Irena Grgona - therapist in haworth-bd22

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Phone number: 07554225930

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Features

Flexible hours available
Concessionary rates

Availability

I work in private practice exclusively on zoom, MS Teams, FaceTime or audio.

About me and my therapy practice

Warm welcome.

I founded Your Alchemists in the midst of great personal and professional change. After two decades working in the City of London and on stage, in 2014 I started training in a form of counselling /facilitation modality called InnerBonding ( an integrative inner child informed modality) with one of its co-creators Dr Margaret Paul going back and forth to Colorado, USA over 6 years.

In parallel I undertook my MSc in Psychology from which I graduated in 2018. I received accreditation by Dr Paul, and trained and qualified in India as a yoga & meditation instructor in 2019. In my mid forties, in 2020, I sold my belongings, gave up my apartment, and moved to student halls of residence and undertook my Doctorate in Counselling Psychology at the University of Roehampton from which I am due to qualify in the autumn 2025.

In addition to all my training I鈥檓 also a coach, producer, and Strategist and speak multiple languages.I have worked as a facilitator of InnerBonding and an accredited executive/life coach since 2019. I鈥檝e been in private practice as a therapist since 2021.

After 17 years in academia, multiple degrees and experiences later, having faced what seemed like insurmountable challenges (including poverty, war, abuse and my own mental health challenges) and having achieved many of my goals and reached peace, I can help you transform too.

My specialty as a therapist can be summarised as an in-depth understanding of suffering and shadow work, with my own twelve year therapy journey as well as multiple academic study, clinical practice and research to guide you too.

I consider myself an integrative therapist. I hope that you might benefit from my journey's learnings, discoveries and the evidence-based modalities that I have trained in and practiced around the world over 17 years.

Practice description

I offer one-on-one personal therapy, facilitation, coaching, longer workshops and an online self-study course. I also publish self-care tips on my blog. I have facilitated tightly-knit gatherings and presented at much larger forums.

My approach is multi-theoretical, eclectic and integrative combining all the evidence-based aspects of what I have seen work effectively and includes:

Person-centred and existential psychotherapy

Psychodynamic psychotherapy

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), DBT & Mentalisation

Adapted personal therapy and coaching speciality for Neurodivergent clients (Autism & ADHD or both)

Inner Bonding庐 (certified facilitator in June 2019), which is a form of inner child/inner reparenting modality

Yoga, Meditation & Breath work (200 hours Teacher Training qualification obtained in India)

Psychodrama & Art

Career-coaching (accredited level 2 Performance Consulting coach)

Public-speaking: as an ex professional writer/actress/producer, I can incorporate drama, movement, film- interviewing techniques and elements of physical expression if required.

The key pre-requisites for us working together are 1) a readiness, willingness and openness to learning as well as 2) taking responsibility for the ways you might be thinking or behaving, which might be contributing to your difficulties. These are the key ingredients for any successful change to happen.

I work in two ways. I offer 1) 鈥榳alk-in/single session鈥� therapy/counselling or coaching and/or 2) longer term personal therapy/counselling. With walk-in/single sessions, I would require you to answer brief questions about what your goals might be. These single sessions might be about sign-posting you. There is no obligation for you to return. In longer term work, the first two 50 minute sessions include an initial assessment comprising of a very brief personal history, an understanding of the reason(s) for you seeking help and shaping the goals which will allow us to co-work together on this process.

My first session

Sessions are 50min long and 拢240.

If we have never worked together I offer the first six sessions at discovery rates of 拢145/50min.

I offer a free 15min telephone or zoom consultation session if you have any questions prior to booking.

Types of therapy

Behavioural, CBT, Cognitive, Creative therapy, Eclectic, Existential, Humanistic, Integrative, Interpersonal, Jungian, Person centred, Phenomenological, Psychoanalytic, Psychodynamic, Relational, Solution focused brief therapy, Transpersonal

Clients I work with

Adults, Groups, Older adults, Organisations

How I deliver therapy

Email therapy, Long term sessions, Long-term face-to-face work, Online therapy, Outdoor therapy, Short term sessions, Short-term face-to-face work, Single session therapy (SST), Telephone therapy, Text therapy, Time-limited

Languages spoken

English, French, German, Serbo-Croat, Spanish