Alexandra Kasozi

Counselling | Psychology | Psychotherapy

About Alexandra

Dr Alexandra Kasozi is a chartered Counselling Psychologist working in London. She holds a professional Doctorate in Counselling Psychology (PsychD) and is registered with the Health and Care Professional Council (HCPC) and the British Psychological Society (BPS).

Alexandra currently runs a private practice in Balham, South West London, where she provides counselling and psychological therapy to individuals. She also provides psychological coaching and facilitation to organisations and runs a women’s psychology practice which focuses on women’s mental health and wellbeing.

Previously, Alexandra has worked as a psychologist in secondary care for several NHS mental health trusts and in charitable and not-for-profit services

Approach

Working with you

As a psychologist, Alexandra’s approach begins with an attitude of warmth, responsiveness and kindness. She uses collaborative enquiry to help clients to gain a greater understanding and insight into their problems.

Every journey is different

Alexandra is very aware that each client’s journey to counselling is particular to them. We may have a sense of being alone, feel hopeless, guilty or overwhelmed, but we might find it hard to pinpoint what in particular brought us here. Alternatively we may know exactly why we are here, but not have a clue what to do about it.

Tailored to your needs

Alexandra’s approach recognises how different each person’s experience is and addresses this by taking an integrative approach to counselling. Drawing on her clinical expertise in humanistic, psychodynamic and cognitive behavioural therapies, she tailors therapy to clients’ unique needs and requirements.

Alexandra's Expertise

Fees & Terms

Session Length:: Psychological Counselling Sessions are 50 minutes (a ‘therapeutic hour’) in length. Double sessions are available on request.

Fees:: The fee for Individual Psychological Counselling is £105 per therapeutic hour, payable by cash or credit/debit card at the appointment. Payment is also available via insurance (Vitality Health, Aviva & AXA PPP).

Free Consultation:: An initial 15 minute telephone consultation is offered free of charge to provide the opportunity for you to ask any questions you may have, and establish whether you would like to book an appointment.

Location:: Consultation rooms are at Recentre Health in Balham - a few minutes walk from Balham underground station. In addition Alexandra offers counselling sessions by telephone and video conference.

Contact Details

To make an enquiry regarding counselling, or arrange a free 15 minute telephone consultation, please email Alexandra at alex@alexandrakasozi.co.uk

Recentre Health

246 Balham High Road
London
SW17 7AW

Abuse, Trauma & PTSD

For survivors of emotional, physical and/or sexual abuse and those who have experienced other traumatic events in their lives, pain, anger and shame may be difficult emotions to escape, and can make day-to-day living extremely difficult.

Alexandra uses a client-led approach when working with individuals who have experienced trauma. She works gently and compassionately to co-create a safe space for clients to begin to process what has happened to them and its effect on their lives.

Depression & Anxiety

Feeling low, lonely and hopeless are all signs that it may be helpful to talk to someone about what you are going through, but this first step can seem very daunting. Likewise, many of us suffer from anxiety in our day to day lives which may make life a constant battle. We may have safety behaviours that we have to complete in order to keep our anxiety at bay and avoid panic taking over, or have a sense of dread and not understand why.

Alexandra will help you to talk through how you are feeling and think with you about these feelings in relation to the rest of your life. She will work with you to tailor the type of therapy you wish to receive. This may mean spending time exploring the possible origins or root of feelings of depression and anxiety, or it may mean creating a formulation of the problem together and making a plan for how to, for example, reduce safety behaviours or become more active.

Family, Relationships
& Interpersonal Problems

Many of us may have grown up with challenging family dynamics, and this in turn might have had long lasting repercussions on our lives even today. Others of us might feel that we have always had strong bonds with family and loved ones, yet negotiating the demands and pressures of relationships can often be difficult.

Very often in our relationships, the love and care we receive is conditional on our acting or being a particular version of ourselves for others. Alexandra will provide an environment of non-judgement and acceptance where you will have the freedom to explore the impact of the relationships you are concerned about. Having a space that is just for you is an empowering step towards breaking unwanted patterns in our relationships and thinking about them from new perspectives.

Women’s Mental Health
& Wellbeing

Why does Alexandra think women’s mental health and wellbeing is an important subject? There are so many reasons. To summarise, here are some statistics:

1 in 5 women have been sexually assaulted.
Women are twice as likely to experience anxiety than men.
10% of all mothers suffer from a mental health problem.
Around 3% of women have traumatic birth experiences that lead to symptoms of PTSD, most of whom go undiagnosed and unsupported.

As a woman, you may also experience life events that are medically or socially considered “normal” just because they are “common”. In reality, the impact of these events can be mentally and emotionally flooring, yet women go through them with little if any support.

Maternal mental health problems can be particularly disorienting, given that in pregnancy and motherhood we often don't have a reference point for what “OK” looks like. Our hormones and identities may also be in a state of flux. As a result, there are many serious issues that mothers face that often go undiscussed and are brused aside as part and parcel of being a mum. These include problems such as tokophobia (fear of pregnancy and childbirth), baby blues, adjusting to life as a mother, postnatal depression, traumatic birth experiences, separation anxiety, returning to work, and a constant re-adjusting of identity.

Wherever you find yourself in your life and womanhood, Alexandra specialises in working with you in your journey to mental health and wellbeing. We work together to reflect on the place you find yourself now, and build a path towards where you would like to be. If you don’t know what this looks like, that’s fine too. Often we need to spend some time thinking about where we are and how we got here to start to think about the answers to the questions; “What now?” and “So, how?”