Therapy services - with the Arts (or without)

Our new Integrative therapy service offers a safe and non-judgemental space for anyone looking to explore themselves, with an aim for growth and change - with self-understanding and reflection.

Run by Dalia Zermon - a (BACP) Integrative therapist and counsellor at the beautiful Aashna Counselling & Psychotherapy Centre (N.Finchley, London), you have the choice of combining the arts with talking therapy, or choosing talking therapy as preferred.

Integrative therapy & the arts

We believe that the here-and-now experiences a person has are partly based on choices, but are also framed by family experiences - both personal and ancestral, the cultural and sub-cultural social frames in which we find ourselves - with society and early childhood experiences shaping our beliefs, experiences and self understanding. It is from this formation and base that we navigate the world, often noticing recurring feelings or experiences in our relationships and friendships, or in the world in general.

'To let go of ourselves, we need to find ourselves'

By unravelling some of your experiences and conditioning, we can connect to your truer self where you may feel freer, more honest and able to achieve life experiences you currently feel you are held back from reaching.

Therapy can be confronting and stepping into your shadow parts - pain,loss, grief, anger, jealousy are really important aspects of the process. We go completely at your pace with sensitivity, holding and compassion at all times so this really feels like your therapy journey.

Integrative therapy uses a range of psychodynamic, humanistic and embodiment/somatic psychotherapeutic models - choosing what feels appropriate for you in any given therapy session. Integrative therapy is a philosophy of working in an open and dynamic way, and of inviting you to explore the different parts of yourself together, as a path to wholeness.

Why use the Arts?

Some people can find it hard to access their feelings or to express them verbally, for a range of different reasons - including not knowing or feeling connected to their feelings, or not feeling comfortable using words for expressing feelings.

The Arts provide a vehicle for expressing which is visual, impactful and non-verbal. You do not need to have any art experience at all - this is not about talent, this is about scribbles and marks and perhaps words, body movements, poetry, visualisations that any person can engage in. You will in no way be judged for art ability - this would not even occur to the therapist as it's all about the expression that's coming through, not the art itself.

Making art also bypasses logical thinking and so rather than you thinking of something you'd like to express and making a piece of art about it (which is one way we can work), you may also begin to free-flow with some art materials and no plan at all, seeing what comes through and what the series of marks might symbolise for you - this unplanned expression takes you to something we can work on therapeutically, together.

Lastly, making art can have a restorative and relaxing quality, so it can work well for those seeking better emotional regulation or stress management.

 

Individual therapy

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Dalia Zermon - Integrative Therapist - using the arts (BACP)

You might feel stuck in certain areas of your life, or struggle with your feelings or relationships.

Life can feel complex and challenging to everyone at times. I offer a safe and non-judgemental space and work in an integrative, relational and embodied way - acknowledging how family, culture and society impact our sense of self and our relationships.

You may be struggling with depression, anxiety,  low-mood, trauma, PTSD, grief, bereavement, sexuality, gender and identity issues, or you may like to explore how to move forward in certain relationships that feel blocked. Perhaps everything looks good on paper, but you have a sense you’d like to expand or develop your self-understanding, awareness, confidence or focus on a practical area of your life.

I offer a supportive, dynamic and creative space to begin the work of change.

I have an Integrative Psychotherapeutic approach (BACP) mixing talk therapy with the use of the arts - for those who would like to try using the arts. I was trained as IATE/UEL (Institute of the arts in Therapy & Education) as well having 25 years experience as an artist and therapeutic & expressive arts-workshops practitioner. The arts offer a powerful vehicle for expression, connecting to parts of the self, emotional regulation, and for exploring relationship dynamics (no art experience or talent required).

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Therapy session prices start from: £65 - for a (50 minute) session.

You can contact me to arrange a free 15 minute consultation call.

I also offer a sliding scale on my therapy session charges.

Contact: daliazermon@hotmail.com

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Therapeutic Art groups

Please enquire for our Art & Meditation or therapeutic art workshops - for groups.

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