Stephanie Gerra
Psychotherapy & Supervision, London

Depth psychotherapy grounded in embodied human relationship for individuals and couples in central London and online.

The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.' - Carl Jung

You may be struggling with anxiety, difficulties in relationships, bereavement or a life change that has unsettled your sense of who you are. Or there may be a quieter, persistent feeling of being adrift, disconnected or unable to find meaning or vitality in life.

I am a psychotherapist and supervisor based in central London, with over 20 years’ clinical experience. I work with individuals and couples, offering a space to explore what is troubling you and understand the patterns shaping your life and relationships. My approach

My approach is relational, creative and depth-oriented, supporting not only relief from distress but the possibility of greater freedom, meaning and a fuller expression of who you are.

Often, there are patterns in relationships or ways of being that have been in place for a long time and no longer feel sustainable. You may find yourself repeating something you do not fully understand, or feeling caught between who you have been and who you are becoming.

Psychotherapy offers a space in which these patterns can be explored and experienced differently. But therapy does not take place outside the culture in which we live.

What is psychotherapy for in this particular historical moment?

We live at a time when more and more of life is mediated through screens, information and rapid solutions. Information can be helpful, but it is not the same as encounter.

Therapy is not only a place to think or to understand ourselves intellectually. It is an embodied human relationship: a space in which feelings, silences, physical sensations and the ways we relate can be noticed and explored as they arise between us.

I place particular value on sustained attention, genuine human presence and the slower process through which familiar patterns can be experienced differently, so that change becomes not merely understood, but felt and lived.  

I have a particular interest in working with women through menopause and midlife. Changes in the body can bring questions of identity, ageing, relationships and un-lived possibilities more urgently into view.

Alongside appropriate medical care, psychotherapy offers space to explore not only what may need relief, but what may be changing, ending or seeking expression.

My work is grounded in an integrative, depth-oriented approach informed by the hopeful context of Psychosynthesis and the rigour of psychodynamic thinking. Alongside careful listening and reflection, I may draw upon imagination, creativity and experiential practices where these feel helpful. This allows therapy to attend not only to emotional pain and the influence of the past, but also to questions of meaning, possibility and human potential.

I work with clients in London, across the UK and internationally. Although I help people with a broad range of concerns, I have particular experience in supporting those navigating periods of transition, questions of identity, relationship difficulties and the impact of complex personal histories.

I am UKCP registered and a member of the BACP.

My training includes an MA in Psychosynthesis Psychotherapy and a Diploma in Psychodynamic Supervision.

I offer sessions in person in central London and online. I also offer Walking Therapy in Bloomsbury and nearby green spaces for those drawn to working outdoors and in a natural setting.

In addition to English, I speak Italian, French and Spanish and can draw upon these where helpful, although sessions are conducted primarily in English.

If this way of working speaks to you, you are welcome to get in touch to arrange an initial consultation.

Stephanie

Change involves more than than understanding. In therapy, it can become felt, embodied and lived.

 

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