MONIKA SZEDER
Offering Therapeutic Counselling and EMDR.
I provide clients support within a calm, non-judgemental setting built on empathy and trust.
What I can help with
Addiction
Anxiety
Attachment issues
Depression
Eating disorders
Identity
Loss and bereavement
PTSD & complex PTSD
Relationships
Self esteem
Self harm
Stress
Suicidal thoughts
Trauma
and more...
Type of therapy
Counselling (therapeutic, integrative, person-centred, solution focused)
EMDR
Helping
Adults
Young adults
Elderly people
About me
I am a qualified and experienced Integrative Practitioner offering counselling and EMDR. I am an accredited member of BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy) and the EMDR Association UK. My fully insured private practice is based in Stroud. I offer face-to-face and online sessions. My main counselling approach is Person-Centered, and I also use Existential Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, and Psychodynamic elements during my client work.
During my several years of counselling experience I worked in drug and alcohol rehabilitation, and also in private counselling practice. I have also been involved in EAP (Employee Assistance Programmes) as a telephone counsellor. I became a counsellor after teaching and fostering.
As a Hungarian native speaker, we can have our session in English or in Hungarian.
"I have struggled with depressive periods for as long as I can remember. I felt particularly low following a split with a long-term partner. At this point, I decided to reach out for help and started seeing Monika every week; over a period of three years, I have completely turned my life around and have life achieved goals I never thought possible. I have learned to express emotions, and as a result, I have not had a depressive episode even in dire times. I am nearing the end of my journey with Monika and would thoroughly recommend counselling to anyone." 30 year old male
"I have been suffering because of panic attacks for 10 months. Many times my anxiety level was so high, what I wasn’t able to handle. I couldn’t stop crying, I was terrified to die. Two months ago, after a very bad panicky episode I decided to reach out for help. I was looking for a therapist to help me to treat this disease. Then I’ve found Monika. I was scared first, as I’ve never had counselling before, but I didn’t regret I started. I’ve had therapy with Monika for 1 month and it helped a lot. I haven’t had a panic attack since we started and I feel significantly better. I’m really grateful." 36 year old female
What I offer
Counselling
As a counsellor, I offer a safe environment where you have the opportunity to address and understand your feelings and thoughts and get closer to your authentic self.
Typically, counselling can help if:
- You feel stuck and are not able to see the light at the end of the tunnel
- You find yourself in a dead end in your relationship
- You feel that your life has lost its meaning or its sense of purpose
- You wish to escape from unpleasant feelings
- You feel unworthy or unlovable.
We all have these feelings from time to time. Acknowledging and working on them is how we can begin to heal. This journey can be made easier in the presence of a professional counsellor.
EMDR
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is an evidence-based psychotherapy that is recommended for treating unprocessed traumatic events. EMDR is a structured therapy that encourages the patient to focus briefly on the trauma memory while simultaneously experiencing bilateral stimulation (typically eye movements), which is associated with a reduction in the vividness and emotion associated with the trauma memories.
EMDR can help if:
- You might have a conscious memory of a traumatic event you haven’t fully processed, and it still has an impact on your life
- You might have experienced childhood abuse and feel you can’t get over it
- You might not have conscious memory but suffer from depression, panic attacks, or phobias
- You might suffer from PTSD or complex PTSD symptoms like nightmares and flashbacks
- You might feel triggered, irritable, angry, seemingly for no reason, or overreact
- You might feel you are reliving the past or trying to avoid certain situations
- You might feel frozen in grief for a long time.
Fees:
Counselling - 50 minutes £55 EMDR - 50 minutes £65
"Working with you and receiving EMDR therapy has made such a dramatic improvement in my symptoms, as evidenced in my before and after scores. I’d highly recommend you."
“Thank you for such an incredible learning experience. My 8 sessions with you have taught me so much about myself and about how I go about the world.”
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Monika Szeder
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Professional memberships
Accredited member of the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists – MBACP (Accred)
Member of the EMDR Association UK
EMDR Therapy training (full training: Part A-D) – University of Worcester
Diploma in Integrative Counselling
BA (Hons)
Compassionate Inquiry Master Class
Certificate in Psychodynamic Counselling
Certificate in online and Telephone Counselling
Certificate in Existential Psychotherapy
