Alexandra Pascal-Noel

I offer in-person sessions from Central London for £90. 

Please do get in touch for more details.

I am a proud Black non-binary lesbian woman with Epilepsy, an invisible disability.

I believe everybody deserves therapy, especially if you are Black, a person of Colour, disabled, and identify as LGBTQIA+. And even more so if you hold those identities intersectionally.

My theoretical framework is integrative:

• Psychoanalytic and humanistic perspective - I use attachment theory to understand how my client’s early trauma may have affected their relationships with others. I feel the therapeutic relationship is important for modelling healthy and secure attachments in the here-and-now.
• Relational - I believe within a strong, trusting and safe therapeutic relationship, we can work together to raise an unconscious process into conscious awareness.
• Existential - I work with my clients non-judgementally and empathically, not assuming anything about their experiences while making space for them to find their life meaning.
  
• Neuro-psychological and trauma-informed - I like to work as two human bodies in a room together, carrying generations of life experience and oppression. I am also a published writer and use poet and prose as a form of expression and narrative therapy.
  

As your therapist, you can expect from me empathy, no judgement and compassion. You are the expert of your life. I am here to work alongside you as you figure out your feelings and processes - both conscious and unconscious. 

The beginning of our therapy will be about building a strong and safe foundation for our working relationship, while also helping you set goals for therapy and discuss a plan to achieve them. 

I usually suggest that we meet online for an initial chat of thirty minutes, so you can get a sense of me and how I work. There is no charge for this introductory chat.

I will explain the boundaries of confidentiality and ask broadly what you would like from psychotherapy. I will take care not to go too deeply into your concern in the first meeting, so you can get a clear sense of how you feel in conversation with me.

I suggest you take some time after this initial chat to consider whether you feel we might be a good match.