Sophie Winter
Psychotherapist in Oxford

I believe all parts of you, including parts that cause difficulties for yourself or for others, are worthy of compassion, understanding, safety and fulfilment. I think of therapy as a space for you to feel heard, make sense of your past experiences, and build self-compassion, self-knowledge, and the skills needed to live in greater alignment with your needs and desires.

We might explore the impact of traumas you've experienced; your experiences around identity, work, sex, exercise, food, parenting, health, or money; what it means to you to feel fulfilled, safe, or cared for; your interactions with important people in your life; ethical dilemmas you have; or your worries, uncertainties or hopes for the future.

I offer a first session at a reduced fee of £25 if you want to explore working together. I also welcome you reaching out if you want to discuss what you're looking for from therapy or ask me any questions.

I can almost always reply to enquiries within 24 hours. Please check your spam folder for a response after reaching out and leave a phone number if possible so I can let you know I've replied.

Background & Psychotherapy Qualifications

Training I have completed

Diploma in gestalt counselling from the Albany Centre
Level 1 in Internal Family Systems
Multiple trainings in NVC (non-violent communication)
Intermediate/Advanced training in Inner Relationship Focusing
 
My core training has covered a range of modalities. I trained for three and a half years on psychodynamic, humanistic and integrative trainings before completing my training on a gestalt course.

My Specialisms

Gestalt therapy

Gestalt emphasises what's happening in the present moment, offering an invitation to be creative and curious as we find out how things usually are for you, and the possibilities of how they could be.

For example, if you sometimes struggle to be as assertive as you'd like, we could experiment with what it's like for you to be assertive with me. If you hold anger towards someone that's never been expressed, we can explore what it's like to give a voice to that anger in our session.

Internal Family Systems

If you ever feel like there's a tug of war happening inside your own head, or find yourself acting in ways you didn't want or plan to, you might have described there as being different parts of you.

Internal Family Systems sees every person as made up of an ecosystem of parts, who are always doing their best to look after us. Sometimes, however, they have conflicting ideas about what that means, or try to keep us safe in ways that seem to make our lives worse!

When we connect compassionately with these parts of ourselves, listen to their stories and understand why they behave the way they do, it becomes easier to help them find more life-affirming ways to act in the present.

Approach to Psychotherapy & How I Work

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Therapies & Rates

Please note the rates detailed below are there to give you an idea of the therapists standard rates, we strongly advise you contact the therapist for more detailed rates and any offers they may have.

Therapy	Appointment Type	Rate
Psychotherapy	Online/Telephone	£50 per 50 minutes