Finder

Specialises in

• Behavioural Activation (BA)
• CBT with Exposure and Response Prevention (CBT with ERP)

• Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)
• Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR)

• Mindfulness based CBT
• Psychotherapy

Offers

• Face-to-face consultations
• Video and telephone consultations

About me

I started my professional career in the NHS as a mental health nurse (RMNH) 30 years ago with experience of working with people with emotional and psychological difficulties in a variety of NHS mental health settings including inpatient and forensic settings and community based services.

My psychotherapy career started in 2008 training in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and later in eye movement desensitisation reprocessing (EMDR) which are recommended by NICE (National Institute for Clinical Excellence) for the treatment of depression, post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and anxiety problems. I have been a fully accredited CBT therapist since 2010. I have held a number of psychotherapist roles all within the NHS, including working in a community mental health team (CMHT) offering both CBT and EMDR for clients experiencing complex PTSD and developmental trauma and in an NHS complex treatment service for military veterans across the Yorkshire region.
In 2022 I worked with Police Care UK/Police Treatment Centre as part of a small trauma therapy team offering an intensive residential trauma treatment programme (pilot) for serving police officers with complex PTSD. This was the first of its kind in the UK.
I am an accredited EMDR Consultant (EMDR Europe) and Trauma Psychotherapist which indicates I have undertaken extensive additional training, rigorous supervision and therefore deemed safe and competent working with clients with complex presentations.

Areas of interest

I work with adults aged 18 upwards with;
Trauma (PTSD);
Childhood adversity;
Low self esteem;
Worry and Stress;
Generalised anxiety disorder;
Performance anxiety;
Social anxiety disorder

Specialist interests and expertise in the following physical conditions

• Gynaecological disorders

• Neurological disorders