About Us

At Colchester Counselling our therapists are highly qualified and experienced at hand to help you explore what you’d like to talk about.

Dr Sandra Westland

Dr Sandra Westland – DProf, MA in Existential Psychotherapy & Counselling, B Ed (hons), UKCP Registered Psychotherapist,
Adv Dip.Hyp/Psych, SQHP, Adv Inner Child Therapy (PICT), NLP Practitioner.

Sandra has been in practice since 1999. She previously worked for many years in education as a highly qualified senior teacher in secondary schools, leaving to work in a private psychiatric hospital and then onto becoming a full time therapist where she now divides her time between a successful private practice in Colchester, writing books, and co-directing SelfHelpSchool.com

Sandra has completed her Masters and Doctorate degrees in Existential Psychotherapy and Counselling, and is also in the process of completing her fifth book.

Sandra is a registered member of the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP)

Dr Tom Barber

Dr Tom Barber – DProf, MA in Integrative Psychotherapy & Counselling, UKCP Accredited Psychotherapist,
DHp, SQHP, NLP Master Practitioner & Trainer.

Tom has been in practice since 1993 as an Integrative Counsellor, Psychotherapist and Hypnotherapist. He has extensive experience as a therapist and trainer across the world having worked in the UK, USA, China, Russia, Canada, Mexico and across Eastern Europe.

Tom’s Masters degree in Integrative Psychotherapy and Counselling enables him to work with a wide variety of approaches which are tailored to each individual. His Doctorate in Existential Psychotherapy and Counselling also enables him to work with clients at depth.

He has authored and co-authored five books and is currently working on his sixth book on AI and its impact.

Tom is an accredited member of UKCP, and is also Co-Founder of SelfHelpSchool.com