About
Talya Ressel is a psychotherapist who has worked in both South Africa and England for the past 18 years. Above all, she is a curious and real person, trying to navigate this messy life. She is currently based in London, UK.
Talya works with individuals, couples, and families, with a special focus on dealing with anxiety and high sensitivity. It was her own experiences, as a child and now as an adult and mother that led her to those two areas of interest. As part of her ongoing personal and professional journey she has connected with and studied many different models, tools and techniques in an attempt to integrate cutting edge research with psychological approaches and some physically grounding tools. Her skill is finding ways to make these accessible and relatable to dealing with challenges in every day life.
She is particularly drawn to making use of the model of Internal Family Systems and is currently completing her Level 2 training (2024). To get an idea of this model, think of the Inside Out movies - where there were different 'parts' making up each person's system, and how one person's part was often triggered by another person's part. Its important that we get to know these different parts, to listen to what they are trying to tell us and to learn ways not to let them take over our system.
Beyond private therapy sessions, Talya runs therapeutic groups and training workshops as well as consults with various schools and organizations.
Talya is also a well respected professional in the media platform– she has appeared regularly on radio and TV programmes in both the United Kingdom and South Africa, as well as contributed many articles in a variety of print media.
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She is registered, accredited and bound by the ethics of the following Boards:
The National Counselling Society NCS 21-10179
Social Work England SW958
Board Of Healthcare Funders 0432741
SACSSP 1023947
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BSocSci (Hons) in Social Work from the University of Cape Town
PG(Cert) in Systemic Theory from the University of East London, UK (Tavistock Institute).
Phase 1 Brainspotting
Level 1 trained Internal Family Systems Therapist
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