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I am taking on new clients online.  I have limited face to face availability. 

Sometimes life throws us challenges both through past and present experiences, which knock us off our feet and we become engulfed in uncertainty, worry and fear.  You may be struggling to make meaning of what is going on around as you navigate life changes, have ongoing stresses or have experienced traumatic events that you need some relief from.  Whatever you are going through, I hope to help.

I am a fully qualified and Integrative and Trauma informed Psychotherapist (MÍø±¬ÃÅ Accred).  I use a range of therapeutic modalities and approaches including Person Centred,  Compassion Focused Therapy, Polyvagal theory, Somatic Experiencing and Sensorimotor skills.  Whether you want to work on past / present challenges, build self awareness or increase tools for emotional resilience for the future,  we can can work through these together.

In addition, I am a fully trained EMDR therapist having completed EMDR Standard Protocol training and a member of EMDR UK Association.  EMDR processes traumatic memories which are essentially stuck and "frozen in time" that cause ongoing, present day emotional disturbance.  I am also trained in The Flash Technique which helps to reduce the emotional intensity of traumatic memories. 

Throughout my journey as a Therapist, the genuine commitment  to provide the best support for clients and my own, personal life experiences, I can wholeheartedly say that you will receive a skilled, honest, compassionate, professional, human connection in therapy. 

Having provided Trauma informed therapy to Rape Crisis services since 2019, I have experience in providing therapy to adult survivors of rape and sexual abuse. As a result, I have an extensive working knowledge and training of complex presentations such as PTSD and dissociation.  

I will offer you a warm, safe, trusting, non judgemental environment where you will respected and understood.   I will encourage you to fully explore your thoughts, feelings and behaviours and if you are able to, the past, as these form the blueprint of your patterns today.

Your experiences are unique, I foster a collaborative approach to our therapeutic work together and will work sensitively to your needs.

I also offer both long term and short term psychotherapy to clients in my private practice  with a variety of presentations such as anxiety, grief, loss, depression, work place stress, abuse or trauma. 

I offer an initial, free, 20 minute telephone consultation to find out a little bit of what's been going on for you, your goals and how we will work together. Finding the right therapist will be an important step for you so this will give you an idea if we are a good fit for each other. 

Once we agree to work together and in our very first therapy session, we will explore a little more into what has brought you to therapy and your specific goals if they have changed.  The focus is to build therapeutic safety and trust.  You may, if appropriate, be asked to complete some psychometric tests which measure anxiety, depression or PTSD which helps me to understand how to support your needs in therapy.  

For EMDR sessions, there is a very prescriptive protocol to follow.  Psychometric tests, a thorough history taking, treatment planning and preparation will be implemented across several sessions before any reprocessing of targets can begin.  I will discuss this  with you once we agree to this form of therapy.