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Sally Hartley
A warm welcome from me. It can feel daunting deciding to get outside help in the form of counselling or coaching and then making decisions about which person to work with can be challenging. I offer an initial free telephone consultation so we can talk through your needs and expectations and we can talk through whether we would like to work together. ​I work with a range of clients and can support clients on a number of different issues and for varying time periods.
The central foundation for this work is building a relationship between me, as the counsellor, and you, as the client, which is built on trust, open ness and honesty.​ I will listen and reflect on your needs as a client and draw on my experiences as a counsellor and a client and on a range of theories and approaches to support you to explore what is going on for you, and your current and past experiences.
After working for twenty years in the international humanitarian sector, and as a researcher in Universities and the charity sector, I have retrained as a counsellor and a coach. I now run my own private practice and see clients in my garden room and online. I am a warm and open person and committed to my work. I value what I do and see it as a privilege; meeting people honestly and developing a relationship based on trust, and holding space for them to unfold and explore themselves, and what is going on in their lives and relationships, at a deeper level. I am committed to my work and take a conscientious and thoughtful approach; reflecting on each individual client and how to meet them and hold them in a way that suits them.
As well as running my own private practice I have worked/work for different counselling agencies including Headstrong, an agency providing low cost counselling, and Enfield Women's Centre and also at a Sixth form College in London and the University of Buckingham.
Through my experiences as a client and counsellor I know the potential for healing and changes in how someone sees themselves and how they relate to others that engaging in therapy can bring and that are difficult to access elsewhere in our lives.
Registered Member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy
Registered Member of Association for Coaching
Professional Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling, Mary Ward Centre
Advanced Certificate in Somatic Trauma Theory and Skills, Temenos Education
Diploma in Coaching, Fields of Learning
Understanding Autism, Open University
PREVENT Duty Training, Home Office
Mental Health First Aider, MHFA England
Enhanced DBS Check
PhD, Doctor of Philosophy, Open University
"When you go out into the woods, and you look at trees, you see all these different trees. And some of them are bent, and some of them are straight, and some of them are evergreens, and some of them are whatever. And you look at the tree and you allow it. You see why it is the way it is....The minute you get near humans, you lose all that. And you are constantly saying 'You are too this, or I'm too this'. That judgement mind comes in. And so I practice turning people into trees. Which means appreciating them just the way they are." Ram Dass
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