Simone Hatiel, UKCP Accredited Psychotherapist

Simone Hatiel

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Simone Hatiel, UKCP Accredited Psychotherapist

Simone Hatiel

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My Approach

My Approach

My approach is integrative, relational, embodied and trauma-informed, with a foundation in Psychosynthesis. At the heart of my work is the relationship we build together — one that I hope feels respectful, collaborative and safe enough for meaningful exploration.

Psychosynthesis offers a compassionate and non-pathologising way of understanding emotional difficulties as meaningful responses to life experience. It also supports the exploration of inner parts, values, intuition, inner resources and the psychospiritual dimension of human experience — including questions of meaning, purpose, aliveness and becoming more fully yourself.

A trauma-informed approach
Working in a trauma-informed way means we do not need to rush, force anything, or go somewhere before you feel ready. Together, we focus on creating enough inner and relational safety so that you can begin to meet difficult feelings, memories or patterns without becoming overwhelmed. This may include supporting nervous system regulation, building internal resources, and finding ways to feel more grounded, present and connected to yourself.

Embodied and somatic work
Alongside talking therapy, we may bring gentle attention to the body, nervous system and physical sensations. The body can hold emotions, memories, survival patterns and forms of knowing that are not always accessible through thinking alone. We may explore this through sensation, breath, posture, movement, sound, imagery, mindfulness, grounding, orienting, supportive self-touch or other gentle somatic practices. The aim is not to force anything, but to help you listen to your body with more curiosity, choice and compassion.

Creative exploration
At times, working creatively may help us approach an issue from a different angle, especially when something feels stuck, hard to name, or difficult to shift through talking alone. This might involve guided imagery, drawing, objects, small figures, object constellations or other gentle ways of exploring your experience.

Together, we can discover what helps bring more clarity, movement and understanding. I will always offer these approaches with care and sensitivity, and with respect for your preferences, pace and readiness.

Working with inner parts
Most of us do not feel completely unified inside. We may have one part that wants one thing, while another part wants something else, creating inner conflict or turmoil.

Becoming curious about these different parts can be a powerful way of understanding yourself and shifting patterns that keep you stuck. This might include exploring a part that feels anxious, a part that wants to please others, a part that protects you by shutting down, or a part that carries shame or hurt.

Rather than judging or trying to get rid of these parts, we can begin to understand what they are trying to protect, what they need, and how you might relate to them with more compassion and acceptance.

Context and identity
I believe we are shaped by the personal, family, cultural and intergenerational worlds we come from. In our work, we can gently explore how these influences live within you, while making space for your own voice, choices and sense of self.

My style
My style is flexible and responsive. Some clients benefit from more guidance and structure, while others need more space for self-exploration. Often, a mixture of both is most helpful, and we can find together what feels supportive for you.

About Me

I am a qualified psychotherapeutic counsellor with a background in Psychosynthesis, and somatic and trauma-informed approaches to therapy. I am passionate about creating a safe container for you to get in touch with your emotions, beliefs, different parts, and values and your intuitive wisdom and knowledge.

I have experience supporting individual adults, as well as teenagers and childen in private practice, low-cost counselling services and in a charity. Many of the people I have worked with experienced a sense of being out of touch with their emotions and body, feeling stuck or disoriented in life, having had past wounds or trauma that still impacts their present-day lives, or feeling dysregulated and lonely, not knowing where to turn to for support. Many of my clients have developed coping patterns of people-pleasing, constant busyness, perfectionism and pushing through, sometimes combined with addictive or compulsive patterns.

As an immigrant in a cross-cultural relationship and a sensitive, creative person, I have worked with many clients from mixed cultural backgrounds or in cross-cultural relationships and have a culturally sensistive approach. I have also experience working with high achievers, people in the creative industries and sensitive people and find that the thread of having learnt great skills at adapting at the expense of feeeling themselves, inclduding limits boundaries and needs seems to run across all those groups.


The path of becoming a therapist has been as much of a personal as well as a professional journey and I believe, to this day, these two cannot be entirely separated. I am particular interested in helping you find ways to get in touch with your authentic voice and self-expression while following a compassionate and trauma-informed approach that validates whatever strategies have helped you get to this point in your life.

As an intuitive person who has lived experience of neglecting my body, and keeping myself distracted for a good number of years due to not knowing how to express my authentic self in my environment, I am passionate about helping people reconnect with and strengthen their own inner compass and self-knowledge. I believe, when we truly listen to ourself, slow down and make space inside, we have all the answers inside us and I see it as an honour to accompy people on this path to liberation, self-connection, and inner clarity and confidence.

I work with

  • Individuals

Special Interests

Like all UKCP registered psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors I can work with a wide range of issues, but here are some areas in which I have a special interest or additional experience.

Anxiety can show up as overthinking, tension, restlessness, self-doubt, people-pleasing, perfectionism, difficulty slowing down, or a sense of always being on alert. Sometimes anxiety is connected to current pressures, and sometimes it has deeper roots in past experiences, family dynamics, trauma or environments where it did not feel safe to fully be yourself. Anxiety can also arise when there are changes or shifts we long to make in our lives, relationships or self-expression, but have not yet felt able to make. It may point to inner conflict between the part of us that wants to grow, speak, move or change, and the parts that are trying to keep us safe. I support clients to understand anxiety with curiosity and compassion, rather than seeing it as something simply to get rid of. Together, we can explore what your anxiety may be trying to protect, support nervous system regulation, and help you build more inner safety, grounding and self-trust.
Living in a culture different from the one we grew up in, growing up with parents from a different cultural background, or living between cultures can bring up deep questions around identity, belonging and home. It can also be a source of inner conflict, grief, confusion or pressure — especially when different parts of us carry different values, expectations or ways of relating. As someone with lived experience of migration and being in a cross-cultural relationship, I feel passionate about supporting people in this exploration. Together, we can make space for the complexity of your cultural identity, the parts of you that may have had to adapt or hide, and the longing to feel more whole, rooted and free to be yourself.
Our family of origin often provides the earliest blueprint for how we come to understand ourselves, others, relationships and the wider world. Many present-day struggles can be connected to those early and formative experiences — including how we were seen, cared for, responded to, or expected to adapt within our family system. As adults, we may begin to question inherited roles, patterns and beliefs, and explore how we want to relate to our family members now. This may include finding new boundaries, making sense of painful dynamics, grieving what was missing, or deciding how much contact feels healthy and possible. I support clients in exploring attachment and relational wounds within their family of origin, as well as intergenerational influences and trauma, parent-child dynamics, sibling relationships, complex family roles and family estrangement. My aim is to help you understand these patterns with compassion, while strengthening your sense of choice, clarity and self-trust.
Wounding often happens in relationship, and so does healing. Many of the people I work with long for relationships that feel meaningful, respectful and mutual, yet find themselves feeling unseen, overwhelmed, lonely, stuck in painful patterns, or unsure how to ask for what they need. I believe that our ability to form relationships in which we feel seen, valued, safe and inspired is essential for our mental and emotional wellbeing, and for living a more joyful and connected life. At the same time, relationships can be one of the places where we feel most vulnerable. They ask us to navigate closeness and distance, boundaries and compromise, authenticity and belonging. I support people in exploring what kinds of relationships feel truly nourishing, how they may repeat familiar relational patterns, and how to relate to others with more clarity, self-trust and choice. This may include looking at family dynamics, friendships, romantic relationships, cross-cultural relationships, or the relationship you have with yourself.
Trauma can arise from any experience that overwhelms the coping mechanisms and internal resources available to us at the time. This means that we may be especially vulnerable to trauma early in life, when our capacity for self-regulation is still developing and we are dependent on others for safety, connection and emotional support. Some people may have experienced significant traumatic events such as abuse, violence, war, loss, accidents or domestic abuse. For others, trauma may be more relational, developmental or less visible. This might include growing up in environments where needs were repeatedly overridden, emotions were dismissed, boundaries were not respected, or there was emotional coldness, criticism, neglect, inconsistency or ongoing parental conflict. Some people may also have grown up around addiction, mental health difficulties, or with siblings who needed a high level of care, leaving little space for their own emotional needs. These experiences can leave lasting imprints on the body, nervous system and sense of self. Trauma can sometimes be felt as anxiety, hypervigilance, overwhelm, emotional intensity or always being “on alert.” At other times, it can feel like numbness, shutdown, flatness, disconnection, isolation, or a sense of being far away from yourself and others.I work with trauma in a gentle, embodied and collaborative way. This means that we do not need to rush into painful memories or talk about everything in detail before you feel ready. Instead, we move at a pace that feels safe enough for you, paying attention to choice, autonomy and your nervous system. Together, we may explore how past experiences still live in the present — in your body, emotions, relationships, beliefs and coping patterns. I may support you to notice when you move into overwhelm, shutdown, people-pleasing, self-criticism or disconnection, and to gently build more capacity to stay connected to yourself. My aim is not to pathologise your responses, but to help you understand them as protective strategies that once helped you survive, adapt or belong.

Types of Therapies Offered

  • Psychosynthesis Psychotherapeutic Counsellor

What I can help with

  • ADHD
  • Anger Management
  • Anxiety
  • Couple Issues
  • Cultural Issues
  • Depression
  • Employment Difficulties
  • Family
  • Identity Problems
  • Online Counselling
  • Parents
  • Relationships
  • Separation
  • Sexuality
  • Stress
  • Trauma

Types of sessions

  • Face to Face - Long Term
  • Face to Face - Short Term
  • Online Therapy

Office

92-94 Tooley Street
SE1 2TH
United Kingdom (UK)

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Cost:

£80

London Office

9 Manor Gardens
London N7 6LA

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Cost:

80

Concession:

Please contact me for concession slots. I can currently only offer concession fees online at the moment.

UKCP College

  • Psychotherapeutic Counselling and Intersubjective Psychotherapy College (PCIPC)
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