I am an award-winning Counselling Psychologist and Integrative Psychotherapist. I am also an EMDR Europe Accredited Consultant, Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR) Practitioner, Internal Family Systems (IFS) Psychotherapist, and Systemic Practitioner. I am level 1 trained in IFS and level 3 trained in DBR. I have over 14 years of experience providing therapy in the NHS and third-sector. I have worked in specialist trauma services within the NHS, human rights organisations and non-governmental organisations (NGOs).
I work with clients with a variety of presenting issues including:
- Complicated mourning, bereavement, traumatic bereavement & other loss related issues
- Complex trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) & complex PTSD
- Anxiety, panic attacks, agoraphobia, social anxiety & specific phobia
- Depression & low mood
- Low self-esteem, low confidence & negative beliefs about yourself
- Relationship difficulties, separations, affairs & betrayals
- Attachment related difficulties, difficulties with deepening relationships, separations & processing the ending of a relationship
- Feeling disconnected from yourself, people pleasing
- Difficulties with regulating emotions & managing distress
- Stress
- Performance issues
- Persistent physical symptoms / medically unexplained symptoms
- Dissociation & dissociative disorders (derealisation, depersonalisation & dissociative amnesia)
I specialise in working with PTSD, complex trauma, complex PTSD, attachment related difficulties, anxiety, complicated mourning and loss related issues (including traumatic bereavement).
My approach to therapy focuses on resolving the root cause of presenting problems. Attachment-informed EMDR and DBR are my main therapeutic approaches for a variety of presenting problems because I find them to be quickest and most effective in reducing distressing symptoms and restoring a state of wellness. I integrate faith based therapy (if requested) and IFS therapy with EMDR.
I specialise in neuroscience-informed therapies, EMDR and DBR. These are powerful and effective therapies for rewiring and healing unhelpful patterns rooted in the past that continue to impact on your life in the present.
I have a Professional Doctorate in Counselling Psychology, and Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy.
To arrange a free 15 minute telephone consultation, enquire below.