Safe to feel Therapy

A safe space to talk, feel heard, and heal.

Supporting you with anxiety, low mood, self-doubt, conflict, to help you build a sense of self-worth and connection, and improve the relationship with yourself and the world.

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Welcome to this space. I am an Integrative therapist and member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).
I specialise in supporting adults (18+) who are experiencing challenges related to anxiety, relationships, emotions, self-esteem, mood, sense of connection and belonging.
I understand that taking the step to approach a therapist can be difficult. The prospect of starting therapy in itself, can bring up lots of feelings and cause us to feel ambivalent.
For some of us it may be that we have been toying with the idea of therapy and change, and now we feel ready. I realise we are all different and I want to reassure you that I am committed to meet you where you are. I will work with you to build a relationship based on trust, empathy, honesty, and openness, and I will create a safe and confidential space to allow you to be true to yourself.

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Rita Mazzucchelli

MBACP Integrative Therapist

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Many can be the feelings and thoughts that bring you here: perhaps you are struggling but can't quite make sense of it. Perhaps you feel stuck and unable to move forward in life. Maybe you feel resentment or shame, and feel anxious in social situations while longing to feel comfortable in your own skin. Sometimes these thoughts and feelings can be overwhelming and we may use coping mechanisms that don't necessarily help.
Whatever may be causing distress in your life, I can support you finding clarity and developing the understanding and the tools to improve your relationship with yourself and the world. I'm here to listen to you, and help you understand your story.
My integrative approach involves using a range of techniques to help me understand where you are at in your journey, adapt the work, and move the focus depending on your needs at the time. We will work together and, as you lead in the direction you want to go, I will come along bringing a genuine commitment to support you in your journey to you.

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Qualifications and titlesMBACP Integrative therapist
Therapeutic Counselling Level 4
Counselling Studies Level 3
Counselling Skills Level 2
Speech and Language Therapy Degree

Background and experienceFeelings matter counselling Service - Integrative Therapist - 3 yearsWellbeing and Recovery College, West London NHS Trust - Student support Officer - 3 yearsBody and Soul charity - You are not alone programme - Volunteer outreach - 2 years

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Free consultation
I offer a free, 15 minutes video consultation, that gives us the chance to meet and discuss some practical aspects of starting therapy. This is a way for you to get a sense of the next steps involved and gather a little more info to help you decide whether you would like to book a therapy session.

Online individual therapyOnline Therapy sessions happen via secure videolink. All you need is a private and quiet space, and a reliable internet connection. Online therapy is particularly useful for those who have limited time and are not able to commute to a physical venue. Each session is 50 minutes in duration.

In person individual therapyFace to face therapy sessions take place in a lovely and comfortable private therapy space. This is located a 5 minutes walk from the Hackney Central Station on the Mildmay line. There is a comfortable waiting area where you can help yourself to tea or coffee.
Each session is 50 minutes in duration.

Prices
Online sessions: £60/session
Face to Face sessions: £70/sessionI offer a discounted rate of £50/session based on income and employment status. Please email me for details.

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Safe to Feel therapy is not an emergency service.

A mental health emergency or crisis, is as serious as a physical health emergency.
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The impact of our early experiencesSome of us have had a difficult start in life.
These early experiences can have a lasting impact on how we think of ourselves, how safe we feel in the world, and how we approach our relationships.
Much of this, lives in our unconscious, and we carry it with us in a way that we don’t always fully comprehend.
For many of us it is only later in life that we begin to realise the many ripples of our beginning.
We might start to recognise that we have been struggling with the same feelings or with scenarios that appear to repeat themselves. As we begin to acknowledge these thoughts, we may begin to open up to a new perspective.This can often feel like a daunting process as our learned, internalised models of relating to ourselves and the world kick in, to protect us from what feels like an unfamiliar and dangerous territory, “change”.
After all, our defences kept us safe so far… after all, while we may be in pain, if we dropped our protection, something even worse could happen… or so our unconscious tells us. And so, we carry on, and just can’t make sense of the world cheering by while our inner self is in deep conflict.But we are not lost and we are not alone. Pain is meaningful and it is a teacher. We can get to know ourselves, we can discover our resources, become our own friends, nurture compassion, and begin to heal.
And I think that is where therapy comes in. It can help to understand and experience ourselves in a new way and re-write our own story.

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Two things can be trueI recall being intrigued by this when first hearing about it. In time, I found it to be ever so meaningful. One of the posits of Dialectic behavioural therapy (DBT), is the belief that 2 apparently opposing ideas can be true. This thinking derives from Dialectics, the ancient art, within Greek philosophy, of seeking the truth by arguing a point and its opposite, until a truth is reached that allows for both theories, recognising both their validity and plausibility.
In DBT this truth is that acceptance and change can both live within ourselves. It is because we accept who we are that we can change.
Learning acceptance implies the recognition that our own experiences, thoughts and feelings, are valid. When we are unable to accept our feelings as valid, we are essentially fighting against ourselves. We keep fighting against our feelings, thoughts, circumstances, instead of trying to understand them.
By accepting and validating our experience instead, we are finally able to get closer to ourselves and feel the uncomfortable feelings, we learn to go past the judgement. Accepting how we feel at the moment, may help us find a place of self-compassion and begin to break free from a cycle of guilt, blame, shame, which reinforces a negative concept of self. Rid of a feeling of being 'broken', we may stop thinking we have to strive for perfection to make up for our flaws, and we may begin to open up to the possibility of actualising change from a place of self-compassion and feeling deserving. As we do this, we are, in fact, already changing.

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