Counselling in Hampstead and Online Mandi Simons Counselling & Psychotherapy Practice

I am a BACP and BCP Registered qualified psychodynamic counsellor and psychotherapist who works one to one with adults and young people. Starting to talk about your life with someone can be challenging; my aim is to provide a safe and supportive place for you to explore what is troubling you, so that we can work together to inspire change and improve mental and physical well-being.

In addition to working in private practice, I work as a student counsellor at both The Guildhall School of Music and Drama and Central School of Speech and Drama. I have experience working with a wide range of emotional and behavioural issues, including stress, anxiety, depression, family relationship issues, eating disorders, self-harm, addictions, trauma, and bereavements.

I am a qualified BACP Accredited Integrative Psychotherapist who works with adults and adolescents in brief solution-focused and long-term therapy. I have extensive experience of working with clients experiencing depression, anxiety, domestic violence, addictions, family issues, relationship issues, childhood abuse, loss, lack of confidence, low self-esteem, poor sleep patterns, cultural issues, work based bullying, and crisis intervention (suicidal feelings).

I support my clients to identify the root causes of their issues and then formulate a therapeutic plan that outlines what changes need to made in order for the individual to achieve their goals.

I also have nearly 20 years of experience within the NHS and managing a counselling service for women, as well as running workshops and my own private practice.

I am a BACP member and qualified Child and Adolescent Psychodynamic Counsellor from Birkbeck, University of London, and have worked in schools in many areas of London with young people of diverse backgrounds. Trust and confidentiality are central to my practice – to create a space where the client can explore and reflect on their overwhelming emotions. I use art materials and play with younger clients to express their feelings. A young client recently said: “It is like you have given me a piggy bank where I can put my thoughts.”

I am experienced in dealing with struggles around bullying, abuse, eating disorders, low self-esteem, social isolation, identity issues, anxiety, and depression.

Currently I am working with a specialist child grief charity and in a Camden youth counselling service. I have taught parenting extensively in primary schools and I recognise the need to think around the stresses of family life, for both parent and child, and can provide evidence-based suggestions to help manage these difficulties.

I am a BACP Registered Psychodynamic Counsellor and have been practising since 2006, providing both short-term and long-term counselling to adults, adolescents, and children. I have an Advanced Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling and a Post Graduate Certificate in Communicating with Children.

I have worked in many different schools across London and an international school in Belgium. These schools have been a mixture of Infants, Junior, Secondary, College, and a Special Needs School. I have counselled children as young as four years old up to eighteen, as well as private counselling work with children and young people. I have also worked for the NHS and in children’s care homes.

Children come to me with problems such as anxiety (including exam or performance anxiety), depression, low self-esteem, coping with disabilities or illnesses, bereavement, trauma, bullying, and challenging behavioural issues.

I have an integrative approach to my work that is underpinned by Attachment Theory. Building a secure attachment with a client enables them to feel safe enough to freely express their thoughts and feelings. Depending on my clients’ needs I incorporate other theories such as Mindfulness, Solution-Focused Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), as well as taking a psycho-educational approach.

I am a BACP Registered Humanistic Integrative Counsellor, my focus is to place the emphasis on the therapeutic relationship as the primary agent for change. I aim to be empathic, respectful and non-judgmental. Through this approach, I hope to make clients feel safe, supported, and able to explore their issues openly.

Many clients experience difficulties in the present that have roots in their past. Together we can discover repeating patterns that are doing more to harm the client than help them. These realisations can be explored, enabling positive change. I combine different therapeutic techniques and approaches according to the client’s needs and offer long-term and short-term therapy.

I have worked with adults and young people experiencing a variety of conditions including depression, relationship problems, eating disorders, grief, self-harm, bullying, low mood, and loneliness.

I have worked at various places such as the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, Mind, and Hampstead Counselling Service, and am now in private practice.

I am a BACP qualified person-centred therapist with training and experience in CBT, DBT and mindfulness. My experience as a mother and grandmother supported by my work with children and young people provides a 360 approach to therapy.

Working with both primary and secondary aged young people from aged 5- 18 years at school counselling associations including Places 2 Be and Entrust, I have helped many young people to understand their feelings, manage difficult times, become more aware and work towards achieving their full potential.
I believe that each child is unique, and adapt my approach to the individual needs utilising play and talking therapy for both long and short term counselling.
I provide a safe and supportive environment to help with feelings of anxiety, depression, friendship difficulties, pandemic pressures, self-confidence issues and many other areas.
I can enable your child to unlock and explore their inner strengths to manage difficult times and build a skillset to thrive through life’s challenges.

In addition to my extensive experience with young people, I have significant experience of working with adults in private practice and as an addiction counsellor for a Hertfordshire based charity where I supported clients to deal with addictions and trauma and loss.

I am a fully qualified BACP registered counsellor with a Postgraduate Diploma in Contemporary Relationship Studies. I have worked as a Relationship Counsellor for the charity Relate, providing relationship counselling and family counselling services; counselling with individuals, couples counselling, and family counselling, working with people of all ages and backgrounds with a range of presenting problems. I then went on to work with an early intervention service alongside completing a further program of postgraduate study; a professional training in Evidence-Based Psychological Therapies Practice provided by the University of Exeter, which advanced my knowledge and experience in applying evidence-based interventions including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), and competency in delivering interventions remotely online by secure video conferencing. As an integrative therapist I have a toolbox of skills and techniques from different therapeutic orientations including Systemic Counselling, Psychodynamic Counselling, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), and Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT), depending on what is required. My approach is collaborative which promotes client engagement, participation and choice, and facilitates adapting to each client’s individual needs to ensure effective practice and long-term positive outcomes for clients and their families.

I am a qualified NLP Practitioner and an Executive Coach. I have worked for different multinationals within different sectors along with also being a full-time mother.

I am passionate about helping individuals achieve their goals – both of a personal and professional nature. We are all coming from different walks of life; let's discuss where you want to head and how I may be able to help you get where you want to be in life.

Each goal is different, and each person is unique – there isn’t a right or wrong way forward, and to move forward you need to start! Let’s start by giving you an introductory coaching session and we can take it from there!

I am a BACP registered therapist and my aim is to offer a warm, deeply understanding, welcoming place where my clients can explore their own experiences and make sense of themselves in the way that feels right to them. I believe that offering a supportive and non-judgmental environment allows people to feel free to move in whatever directions they wish, feel accepted for who they are, gain a greater understanding of their internal processes, and live happier, more fulfilling lives.

The counselling relationship I create with my clients is based on trust, confidentiality, and acceptance. I strongly welcome creativity and expressivity during the therapy sessions as at times some of our feelings are not easily accessible, or we are simply not aware of them.
What brought me to become a counsellor is my deep trust in human nature, a sense of trust towards our strength to adapt, survive, and reach the best we can. I firmly believe in the potential that each one of us holds inside, and my purpose as a therapist is to support people in finding it and embrace living as their true selves.

I hold a Bachelor in Person-Centred Counselling, a specialist training in Bereavement, Loss and Trauma, and I am currently working at Post-Graduate Diploma level in Adolescent and School Counselling.

I have experience in working with difficulties such as: bereavement, trauma, loss, low self-esteem, depression, anxiety, panic attacks, addictions, eating disorders, illnesses and end of life, divorce, post-natal depression, abortion, identity issues, sexual and cultural identity, sexual abuse and violence, childhood trauma, and suicide ideations.

I am completely bilingual, working in both English and Italian.