Stephanie Hernandez

Stephanie Hernandez is a counsellor with a Diploma in Integrative Therapeutic Counselling and a Post-graduate Diploma and Masters in Gestalt Psychotherapy. She works in private practice at The Awareness Centre in Clapham. Stephanie has a degree in Psychology and is a member of the BPS as well as the BACP. She has completed a Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction programme and previously worked as a counsellor at a rehabilitation centre for substance abuse.

Stephanie offers a safe, professional, and deeply compassionate environment for you to explore what is present. Whether you have a specific, focused issue you wish to address briefly, or you are seeking longer-term, deeper work into long-standing patterns, she will work at a pace that feels right for you. Therapy is a journey of self-discovery that unfolds within a relationship of acceptance, trust, and support. This makes the work collaborative where Stephanie will guide you towards developing a richer awareness of yourself, your resources, and your unique ways of relating to the world. The therapeutic relationship is a core part of the therapeutic work and  your patterns of relating in the world will often show up in the dynamic. Stephanie will use this immediate, “here-and-now” experience to gain deeper understanding and help you to explore new possibilities for connection. Through this increased awareness, you will naturally develop your own capacity for coping, choice, and change

Stephanie worked at a counselling agency for young people; 5 years as a counsellor and 7 years managing the service for young refugees. This gave Stephanie valuable experience working with trauma, loss, abuse, addiction, as well as sleep problems, anxiety and depression.