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Specialises in

• Applied Relaxation
• Behavioural Activation (BA)

• CBT with Exposure and Response Prevention (CBT with ERP)
• Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)

• Trauma focused CBT

About me

I am a BABCP (British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapists) accredited cognitive behavioural therapist who offers Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) for a wide range of psychological problems such as anxiety, depression, low self esteem and stress in the NHS and in private practice.

I am a senior CBT therapist working in the NHS. My role includes providing individual CBT to clients who suffer from depression and anxiety, and providing clinical supervision and line management to CBT therapists and trainees. In addition, I lead the long term health conditions team in the service, which we provide CBT to clients who suffer from depression and anxiety that associates with long term health conditions.

My other experiences include:
-Having been a committee member of the BABCP Compassion Interest Group (SIG).

-I was a senior Occupational Therapist in the mental health services (NHS) for almost 10 years before I became a CBT therapist. My clinical experience included working with both in-patients and out-patients to help them regaining skills and confidence to restart their activities of daily living. My clinical role also included clients facing role, providing supervision to junior occupational therapists and students.
-I have been invited to international companies to give presentations on CBT in my private work.

Other information about me:
-I completed the CBT training at the Royal Holloway University and later completed further CBT training at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London. These trainings were steeped in the evidence based CBT models, meaning these models have research evidence to support that they are effective treatments for people who suffer from anxiety and mood difficulties.

-I am bilingual. I speak fluent English and Chinese (Cantonese) so I can conduct therapy in both languages.

-I receive regular supervision and undertake CPD to maintain my professional registration.

Areas of interest

I provide CBT treatment for a wide range of psychological difficulties including:

Anxiety
Panic attacks
Specific phobias
Obsessive compulsive disorder
Post traumatic stress disorder
Depression/ re-current depression
self esteem/ confidence building
Stress
Health anxiety
Trichotillomania

I also provide depression and anxiety treatment which is linked to long term physical health conditions such as heart problems, IBS, diabetes, medically unexplained..etc

Please note that I do not provide intervention for physical health problems but it is common that people may suffer depression and anxiety linking to their physical health problems. I offer CBT for mood difficulties that linking to people's physical health problems.

I offer CBT sessions online and face to face.

Specialist interests and expertise in the following physical conditions

• Cardiac conditions
• Gastrointestinal disorders

• Musculoskeletal conditions
• Neurological disorders

• Physical disability
• Rheumatological conditions