Sarah Pagdin Psychology

I am a highly experienced chartered counselling psychologist, having worked for 18 years in various settings in the NHS and the third sector as well as in private practice.
I have held management and board level roles in both new and established social enterprises and have been running a successful private practice since 2005.
I provide psychological therapy, clinical supervision, professional mentoring, clinical management consultancy services and training.
As a skilled professional trained in a wide range of approaches I can tailor my services to the specific needs of my clients, whether they are individuals, groups or organisations.

I see adults of all ages and backgrounds and young people who are mature enough to benefit from talking therapy (this depends very much on the individual and will be assessed at initial contact).
I work with a wide variety of common and complex mental health issues as well as issues that don't have a specific diagnostic 'label' where people may wish to explore aspects of their identity, issues around meaning or purpose, spirituality and/or faith.
I specialise in supporting people who have been diagnosed with ASD (including what was formerly known as Asperger's Syndrome) or who have significant AS traits, even if they do not have a formal diagnosis.

Once your booking is confirmed and paid for I will send you all the information you need to prepare for your first session.
This includes a simple questionnaire about your life to complete and return a few days in advance.
When we meet we will be able to talk about your reasons for seeking therapy.
I will try and answer any questions you may have and we will discuss what our work together might entail.
If, after our first meeting, we are both happy to continue, we will probably agree to meet for a further four or five sessions.

Schema Therapy: I offer individual supervision for trainee and qualified schema therapists and am a supervisor on the highly regarded ISST-approved Schema Therapy Associates certification programme.
I also run a Schema Therapy supervision and skills development group for trainee schema therapists.
Working with autistic clients: I offer specialist one-off hour long consultations for therapists working with autistic clients.
Please ask for details.
I also facilitate group supervision, case management and mentoring sessions for qualified psychologists, counsellors, social workers, support workers, clinical managers and other professionals who work therapeutically with their clients.

Chartered counselling psychologists apply their skills to a range of situations in daily life where psychological expertise can be of enormous value.
As well as offering psychological therapy to individuals we bring our knowledge, experience and skills to groups and systems within the workplace and the local community, collaborating with people at all levels to improve outcomes for employees, customers, service users and other stakeholders.
Although therapeutic work takes up most of my time I also provide other psychology services, such as consultancy to agencies in the third sector wishing to set up new talking therapy services or looking for ways to grow and improve existing ones.