Sophie Livingstone

Psychotherapist & Supervisor


About

About me

My career in therapy began in 2004, following several years living in California, and prior to that working in the film business in London. For six years I counselled for low-cost/charity counselling services such as Westminster Mind; and was the Counselling Co-ordinator and Senior Counsellor for the Help Counselling Centre on Portobello Rd. I worked as a staff counsellor for Barts and the London NHS Trust; and later for the London Ambulance Service, seeing road crew and other employees.  Since 2009 I have maintained a private practice, working with adult individuals, both short and long term. I also supervise other practicing therapists.

Until 2017, alongside private practice, I worked several days a week for an addiction treatment clinic, seeing individuals and couples. I am familiar with the 12 Step programmes and often work with issues arising around sex, love and relationships. I devised and taught the sexual compulsivity (addiction) module on the CICS Clinical Sexology course in 2018-2019. For four years I worked as a tutor and student supervisor at The Minster Centre, an integrative psychotherapy training in central London.  For now, I work in private practice and undertake some voluntary work.  I have had a long standing interest in working with trauma, and in recent years undertook further training in Somatic Experiencing, a body-oriented therapeutic model for resolving symptoms of trauma and other stress disorders.  As I am something of a psychotherapy geek, I am now studying for an MSc in Psychoanalytic Studies (non-clinical) at UCL, in order to more deeply understand the historical, philosophical and theoretical roots of the profession. 


After several unsatisfactory years of renting therapy rooms I opted to work from my home, which has, for well over a decade, offered a comfortable, safe environment in which to work.  While I do work online, meeting in person is infinitely preferable and I strongly recommend it.


Sometimes our cat puts in an appearance, usually sleeping, but if you are allergic to or don't like cats just let me know!


Qualifications


  • MA in Integrative Psychotherapy and Counselling (Minster Centre/Middlesex University)
  • GSRD-Aware Trainer (Gender, Sexuality and Relationship Diversities - Pink Therapy)
  • Post-Graduate Diploma in Psychosexual & Relationship Therapy (London Diploma)
  • Diploma in Supervision (Minster Centre)
  • Certificate in Working with Sex Addiction (Paula Hall)
  • Practitioner Certificate in Working with Addiction & Eating Disorders (Metanoia)
  • Course module in Interpersonal Group Therapy (University of Bath/Centre for Addiction Treatment Studies)
  • Diploma in Person Centred Counselling (City Lit)



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