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Therapy with Sezal
A space to just be yourself and explore what's troubling you
Welcome, and thank you for visiting my website.
My name is Sezal Jones. I am a psychotherapist providing short and long term psychotherapy and counselling to adult individuals, couples and partners in Overseal near Swadlincote, Derbyshire, close to the borders of North West Leicestershire and North Worcestershire.
Therapy in a safe, comfortable and private setting
As a psychotherapist my goal is to provide you with a non-judgemental and empathic space to explore whatever is troubling you. Together we can be curious about the distress, worry, anxiety or other difficulties that have brought you to me. Together we can make sense of what you want and need to be different in your life going forward.
My role is not to give you advice but to empower you to reach your own conclusions. Change does not come from the light bulb moments of new understanding you might think or feel as a result of our work together, but what you then do with that new realisation after the session ends.
Individuals
There are so many things that can cause distress on an individual basis. For many of us we go through life with all the beliefs, attitudes and values often given to us by others such as our families of origin without questioning whether holding onto these as adults really defines who we want to be seen as. If you are experiencing relationship difficulties, family conflicts, a need to be all things to all people (except perhaps yourself), childhood or adult traumas, ongoing struggles to let people get close or a need to hold maybe too tightly in case they disappear, a lack of confidence and/or self-worth to name some of the typical difficulties that might bring someone to therapy, I can help you.
Couples/Intimate Partner Therapy (also known as Marriage Guidance)
Relationships are hard work. Nobody ever acknowledges that fact until things start to get difficult. Often people fall into habits in their relationships that prohibit them from having the kind of relationship they really want and yearn for but just don’t know how to re-capture. Sometimes there is the belief that you have met someone you really want to be with but somehow you just don’t feel like you are speaking the same language and as a result, frustrations build. Do they want to spend more time with you than you feel comfortable with or maybe vice-versa? Has there been an affair or some form of infidelity that has brought pain and mistrust and yet you want to see if the relationship can survive this and be repaired?
Maybe there has been a significant life transition such as a bereavement or retirement that has demanded you re-evaluate who you are and what you mean to the people you care about. Has the type of relationship you are in changed? is there a need to re-evaluate boundaries and decide the kind of relationship that you now want? Are there needs in your relationship that are not being recognised and so this causing conflict or upset? I am trained and experienced at supporting people in different relationship types to improve their connections with each other.
Sexual Compulsivity
I have a longstanding interest and many years of experience in supporting clients experiencing sexual compulsivity. This might be problematic pornography usage, a reliance on impersonal sexual outlets such as chat rooms or other anonymous online behaviours. My starting position is that it’s not the behaviour pe se that is the problem. It is the client’s use of the behaviour as a go-to for resolving problems that is the issue. I am not interested in promoting abstinence from legal consensual adult sexual behaviours, but rather, my hope is to help you make sense of why you might use these behaviours compulsively and/or impulsively as a fix-all to life’s dilemmas.
Making sense of why clients need these outlets so much is far more meaningful and necessary for long-term successful changes than simply stopping the behaviour without developing a real understanding of it. That way clients get to keep a healthy sexual identity that adds to their life rather than defines who they are. I also offer support to couples and intimate partners in relationship whose relationships have been harmed by problematic sexual behaviours and who want to work on re-building their relationship.
About Me
I have always worked with people because I like people. I am curious about why any of us are the way we are (including myself) and I find us humans fascinating. I constantly want to learn more about what makes us tick (or not). My people facing work goes back over 30 years .
I decided to train as a psychotherapist after 20 years working as a probation officer because I wanted to be able to work with clients who were choosing to work with me and not because they had to. I also wanted to understand myself, my own history and my own relationships better. My roots are from the Middle East but I was born and bred in Birmingham. I am therefore a real mix of East and West. I know what it's like to be born in one place and live there your whole life but have an entire history that belongs somewhere else.
My core training was a 4-year master's level diploma. I have since undertaken a further postgraduate qualification in couples' therapy and now teach on the same course. I am trauma-informed in my practice which means I use these principles to inform how I work with my clients' experience(s) of trauma.
My own belief is that it is important to understand yourself if you are going to try and help others navigate their own stories. I have had over 7 years of therapy so I can speak from experience. Therapy can be really tough because you have to sometimes look at yourself in a way that is not comfortable! I really did learn though that the relationship between therapist and client is everything and when that connection clicks, it's incredible and then changes really start to happen
I am accredited to practice by the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapists (UKCP) which is a professional register. It also means I have undergone extensive and thorough training and assessment to be able to call myself a psychotherapist.
What issues can therapy help with?
People come to me for help a wide range of issues. Here are a few of the more common difficulties that can be supported through psychotherapy:
Stress
Trauma
Depression
Relationship problems
Problems with confidence or self-esteem
Anger
Anxiety
Problems with addiction
Sexuality
Post-traumatic stress
Grief, loss or bereavement
Work or retirement
Abuse
Family or school life
Being neurodivergent in a neurotypical world
My location
I work from a private and comfortable therapy room in The Well-being Centre, 1 Hall Croft Avenue, Overseal, DE12 6JF which is easily accessible from the surrounding areas such as Swadlincote, Tamworth and Ashby-de-la-Zouch.
Fees & availability
I work both with individuals over the age of 18 and with couples or clients in polyamorous relationships.
Sessions last 60 minutes for individuals and 75 minutes for couples/polyamorous relationships.
Individuals are £50 per session and couples £65
I ask for a minimum of 4 weekly sessions at the start of our work together so that we have the opportunity to build a good working relationship. Sessions otherwise can be fortnightly or monthly.
I ask for a minimum of 48 hours for all cancellations otherwise the session fee is still payable.
Get in touch
Feel free to contact me if you have any questions about how therapy works, or to arrange an initial free 20 minute assessment appointment. This enables us to discuss the reasons you are thinking of coming to therapy, whether it could be helpful for you and whether I am the right therapist to help.
You can also call me on 07432 204925 if you would prefer to leave a message or speak to me first. I am happy to discuss any queries or questions you may have prior to arranging an initial appointment.
All enquires are usually answered within 24 hours, and all contact is strictly confidential and uses secure phone and email services.
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