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I offer therapy to adults over the age of 18 who feel stuck in life because of anxiety, trauma or 'unhealthy' patterns of behaviour.  Issues I support clients with include:
 

Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Complex PTSD (CPTSD)

Low self-esteem/imposter syndrome

Perfectionism

OCD

Health Anxiety

Social Anxiety

Generalised Anxiety

Panic

Insomnia

Burnout

Managing intense emotions

Phobias

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However, you do not need a diagnosis to work with me because I focus on whatever is most important to you now.

I believe that each human is a mini eco-system that needs nurturing from the inside and out, but the system becomes unbalanced by negative things that have happened to you.  

These experiences can over-stimulate your nervous system, causing you to:

1. Feel overwhelmed by negative emotions

2. Repeat behaviours that feel familiar but out of sync with your goals, and

3. Have dominating inner-critics. 

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I qualified as a HCPC-registered Clinical Psychologist in 2008 and have qualifications in evidence-based therapies.  I have worked both in the NHS and in independent practice, and specialised in a sexual assault service in London.  

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I’m accredited in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and Eye-Movement Desensitisation & Reprocessing (EMDR), plus I have training in Mindfulness, Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT), Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) Skills.  I use these in an integrative way depending on the background and needs of my clients.

My secret-sauce is in choosing which tools and skills you need from this array of powerful psychological models, enabling you to move past your difficulties and integrate positive changes into your life for lasting wellbeing. 

In therapy, I always teach about the human brain and how it reacts to stress in quite a detailed way, as clients feedback how helpful and enlightening this is. 

We then develop an awareness of your patterns and current life situations that might be exacerbating things.  

I believe that the thoughts and behaviours that are now holding you back will have kept you safe at some point in your life.  Knowing that it’s not your fault, and that your stuckness makes sense is always a relief and forms our road map for therapy. 

We then focus on rebuilding your sense of safety, trust and resilience, guiding you to use psychological tools to calm your nervous system and respond with compassion and confidence to your inner-critics.  We may need to process traumas (this means make sense of and update stuck memories) or try out new ways of coping, but we only move to this when you are ready and I am along side you the whole time so you never feel rushed or unable to move forward.

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I also have a 6-month programme designed for women who are stuck in life due to intense emotions and low self-esteem. Check it out here.