Mandeep Ahluwalia

I currently have availability for sessions on Thursdays and Fridays. Please contact me to discuss your specific timing needs.

Welcome.

I am a psychotherapist and counsellor who provides a safe and confidential space for clients of all backgrounds. Within sessions, at a safe pace, I will support you to explore how your life experiences may be impacting the way you think, feel or relate to others.

Many people can find it difficult to open up to family or friends and can begin to feel alone with how difficult experiences are impacting them. I can provide a non-judgemental space to support you explore and make sense of your feelings, and begin your journey to creating the change you hope for in your life.

Having worked with clients in private practice, the NHS and Mind, I understand it may be hard to reach out or understand how simply talking to a professional can be helpful. This can be particularly difficult if you have never experienced therapy before. 

I want to assure you that this step your are taking to talk to someone who has been trained to listen, respond in a certain way and provide you with a containing experience, can be profoundly helpful. If you are feeling overwhelmed, anxious or are worried about your mood, then talking about how this is impacting you, can begin to bring resolution and some clarity.

I work with adults as well as young people, from the age of 16 onwards.

As an Integrative therapist, I work sensitively with what you bring and the way in which you prefer to work. I have studied a number of disciplines throughout my training, such as psychodynamic, CBT, humanistic and existential-phenomenological therapies, which will all influence the way in which we work together. Although my practice is predominantly talking therapy, I also encompass creative ways to support you in safely processing difficult emotions.

I am based in Gerrards Cross and offer 50 minute sessions for clients aged 16 and above. I offer both in-person and online remote sessions.

Parking is available for clients who prefer to meet in-person.

I initially offer a free 20 minute phone call, so that I can answer any questions you may have about therapy and understand what  you are hoping for.  If we are both happy to meet, we can then agree a date and time to have our initial appointment.

During our initial meeting, we can begin to explore what has brought you to therapy and anything else you feel is helpful to share. You will have the opportunity to get a sense of me and how we can work together through the therapeutic relationship. We can then decide whether working together will be useful for you.

Throughout therapy, I encourage reviews of our work together to ensure our work remains relevant and useful to you.

Please see a list of my areas of expertise below.

I have availability for supervision sessions on Mondays and Fridays, either face to face or remotely. 

I offer supervisions to both trainee and qualified counsellors and psychotherapists.

Supervision is an essential aspect of modern mental health care, which supports us to provide high quality clinical practice through our development.

I view supervision as a vehicle for learning through a process of reflection, developing awareness and problem solving. My supervision sessions are aimed at enabling you to develop knowledge and competence, assume responsibility for your own practice and enhance ethical practice for your clients as well as their safety within complex situations. As your supervisor, I will encourage you to self-assess, as well as develop your analytical and reflective skills.

For me, supervision is a relationship-based education that takes place through a triadic system between the supervisor, supervisee and the client. As your supervisor, I will provide a safe and containing space to enable reflection and I will facilitate a positive and productive supervisory relationship.

I hold a Postgraduate Diploma (PGDip) in Clinical Supervision and a Master of Arts (MA) in Integrative Psychotherapy and Counselling.

I have trained in humanistic, existential-phenomenological, psychodynamic and integrative theories and am also experienced in cognitive behavioural therapy. I hold experience working clinically with adults, children and adolescents, providing both short and long term therapy.

Knowledge of supervision models is considered fundamental to ethical supervision practice (Corey et al 2014). I draw on both integrative developmental models of supervision and models which are orientation specific, such as CBT. The models I draw on are dependant on my supervisee’s practice and objectives for supervision.

Through my supervision training, I have demonstrated effective supervision by meeting competencies that are now, most recently, expected from supervisors. I also regularly use supervision instruments to measure and evaluate competencies within my own supervisory practice in commitment of my own ongoing development as a supervisor.

Overall, I believe in working together through the supervisory relationship to enhance your professional practice, whilst encouraging and modelling honesty and openness as part of your developmental journey.

Please feel free to contact me for any further information.

Within our initial session, I aim to:

- answer any questions you may have

- develop an understanding your background and clinical practice

- understand what you find helpful about supervision and what      you hope to achieve from the supervisory space

- understand your learning style and consider how we can adapt sessions to best support you in your practice

- address any concerns you may have

- come to a working agreement together