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Specialises in

• Applied Relaxation
• Behaviour Therapy
• 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
• Motivational Interviewing
• Trauma focused CBT

About me

Heather Joy  - Cognitive Behavioural Therapist  
BSc (Hons), MSc, MBPsS, PG DipCBT, BABCP Accredited  

Heather Joy is an experienced Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist. Following her post-graduate studies in Health Psychology, she has been using CBT in both physical and mental health services within the NHS since 2008. She completed her CBT training in Birmingham and has been practicing in a London NHS Psychology service since 2012. Her practice has been varied, gaining experience with a broad range of problems in both her NHS and private work. Heather has a warm, compassionate therapeutic style. She is passionate about tailoring therapy to meet your individual needs and works in a collaborative way to enable you to make meaningful changes in your life. She draws on a range of CBT approaches and has received further training in Mindfulness, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT).

Areas of interest

Heather works with the following difficulties: 
· Low Mood/ Depression 
· Stress related issues
· Panic attacks 
· Generalised anxiety disorder/excessive
worry
· Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) 
· Social anxiety 
· Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 
· Health anxiety 
· Specific phobias 
· Chronic pain 
· Chronic fatigue
· Adjustment to long term health conditions 
· Self-criticism and shame 
· Body image/Body Dysmorphic Disorder
(BDD)
· Perfectionism 
· Low self-esteem/lack of confidence
· Sleep difficulties

Her particular area of interest is Trauma/Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and she has undertaken specialist training and supervision in this area. She is a qualified EMDR therapist having undertaken training with the EMDR academy.

Specialist interests and expertise in the following physical conditions

• Cardiac conditions

• Pain management

Medical secretaries

• Heather Joy
• 07974 751186