Psychotherapy, Counselling and Coaching with Sandra Keys
“To know our self is important, to be able to influence how we experience ourself is everything.”
Terry Cooper
You may be reading my own profile now because issues in your life and work may be getting you down. When you are finding it hard to get through the challenges that you are facing or stuck in right now, it can be difficult to find the path out. You’ve already taken the first step in navigating a change in direction by being here.
Perhaps you are feeling unsupported at work, struggling with difficult relationships, reaching burn-out, find you’ve lost your direction in life or dealing with bullying.
If any of the above resonates with you then rest assured, these are all struggles that you don’t have to face alone.
Who am I and Why work with me?
Hi, I’m Sandra, I am BACP accredited and have over 25-years experience in supporting people from many different professional backgrounds:
My approach as a psychotherapist is Gestalt-based and focused on how we each engage in life from moment to moment. The work that we do together focuses on how you experience yourself.
Through our work together, change happens. Not always as expected and often by staying with difficult experiences. New ways of thinking and being open-up through showing up and being present in the therapeutic relationship.
I want you to know that you are not alone, and together, we will navigate positive change through the painful events and situations that you are struggling with.
Contact
If you would like to contact me today for a confidential conversation then I will show up for you.
Specialist Areas
Professional and Workplace emotional, relationship challenges – Feeling unsupported at work, experiencing bullying, harassment and/or workplace stress?
I’ll offer you both practical and emotional support to respond to these situations in ways that constructively enable you to better empower yourself.
With 25+ years working within corporate environments, I’m highly experienced in providing support with these issues and more.
Belonging and Identity Issues – Are you living and/or working in an unfamiliar country, experiencing feelings of low self-esteem, imposter syndrome, loneliness, or isolation?
Through our work together, we will explore coping mechanisms to support you in dealing with these, often crippling issues.
My own experience both as an Expatriate-spouse and living and working in many different countries allows me to bring cross-cultural sensitivity and respect into the heart of how I work.
Bereavement and Coping with Grief – Grief is unique to each of us and there is no time limit to how you process the loss of a loved one, the loss of a job or the loss of self-esteem.
As a widow with one daughter, I draw from my own life experience, in addition to my own specialist expertise in this area, to provide support if you are experiencing loss and grief.
My first book ‘Where Would You Like Your Dishwasher’ – Is my Story of Life, Love and Loss and teaches how it is possible to navigate a process of transformational change through grief in a way that reconstructs meaning from loss.
Dream Work – Our dreams hold vital information, at a sub-conscious level, to inform how we are creating our personal and professional identity.
Testimonials
‘Sandra makes me feel comfortable and helps me to bridge the gap between different work cultures.’
‘Sandra’s commitment to my journey still amazes me. She focused on my personal well-being, whilst equipping me with the tools that I need.’
‘Sandra provides thought-provoking questions and great insights. She is a wealth of knowledge, timely and concise in her communication.’
‘Sandra is calm, very skilled interpersonally and I have appreciated her supportive and helpful attitude.’
I have also worked closely with trusted colleagues through The University of Hong Kong to produce teaching materials and films to help individuals and communities dealing with grief and loss. My membership of and voluntary work with the Association for Death Education and Counselling provides me with access to the most up-to-date research into grief and bereavement to support my own work as a practitioner.
Through my strategic collaboration with Dr. Joy Berger, www.linkedin/in/joyberger, I am also delighted to provide the opportunity for clients to access Dr. Berger’s own professional body of research and work into Composing Life Out of Loss that also informs my own work as practitioner.