those who feel generally excluded in discussions of LGBTQ+ issues, as well as those who feel generally excluded in discussions on LGBTIQ + issues. Often LGBT patients can suffer the consequences of homophobia, biphobia, transphobia and lesbophobia presented in external environment and internalised. As a GSRD psychotherapist, I believe in working with different tools to better fit to the client needs. I believe that gender and or sexuality/sexual behaviour is vital to the therapeutic process but I work with the clients’ own pace to attend to GSRD specific issues which the client feels that they need to work with or they feel the need to have a therapist who understands “where they are coming from”.
Heterosexual and working with me!
Being a GSRD therapist does not mean that I do not see monogamous heterosexual clients or that I am not appreciate the way they live their lives. On the contrary, I think that as a psychotherapist I have the privilege of listening and helping those who have never had the opportunity to talk and to be listen by others about different aspects of their lives.
Online Psychotherapy
I also offer psychotherapy through the internet using a website called Zoom/Skype. Online psychotherapy is suitable for a variety of symptoms.
Do you feel at home in the United Kingdom?