Ruth Hargreaves:
Psychotherapist (UKCP)
My name is Ruth Hargreaves and I am a qualified Psychotherapist based at HQ Therapy Rooms in Haggerston, Hackney, E8.
As an accredited psychotherapist with over 18 years of therapy experience, my work is additionally underpinned with over 30 years in the NHS, charity, and private sector.
In fact, I was only 12 when I decided I was going to be a psychotherapist as my life’s vocation!
My clients observe me to be highly perceptive, creative, insightful and work to understand you well, attuning myself to your needs and internal dialogue without judgment.
My psychotherapy work experience has ranged widely: – body image issues, sexual identity, depression and anxiety, work-related stress, anger management, disability, relationship issues, religious influences, parental influences, coping with failure and dealing with the fear and trauma of it.
I am particularly interested in how we find our own identity set against the backdrop of parental influences and the effects of childhood trauma. Much of my work tends to be long-term, although this is not always the case, depending on the client`s needs.
My theoretical model is Gestalt. It explores how you are functioning in the moment and thus how in the present you act out your past. By observing this, we can start to see how life patterns and behaviours are enacted and therefore offer insight into how we can heal those aspects which cause us pain and allow us to then move forward to live life with greater satisfaction and ease.
Gestalt therapy is lively, experiential, with both of us engaged in dialogue and experimentation so as to work with the fixed patterns we have consciously or unconsciously created and to find new, more updated ways of being in the world.
I offer EMDR. Please see my website for more information.
The initial session:
This initial session is 30 minutes, free of charge. It is aimed at looking at whether we are a good fit and can work together, and looks also to explore what you are looking for.
Ongoing sessions:
These are weekly and normally at a fixed time /day each week, once arranged and mutually agreed.
Cost:
The standard fee is £95. Concessions are offered to those on a low income and students of psychotherapy/counselling courses. This is discussed at the initial meeting.
Locations:
I work from three places:- HQ Therapy, Haggerston, and Brockley.
I am currently seeing clients face to face and online (Zoom).
***If you require more information and guidance about therapy, please use the contact form at the bottom of this page.***