Louise Smart ITEC IGPP

I have had ten years experience in stress management. This includes running a private Central London Practice in Pimlico seeing self referrals and referrals from doctors and psychiatrists and five years in clinical practice at the Stress Management Unit at London Bridge Hospital seeing referrals from company doctors in an occupational health capacity.

The Service

The service provides a strictly confidential framework of support for anyone facing pressures or crises in their personal or professional lives.

The sessions are structured practically to help clients deal with both the symptoms and causes of stress.

Symptoms

Clients learn how to deal with physical and emotional symptoms that accompany a perceived threat to their sense of security, control and happiness. Through a set of proven strategies and techniques they can regain confidence and empower themselves by overcoming:

Causes

By learning to deal with symptoms, to "calm down" and regain some sense of control and mental clarity, it is then possible to explore "internal" perceptions and expectations and minimise "external" causal factors where applicable by taking assertive action.  When appropriate, it is useful to address longstanding limiting beliefs and associated patterns of behaviour  that may be contributing to a problem. By reassessing problems with new insight, clients can then direct themselves forward.  Clients can learn to resolve issues around:

Please feel free to call me to discuss your needs on  07973 780852

Therapy is supported by telephone counselling and emails between sessions when necessary.