Treatments / Therapies

I specialise in the following , this list is not exclusive ….

·       Personality Disorders

·       DID DDNOS

·       Complex Trauma

·       Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

·       Attachment Disorder

·       Emotional, Physical & Sexual Abuse

·       Addictions

·       Depression

·       Anxiety and Phobias

·       Grief, Loss or Bereavement

·       Life Transitions

·       Difficulties with Self Esteem

·       Stress Management

·       Eating Disorders

·       Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

·       Relationship Difficulties

Psychological Therapy

Psychological therapies are sometimes referred to as 'talking therapies'. They involve exploring psychological difficulties that are getting in the way of how we would like to feel.

Psychological therapy is a collaborative space to explore your difficulties in a safe and confidential setting.  I  aim to help you better understand your feelings in the context of your past experiences.

Therapy provides a supportive, non-judgemental environment where you might feel more able to talk openly about your experiences.

You  and I will work together to make changes that you want to achieve to feel a greater sense of happiness, empowerment, or perhaps to feel less affected by particular experiences.

Therapy may be mainly concerned with what is happening in your day-to-day life or about understanding the connections between the past and the present.

EMDR

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) is a psychotherapy that enables people to heal from symptoms and emotional distress that are a result of disturbing life experiences. EMDR therapy shows that the mind can in fact heal from psychological trauma much as the body recovers from physical trauma.

What happens in an EMDR session:

  • Review History

  • Identify Issues

  • Develop Treatment Plan

  • Create a Safe Place

  • Develop Self-Soothing techniques

  • Connect with Inner Resources

  • Identify Disturbing Events & Triggers

  • Identify Associated Emotions & Body Sensations

  • Create a Positive Belief Statement

  • Bilateral Stimulation

  • React to New Insights & Associations

  • Continue Until Disturbing  Emotions are Reduced 

Solution-focused brief therapy

This therapy promotes positive change rather than dwelling on past problems. Practitioners will encourage you to focus positively on what you do well, set goals and work out how to achieve them. Just three or four sessions may be beneficial.

Psychodynamic psychotherapy

The psychodynamic approach is derived from psychoanalysis, but focuses on immediate problems to try to provide a quicker solution. It stresses the importance of the unconscious and past experience in shaping current behaviour. A therapist will aim to build an accepting and trusting relationship, encouraging you to talk about your childhood relationships with your parents and other significant people. It also uses similar techniques to psychotherapy, including free association, interpretation and especially transference, where feelings you experienced in previous significant relationships are projected onto the therapist.

Person-centred therapy

Person or client-centred therapy is based on the view that everyone has the capacity and desire for personal growth and change, given the right conditions. Rather than being seen as the expert and directing the therapy, the counsellor offers unconditional positive regard, empathy and congruence to help you come to terms with any negative feelings and to change and develop in your own way.

Phase-oriented treatment approach for DID DDNOS

1. Stabilization: The first stage of treatment for DID is stabilization. This involves helping the patient to become more aware of their dissociated states, and to learn how to manage their symptoms. This may include developing coping skills, learning relaxation techniques, and developing a sense of safety and trust in the therapeutic relationship.

2. Integration: The second stage of treatment for DID is integration. This involves helping the patient to integrate their dissociated parts into a cohesive whole. This may include exploring the history of the dissociated parts, understanding the purpose of the dissociation, and learning how to communicate between the parts.

3. Reintegration: The third stage of treatment for DID is reintegration. This involves helping the patient to reintegrate into their life and to develop a sense of identity and purpose. This may include exploring relationships, developing new skills, and learning how to manage stress.

Integrative counselling

Integrative counselling looks at the whole person, taking into account your mental, physical and emotional needs. Your therapist will use techniques and tools from different modalities to tailor an individual approach for you.

An integrative counsellor aims to build a trusting and non-judgmental relationship that helps you develop self-awareness. When you understand the causes of your concerns or triggers for your behaviour, you can confidently set goals and develop new behaviours to improve your satisfaction with life.

IFS therapy

IFS therapy stands for Internal Family Systems therapy. It is a type of psychotherapy that helps individuals to understand and manage their emotions, thoughts, and behaviours by exploring their internal family system. The internal family system refers to the different parts of an individual's personality that can be in conflict with each other. These parts can be categorised as managers, firefighters, exiles, and the self. The goal of IFS therapy is to help individuals identify and understand these different parts of themselves, and to develop a relationship with them that is based on compassion and understanding. This can help individuals to manage their emotions and behaviours more effectively, and to develop a greater sense of self-awareness and self-acceptance

Flash Technique (FT)

What is the Flash Technique?

The Flash Technique (FT) is a recently developed evidenced-based therapeutic intervention for reducing the disturbance associated with traumatic or other distressing memories. Unlike many conventional trauma therapy interventions, FT is a minimally intrusive option that does not require the client to consciously engage with the traumatic memory. This allows the client to process traumatic memories without feeling distress. As an adjunct to the EMDR preparation phase or any exposure-based treatment, it makes it possible to process memories that would otherwise be intolerable or overwhelming to the client.

Inner child work

Inner child work is a type of therapy that focuses on healing the emotional wounds of childhood. It is based on the idea that our inner child, or the part of us that is still connected to our childhood, holds the key to our emotional healing. Through inner child work, we can explore our childhood experiences, identify and heal our emotional wounds, and learn to nurture and accept our inner child. This type of therapy can help us to become more emotionally balanced and to create healthier relationships with ourselves and others.

Transactional analysis

Transactional analysis is a comprehensive approach which incorporates aspects of humanistic, cognitive-behavioural and psychodynamic therapy. It categorises the human personality into three states – Parent, Adult and Child – which can help you understand how you interact with others.

Therapists also look at how your beliefs and the way you interpret the world around you can create recurrent and problematic patterns of behaviour, and will work with you to help you to change.

Fees

 

Bespoke Therapeutic Sessions

£85

  • 60 minutes

£100

  • 75 minutes

£120

  • 90 minutes

 

Cancellation policy: Sessions cancelled at less than 48 hours notice will be charged at full cost.

 

£0

Initial consultation - 15 minutes

Please use the contact form and I will be in touch to discuss an initial assessment.

£120

Initial assessment and formulation of bespoke treatment plan - 90 minutes