Mindfulness and meditation are related practices that can be used to cultivate greater self-awareness and inner peace, but they are not the same thing.
Benefits of in-person therapy
Group therapy room
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Our therapy rooms are located in a convenient and accessible location. We are close to public transportation and have plenty of parking available. Our rooms are designed to create a comfortable and supportive environment that encourages open and honest communication. We understand that group therapy can be a vulnerable process, and we want to create a space where you feel safe and supported.
Our rates are affordable, with a minimum booking of just two hours at £15 per hour. This allows you to create a consistent and ongoing schedule for your group therapy sessions without breaking the bank. We understand the value of group therapy and want to make it accessible to everyone who needs it.
In addition to our affordable rates, we also offer a variety of other benefits, including:
· A safe and supportive environment
· Comfortable and welcoming facilities
· Flexible scheduling options
We take pride in providing our clients with the best possible group therapy experience. We believe that group therapy can be a powerful tool for healing and growth, and we are committed to providing our clients with the tools and resources they need to succeed.
If you are looking for a safe and supportive space to host your ongoing group therapy sessions, we invite you to contact us today to learn more about our services. We are confident that we can provide you with the space and support you need to achieve your healing goals.
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Potential signs of mental health problems
Benefits of renting a therapy room
SouthLondonTherapyGroup.com helps psychotherapists keep costs down by providing them with comfortable spacious rooms to see clients without having to rent their own office.
This can be a significant cost savings, especially for therapists who are just starting out or who are on a tight budget. In addition, renting from SouthLondonTherapyGroup.com can provide therapists with access to a variety of resources and amenities, such as a waiting rooms, office supplies, and group therapy rooms and very reliable Wi-Fi. Saving therapists time and money, and it can also help them to provide a better quality of care to their clients.
Overall, SouthLondonTherapyGroup.com can be a great option for therapists who are looking to save money, reduce their overhead costs, and provide a better quality of care to their clients.
Here are some additional benefits of renting psychotherapy rooms from us:
You can avoid the problem and expense of finding office space yourself.
You can be listed on our directory, raising your professional profile and receive free referrals.
You can network with other therapists and professionals in your field.
You can build a reputation and attract new clients.
Renting from SouthLondonTherapyGroup.com also gives therapists the flexibility to rent space ad hoc as needed. This can be helpful for therapists who have fluctuating caseloads or who need to see clients in different locations.
Additionally, as it's so close to a major transport hub, Peckham Rye Station, and has convenient parking making it easy for both the psychotherapist and the clients. Overall, there are many advantages to having an office at a major urban transport hub. These advantages can help your practice to attract and retain clients, reduce costs, and operate more efficiently. Studies have shown that clients who have easy access to public transportation are more likely to be on time for appointments and reduced stress levels when attending.
If you're a psychotherapist looking for a way to save money and improve your business, renting psychotherapy rooms from us is a great option.
How Can Therapy Help With Bereavement..... by Dafina Ganeva
We all at some point in our life experience bereavement. Losing someone very close to us can make us feel the greatest emotional pain ever. Ripped from inside, empty, deeply depressed, sad, angry, desperate, losing all hope, joy and meaning in life and all that and the same time. It can make life extremely difficult for a long period of time. Simple every day tasks may feel impossible to accomplish for a while. And even though all that is very normal it might feel to us at the time as if we are the only ones who have ever been there and as if it will never get better.
Losing my father when I was 13 years old was one of the most difficult things that ever happened to me. Therapy wasn’t popular back then and there and the adults around me were keener to help with my physical needs but didn’t know what to do with my emotions. So I had to carry that unresolved grief with me for the next 10 years of my life. Unable to speak about my father without bursting into tears or re-living the trauma of his death again and again.
Getting the support we need during that extremely difficult time in our life can have an enormous effect on our future mental health. It is very important to allow ourselves to grieve and go through the grieving process in our own pace. Therapy can help with that by providing the space for us to do that. Talking about the loss, crying, exploring our feelings of anger or guilt in a safe environment can be life-saving.
As a bereavement counsellor I have heard so many heartbreaking stories. Losing a baby, a child, a parent, a sibling, a friend, a suppose and sometimes more than one at the same time. All very different stories. All very sad. All unique. And yet people always say to me the same things. ‘No one wants to listen about it anymore.’ ‘I don’t want to upset people with my sadness.’ ‘I need to be strong for the ones who need me.’ ‘Life has no meaning.’ ‘It is so unfair.’ ‘How can I carry on?’
And they all do. They carry on. Some of them even stronger than before. As we don’t get over grief and grief doesn’t disappear. We learn how to live with it. It becomes part of who we are and then we grow around it.
Social Media and Indications of Depression in Teens...
The significant characteristic of a major depressive episode is a period of at least two weeks during which there is either depressed or loss of interest or pleasure all activities. For children, expect to see irritability rather than depression other signs of depression to watch for:
Loss of interest in normal daily activities
Irritable and moody
Reduced self-care
Substantial weight loss or weight gain
Moods of hopelessness
Insomnia or sleeps too much
Fatigue and loss of energy
Expressing feelings of worthlessness
Unwarranted guilt
Difficulty concentrating
Difficulty making choices
Complaints of headaches, stomach aches
Social isolation
Suicidal thoughts, actions, or plans.
Royal Society for Public Health in the UK surveyed 1500 young people, ages 14 to 24, to define the effects of social media use on problems such as anxiety, depression, self-esteem, and body image. They Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and SnapChat all had negative effects on mental health
What is integrative therapy? By Miriam Christie
What is integrative therapy? By Miriam Christie
Do a quick google search of ‘what is integrative therapy’, and you get a helpful handful of standard explanations. By way of example, I lifted this particularly handy one from Psychology Today:
“Integrative therapy is a progressive form of psychotherapy that combines different therapeutic tools and approaches to fit the needs of the individual client... By combining elements drawn from different schools of psychological theory and research, integrative therapy becomes a more flexible and inclusive approach to treatment than more traditional, singular forms of psychotherapy.”
Broadly speaking, this is an accurate description of the blended approach usually meant when people use the term ‘integrative’. As an integrative therapist, I find that a knowledge of and an open-mindedness to different ways of understanding ourselves and to working with others allows me to be flexible and intuitive about finding a therapeutic language that has resonance to people.
The truth is, however, that your experience in therapy with an integrative therapist – and arguably therapists of all discipline - will be different, because the missing piece of this integration is you and them. The alchemy of integrative therapy does not lie in the wealth of theories that enrich the practice, it lies in the relationship.
As part of my practice, I integrate object relations - a psychodynamic theory in origin, which is guided by the fundamental belief that our development is profoundly affected by our earliest experiences in relation to caregivers - with humanist theories and practices. Humanistic approaches are characterised by the shared beliefs that people are essentially good and are driven by personal growth and fulfilment.
I see object relations as the vehicle for insight into and understanding of a person’s relational development and, thus, world view. With this understanding, humanistic approaches then create the conditions in which healing, growth and change may occur. Taking a humanist approach to being with another person means that I hold empathy and the therapeutic bond between you and me as the bedrock of any effective healing.
I bring myself openly and invite you to do the same, in a safe space, free of judgement or expectation. The relationship in therapy can in itself can be reparative, resetting expectations about the self and others. Explored in trust, the dynamic of the ‘me and you’ relationship can help us to see better, accept and/or change deeply entrenched patterns of belief and behaviour, formed in the past and played out in every area of one’s life.
What I like about an integrative approach to therapy is that, in its very nature, it does not seek to say ‘this is the right way’. It acknowledges that we respond to and are healed by different ways of understanding the world and our place within it.
Unfortunately, this does mean that, unlike getting a referral for good a handy-man or reliable cleaner, there is no one size fits all when it comes to therapy. Finding the right therapist for you, regardless of modality, will be specific to you and can be a delicate process. Ultimately, it can boil down to a chemistry between souls.
You can find out more about Miriam on her South London Therapy Group profile page
Can We Talk About Inpatient Groups? By Dr. Katja Hajek, Consulting Clinical Psychologist
The time patients spend on wards can be a passive and lonely experience but it can also be used productively to help people with the one area that dominates all our lives, relating to others.
Throughout my years working on inpatient psychiatric wards at The Maudsley, Lambeth and St Thomas’ Hospitals in London, there has been an expectation that staff would run patient groups. Groups are an ideal format for patients to support each other, improve their social functioning and reduce isolation. They also allow input from clinicians to help create a therapeutic environment. Groups on wards are clearly a good idea.
However, ward staff have very little or no preparation, knowledge nor the confidence. However, they are not prepared to run groups.
To address this basic need, plans are progressing to hosting a one-day workshop on “Inpatient Groups” in February in Sydenham, using the interpersonal model based on Irvin Yaloms’ outstanding work.
As an accompaniment to the book I have co-written, I have produced a DVD, showing a group session with volunteer patients, introducing the workshop attendees to the core principles and skills required of group work in this specific setting.
Group processes and the therapeutic skills that are typically only discussed as theoretical concepts, can be better explained and understood, by watching specific examples from a real group. The workshop will also provide an opportunity to try the newly learnt skills.
To express interest or for more information, please contact me.
Welcoming Jennifer Warwick to SLTG
Jennifer is a children's speech & Language Therapist with extensive experience as a paediatric SLT, working for the NHS and in private practice, now available to see clients at South London Therapy Group (SLTG) in Sydenham
Jennifer works with children and their families to support and develop communication, interaction and play skills, to help children achieve their potential collaboratively with families and educators…
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