Psychotherapy and Wellbeing Services
Welcome to Psychotherapy and Wellbeing Services
My name is Sandra Jay Russell and I have worked as a Psychotherapist and a Wellbeing Consultant for over 30 years. I live in Dorset and my clients are based all over the UK as much of my consultation work is now online.
I have over the past few years embraced ‘meeting’ people on line and now provide exclusively provide all new clients online sessions.
Over the years I have provided a wide range of therapy, personal development and training services with individuals, couple, teams and groups. Now most of my work is individual or couple work.
Please fill in the contact section if you would like to arrange a session to discuss your needs. Please note my working hours (at the bottom of this page) before getting in touch, to avoid disappointment.
My background: My work over the years has been diverse. I have had many rich experiences of working privately as well as within the N.H.S. as a Psychotherapist, Clinical Supervisor and Trainer. I have worked throughout the UK and am privileged to have developed and delivered a training package for staff in West Africa who work with neglected and trafficked children
My philosophy: Throughout my career I have always felt blessed to do the work I do. Meeting fellow human beings who allow me into their private worlds has always felt very humbling
Working collaboratively with all my clients is at the heart of my philosophy. I believe we all have the capacity to find our own answers but sometimes our history, circumstance or capacity prevent us from knowing how to access or do this. My relationship to my clients is a partnership: where we unravel the ball of string together to make sense of things and to discover what may be needed to move forward
Over the 30 years of working in the rich area of human psychology I have learnt many things, including the use of different therapeutic models – each with their own strengths and areas of weakness. Having the aid of a model can be a great resource to tackle making changes to our lives, but this only makes sense if we can relate personally to it and the language of the model is accessible to our character and situation. I personally found many of the models to be limiting, so I decided to develop my own!
The Healthy Self model as an educational tool to empower people to make changes and improve their lives. It hands the reigns back to the person to be in charge of their own life. It helps us all to make sense of our lives and highlights the areas we that we might want to look at developing. It helps us attain insight, knowledge and coping strategies. I sometimes use the model with individuals, couples and professionals to help them understand and strengthen their ‘healthy selves’ to aid the work we embark on.
The essence of my philosophy was so beautifully spoken in a review session when my client said “….true healing comes from learning to sit alongside oneself”
My training: I qualified as a Psychotherapist over 30 years ago and over the years have embraced many experiences and trainings. I hold a Post Graduate training qualification in Process Supervision and have also had training in Group Analysis, Family Therapy & Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (C.B.T).
Working Hours for new clients: I have recently reduced my client hours and am now only able to see new clients (when I have availability) on a Tuesday (8am – 3pm). I am only able to offer new clients on line sessions, not face to face.