Risk Policy

Please be aware that I don’t offer a crisis service which means that my therapeutic commitment is limited to the time given within the scheduled therapy appointment.

Due to the resource limitations of being a solo independent practitioner I’m unable to take on new referrals where the prospective client is actively suicidal i.e. at moderate to high risk of acting on suicidal thoughts and feelings.

Where therapy is in progress and the client reports that they have become or may be actively suicidal I would require joined up working with the client’s GP in agreement with the client. This is to help support responsible management of risk and is also the condition of me continuing to work with them.

In the case where I have been made aware of current urgent care being needed which is life threatening I will contact the emergency services on 999.

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'Zara Polden is a truly inspirational and wonderful therapist. She helped me to fully recover from a very difficult period in my life which had left me very unwell where I was not keen on taking medication. I had not thought that this degree of recovery was possible for me when I first went to see her. However, Zara had complete faith in me and coupled with her extensive understanding, she helped me learn the techniques to make deep and long lasting changes in my life which now help me in ways I would never have thought possible and on a daily basis. Zara is brilliant, kind, insightful and her lovely manner and personality bring her sessions to life. As a mental health care professional myself, it is clear to me when a therapist has a gift for helping people in distress. Zara has this gift in abudance. I cannot recommend her highly enough.'

Overcoming low self-esteem, London

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