Sarah Gracie

I am a qualified psychotherapist working in the NHS and private practice. I offer a safe space in which to explore thoughts and feelings that may be troubling you.
I am trained in the psychodynamic model/psychoanalytic, which understands the mind as shaped by unconscious as well as conscious forces, which may often be in conflict. This model invites you to explore the feelings or thoughts you are struggling with in an open unjudgemental space, in the hope that over time, stuck patterns and repeated unhelpful responses will gradually heal. It has been my experience that given time, and careful and respectful listening, people do begin to find themselves feeling and living substantially better, even when difficulties appear intractable and are longstanding.

I have experience of working with a wide range of difficulties, including depression and anxiety, low self-esteem, personality disorders, sexual abuse and other forms of sexual violence, living with serious illness, and bereavement, including bereavement by suicide.

Psychodynamic work is generally not a quick fix. It will typically involve meeting weekly over some time.