Helping people to be happier and to fulfil their potential

Staffordshire’s trusted source of Clinical Psychology services.

Helping people to be happier and to fulfil their potential

Staffordshire’s trusted source of Clinical Psychology services.

Services

At Utopia Psychological Services we offer a range of services for private patients and referrals, along with training within medical and social care professions.

Psychological Assessment

Administration of a range of assessment tools to measure and evaluate difficulties. This enables us to develop a shared understanding of the underlying cause.

Therapy/Interventions

The outcome of the assessment is used to identify the best course of therapy e.g., EMDR, CBT, Solution Focused, trauma focused, behavioural approaches. This is tailored to client needs.

Assessment & Report

We can write reports detailing the outcome of assessments with recommendations based on your needs. Please contact us to discuss your needs.

Expert Witness for Courts

We accept instructions from solicitors to carry out psychological assessments in Civil, Immigration or Family cases. I am a Cardiff University Bond Solon Certified Civil Expert Witness.

Supervision

I offer clinical supervision for psychological staff. We also deliver reflective practice group supervision for teams. Please contact us to discuss your needs.

Consultancy & Training

We deliver bespoke consultations to provide advice on psychological matters either related to clients or within your organisations. We are able to design bespoke training for staff.

I was at a point in my life where I needed help, I didn’t know where to turn. With the understanding, care and advice provided I can now look at the future with a clearer and more positive view. I would recommend these guys to anyone at any point of their psychological journey.

- Anonymous

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About

About

Utopia Psychological Services aim to deliver confidential, comprehensive and compassionate psychological services for adults (18+). At Utopia you can expect to be treated with kindness, respect, and dignity. We understand that it can be daunting to visit a psychologist for the first time. You will be supported throughout the process to help you feel at ease.

We deliver psychological assessment & therapy, Expert Witness services for the courts; supervision and consultancy.

Contact Us

Please fill out the contact form below to get in touch.

Opening times

Monday – Friday 8:30-17:00

Evening appointments are also available on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

Please enquire for weekend sessions due to limited availability.

01782 692807

Where you can find us

Utopia Psychological Services
G06 Copthall House
King Street
Newcastle-Under-Lyme
ST5 1UE

Testimonials

“I had worked in an intense corporate environment and been exposed to several people going off with mental health issues. For me that meant they had been either too weak or were finding excuses to have time out. A number of issues piled on for me and I ‘popped’. By popped I mean I just felt emotionally overwhelmed and completely out of sorts.

The thought of waking up and doing my thing became one thing I wasn’t capable of. My head said a therapist meant I was seriously ill and not capable of having a normal life. Everything was disappearing in front of me. The reality is that the support I have had from Sobia helped me to reset and start over. I have worked through past issues which had impacted me and addressed the route cause of my issues and anxiety. I would positively recommend anyone to find someone they trust and can work with to help them identify problems and issues and work through them. The experience and life I now have has enabled me to feel connected and enlightened to my emotions and self.”

– Anonymous

“In February 2017 I had a severe accident at work and spent over 2 months in hospital. I had major surgery to save my life and rebuild my pelvis. On leaving hospital I was referred to have some psychological counselling, the reason for this was that even though my injuries were healing I was feeling low and had feelings of low esteem about myself, I was worrying what people thought of me seeing me in a wheelchair and at this time I didn’t know how my injuries would leave me, as I saw it I was cripple, severely disabled and worthless person and now useless.

At first I thought I could cope without this type of counselling, after all I’m a man used to being the one in charge, a doer type of person, a bread winner a hard worker and strong willed I could recover on my own. Unfortunately with injuries I had the road to recovery would be long and hard and still is, my confidence was low and letting others do things for me was so frustrating and I thought humiliating. With my sessions with Dr Khan I was able with her to talk about what happened to me and tell her about my frustrations my anxieties, something that I found difficult to do with my wife, family or friends. During the sessions Dr Khan helped me to move on put things in to perceptive, letting others help me, discuss my problems and my fears more easily, and come to terms with my injuries that even though they were severe I was healing slowly and that there was light at the end of the tunnel and not dwell too much on my injuries as that could hold me back on my recovery.

As my confidence returned I was able to put my anxieties to one side concentrate on getting better stop worrying what people thought of me, go out and do normal things with my family. This to me was a big turning point for me a weight lifted off me, I still thought about my problems but they we’re now not holding me back. With the help of the counselling with Dr Khan I was able to return to the scene of my accident and confront where it happened something that I had dreaded, but I still found it a daunting experience but couldn’t done this without her help. At the end of the treatment sessions I now feel that I am almost back to my pre accident self, yes I have life changing injuries that the scars will possible stay with for rest of my life and my emotions can still get the better of me but I feel that I can now cope with my day to day life and look forward doing things like going out, meeting people plan holidays and not feel I’m a worthless. I first I thought that I did not need anybody’s help let alone help from a psychologist after all I’m a man I can do this on my own, the session taught me that I’m still the same person I was before my accident and that others can help and want to help and it’s not sign of weakness to have help. I found Dr Khan was very kind and approachable person in the sessions she explained how and why to what we were doing in a way that I could understand which made the session beneficial to my recovery.”

– Anonymous

“When I started therapy with Sobia, I had been experiencing lots of disturbing thoughts which occupied my mind, along with countless irrational worries and concerns simultaneously. I was unable to find peace during my waking life and my nights were filled with vivid and exhausting nightmares. I was on a vicious cycle of anxiety and stress which I could not see an end to, and carried a general feeling uselessness and worthlessness around with me. I can honestly say that my therapy, although not easy, was the best six months of my life to that end date!! I can now sleep easy, have the luxury of just a single thought at any one time, and I rarely worry!! The things that were holding me back have left my mind, and I think the EMDR process was a massive contributing factor to this! Since concluding therapy I have embraced new experiences with confidence; travelled alone to the other side of the world, secured a new job which I love, and now I am about to move to another city. I feel like I can do anything, and feel totally free and without fear!The irony is, that the only overthinking I have done since finishing my therapy, is about writing this review, purely because my life has changed so much, I cannot express it all in a short paragraph! Sobia’s style suited me as she applied a ‘no-nonsense’ approach which I respond to, yet with sensitivity and practical advice. She quickly understood what I needed in order for me to engage with her and the therapy, and I will personally be forever in her debt and professionally hold her in the highest regard as a therapist.”

– Anonymous

About

Utopia Psychological Services aim to deliver confidential, comprehensive and compassionate psychological services for adults (18+). At Utopia you can expect to be treated with kindness, respect, and dignity. We understand that it can be daunting to visit a psychologist for the first time. You will be supported throughout the process to help you feel at ease.

We deliver psychological assessment & therapy, Expert Witness services for the courts; supervision and consultancy.

You can refer yourself or we accept referrals on your behalf. We can provide services face-to-face at our Staffordshire clinic and remotely, hence our services are accessible nationally (UK) and internationally.

Services are led by me – Dr Sobia Khan, Consultant Clinical Psychologist. I have over 20 years’ experience of working within mental health services. I have assessed and treated mild, moderate and more complex mental health difficulties in the NHS, Private Practice and in the voluntary sector.

Interventions

I offer interventions for the full range of difficulties including:

– Depression
– Anxiety
– Low self-esteem/confidence
– Performance/work related stress
– PTSD
– Medical trauma
– Attachment problems
– History of childhood abuse
– Personality and relationship problems
– Bereavement
– Adjustment difficulties
– Self harm