Alice Hartmann

Welcome. I am a fully qualified integrative psychotherapist and counsellor.

I hope this page helps explain how I might be able to help you.

I have experience in working with people who suffer with many kinds of difficulties: depression, anxiety and panic attacks, low self-esteem (feelings of failure and inadequacy), debilitating low energy levels such as Chronic Fatigue and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME), post-natal depression, difficulties being a mother/father, loss and bereavement, eating disorders, self-harm, relationship issues, post-traumatic stress disorder and trauma from sexual abuse.

Research and experience have shown that talking about your concerns with someone trained to hear them, and respond to them with a non-judgmental and fresh perspective, can be very helpful. It won’t erase a painful past, but it can help you get in touch with resources you may not think exist within you. Gradually this may ease your pain, lessen your fears, improve your day-to-day life and how you experience your relationships. It may help you regain control of some important aspects of your life, and even encourage further positive change.

As a therapist I aim to support your own process with respect for your values, beliefs, choices and sexual orientation. The length of this process will depend on what you want to address or change in your life and on how you wish to approach therapy; whether by focusing on particular issues within a specific time frame and/or by looking more deeply at underlying issues. It is usual for therapy to take weeks (12 to 24 weeks); it can also take months or years. It is an individual experience and it is different for everyone. Sometimes the hardest thing is to begin the therapeutic journey.

I come from France and have been in the UK for 15 years. I trained for 5 years at the Minster Centre in London (www.minstercentre.org.uk) where I obtained a Post Graduate Diploma in Integrative Psychotherapy (assessed at Masters Level by Middlesex University). I also hold a Masters from la Sorbonne in Paris. I can work with you in English or in French.

I adhere to the United Kingdom Council of psychotherapy (UKCP) Code of Ethical Principles and Code of Professional Conduct. I receive regular clinical supervision and I am committed to ongoing professional and personal development.