Sarah Holt

Therapist

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Sarah Holt

Sarah currently works as a therapist with clients on a one-to-one basis, as well as facilitates group therapy covering wellbeing, self-awareness, addiction awareness/aftercare and mindfulness. For 18 months she managed the Addiction Treatment Programme at Priory Hospital Southampton and maintains a high interest in the facilitation of awareness and recovery possibilities for those clients and their families affected by addiction.

Training

Sarah embarked on her therapeutic training in 1999 choosing a psychodynamic base to ground her formal training, holding the premise that our adult life can be affected by our experiences within our early life, this offered a contained base on which to add and continue development.

Having always had a particular interest in addiction, its effects and recovery, she went on and completed her Honours degree at Bath University in 2008 which incorporated a more person-centred stance, as well as the problem solving/managing aspect of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). Working specifically with addiction recovery, she uses motivational interviewing, combined with the 12 Steps of recovery.

Sarah has worked in a variety of settings focusing on mental health maintenance and recovery, stress, and bereavement. She has worked at a number of leading addiction recovery centres, where she has supported family members affected by addiction, as well as the clients themselves.

As a therapist it is very important to me throughout the process that client’s feel heard and understood. I know it can be somewhat difficult at times but it can also be an experience of self-discovery, leading to change and acceptance that can lead to new and healing ways of functioning.

I speak and listen as a fellow human being and work with each person as an individual – just as all people have their own fingerprints. I believe that each person brings their own unique life experience to therapy. These experiences help shape the therapeutic work and goes towards assisting each client to achieve their individual goals.

I look to be able to help find a path to wellbeing that allows for immediate relief from day to day symptoms, while exploring deeper issues that may underline current situations.

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Qualifications

Adult Teaching Certificate (City & Guilds)
Bachelor of Science (BSc) Hons 2:1 in Addictions Counselling
Basic Psychodynamic Counselling Certificate
Coaching Certificate
Compassion Focused Certificate (3rd Wave CBT)
Diploma in Psychodynamic Counselling
Federation of Drug and Alcohol Practitioners (FDAP) accredited
Group Analysis Certificate
Member of British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP)
Motivational Interviewing Certificate
Rewind Technique Certificate