Sophie Elatri Counselling

• Getting a hold on addictions, whether it be to drugs and alcohol, smoking, food, sugar cravings, internet, shopping.

• Breaking out of negative self-image in order to go forward in life.

• Finding the motivation to change.

• Developing positive relationships. I can teach you how to be more assertive and actually ask people what you want in a positive way.

• Communicating more effectively.

• Support during a tough period in life.

Where a specific disorder is the reason you seek therapy, our therapeutic goals will be to:

• Alleviate symptoms quickly.

• Gain autonomy, recover lost freedoms, detach yourself from toxic relationships.

• Gain the necessary skills to deal with relapse, without having to come back for sessions.

• Obtain long-lasting results and life-long changes through a better understanding of how you function as an individual.

Where supportive therapy is involved, our therapeutic goals will be to:

• Alleviate uncomfortable and paralysing feelings.

• Gain skills in adaptive ways of coping.

• Obtain support from me for however long you choose.

• Obtain life-long changes through a better understanding of how you function as an individual.

Online consultations are part of the service I provide.

Book an online therapy session with me today

Online therapy has been proven to be as effective as in-person therapy*, with the added bonuses of convenience and lower cost. Try a session with me today.

Contact me:

+33 628 60 8484

sophie.elatri.psychologue@gmail.com

Fees:

• 45 euros / 30-minute session

• 70 euros/45-minute session

• 90 euros/60-minute session

*See:

-Mozes, A. (2015, November 3). Online therapy may help some with emotional problems. Retrieved from http://health.usnews.com/health-news/articles/2015/11/03/online-psychotherapy-may-help-some-with-emotional-problems

-Online cognitive behavioral therapy benefits people with depression, anxiety. (2015, November 2). Retrieved from http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/11/151102125440.htm

No matter in what setting we conduct our sessions, my work with my clients is always: 

• Strictly confidential.

• Non-judgemental, supportive and empathetic.

• Adheres to the Code of ethics for Psychologists.

• I combine different techniques to adapt to individual client needs.

This is the book that changed my life

It’s an old and battered book and the concepts outlined within its pages are long outdated. But this book changed my life because I was fourteen years old when I read it. That was when I knew I wanted to become a Psychologist. My first urge was to know more about the people around me and about myself; to better understand the world. Progressively this urge turned to a need to help others. That’s what I’ve been doing since 2007.

My experience and training

A Psychology Honours graduate from the University of Sydney (Australia), I moved to Paris to start afresh in a new country after a first experience working in a social work environment, assisting women and children escaping domestic violence. Needing to obtain credentials in France, I went back to uni and obtained my Master’s degree in Psychology from Paris 5 University, which entitled me to practise as a Psychologist in France.

I was employed as a Psychologist by a large French corporation that same year, applying my psychology skills to the workplace environment at many different levels (corporate, employment issues, recruitment, training, counselling, vocational guidance, assertiveness training, use of psychometric tests). I know and understand the demands of corporate life, in terms of pressure and performance, work relations, communication, stress. I can help with work-related issues.

I left the corporate environment and continued vocational training in psychology. I completed specialist training in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Ethology (the study of animal and human behaviour), Human-Animal Studies (HAS), and Existential Counselling. 

I decided to open my own private practice in the 9th District of Paris in 2015, and online for my clients who cannot, or do not wish to, come to Paris.

Because I was trained in Australia and France, my therapeutic practice has received numerous sources of input and therefore I have no single-school model. I essentially practise Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, and supportive therapy. Importantly, I use only evidence-based treatments such as CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy). These are treatments whose effectiveness has been validated by multiple research studies, so that clients can be confident that they’re getting the best treatment for their problem, and that their time in therapy will be worthwhile and rewarding.

After 5 years of having my private practice in Paris, I decided to take my practice fully online. There are a number of advantages to online therapy, not least of which is to be able to continue serving my clients in these times of unrest linked to the pandemic. Other advantages are: not having a Counsellor or Psychologist in your area and needing support; suffering from a disability that makes it difficult or impossible to travel to a practice. And of course, sometimes the nature of the issue for which we are seeking help makes it impossible for the time being to travel to a practice, for example agoraphobia or panic disorder. 

What I like to do in my free time

As a budding artist in my free-time, I incorporate creative elements in my psychology practice, as well as exploring the role of animals in therapeutic settings and their importance for mental health, an ongoing research theme I undertake in my own time. If you’re interested in these subjects, I’m happy to discuss them with you!

Why I offer online therapy

The advantages of online therapy are:

• ability to consult a therapist if you live in a remote area or are unable to move easily due to disability or illness.

• usually lower fees due to the therapist having fewer overheads (no private practice for example)

• the therapist can easily send notes and resources and even share their screen for when we do CBT exercises.

How to contact me

Sophie Elatri – Counsellor



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Email: sophie.elatri@gmail.com

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