Lorena Vila – Integrative Arts Psychotherapist

I am an Integrative Arts Psychotherapist, practicing with a person-centred, compassionate and humanistic approach.

Working integratively means that I use the most relevant theories and research for our work together. Whether it’s affective neuroscience, somatic approaches, attachment theory, psychodynamic theory or another model, I share the approaches I’m using as we work.

I also offer the opportunity to work using the arts (e.g. sand tray, body work, image and clay) to allow you to connect with your creativity and imagination to access paths of healing, discovery and support. It may not be for you, but if you do choose to work with the arts, the focus is on the process rather than the product.

Working with the arts in my practice can also mean bringing in metaphor, dream work and nature connection to allow a lens to focus on your intuition, needs, your emotional world and relationships. It can be difficult to summarise the change that can happen through psychotherapy, as it is so personal, so I can offer a poem for what it has meant for me:

I have found that travelling in,
slowing down
And having a different conversation
Has changed who I am
At a cellular level

I work transparently with you to agree what we will work on together and check in on this at regular intervals to ensure that our work continues to meet your expectations and values.

My approach is LGBTQIA+ affirmative and anti-oppressive, which means keeping your cultural, social and political identity and values central to the therapy.

I have 14 years’ experience of working with both adults and children with a wide range of needs and from diverse backgrounds.

My four-year Integrative Arts Psychotherapy training at MA level is accredited by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP). I am fully insured.

I have further developed my skills through Ecopsychology training and Grief Tending in Community to explore the wide-ranging positive impact I can be part of, working with individuals and community in a holistic and creative way.

I have worked in homelessness settings, developing and facilitating vibrant, client-led and trauma-informed Ecopsychology and Therapeutic Arts-based programmes for the last five years.

• Self-belief and existential questions
• Grief and loss
• Difficulties in intimate relationships
• Repeating relationship patterns
• Understanding and managing triggers
• Trauma, including complex trauma and CPTSD (Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder)
• Childhood trauma
• Depression
• Anxiety
• Overwhelm and burnout

I deliver 50-minute, weekly sessions at £80. I offer an initial free 20-minute phone call to give you a chance to get to know me and ask any questions.

I offer a limited number of concession spots – please let me know if cost is a barrier.

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