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Specialises in

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

• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Bulimia Nervosa (CBT-BN)
• Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR)

• Solution Focused Brief Therapy
• Trauma focused CBT

Offers

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

About me

CURRENT AVAILABILITY

Rebecca completed her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at University College London and has worked as a HCPC registered Clinical Psychologist in the NHS for over 8 years. Currently, she works in an adult community mental health team alongside private practise.

Within her NHS role, she specialises in helping people experiencing anxiety, including obsessive compulsive disorder, generalised anxiety, health anxiety, social anxiety, panic disorder, phobias, post-traumatic stress disorder and depression. She is trained in EMDR and often uses this therapy to help people process difficult and painful experiences that can often underlie these symptoms.

Prior to working in the adult community team, Rebecca worked in an NHS weight management and bariatric service. Here she worked with people struggling to lose weight by providing a psychological understanding of their relationship with food and their body and a psychologically informed weight-loss approach. She also helped people prepare for bariatric surgery and adjust to life post-surgery. She has published research on the role of self-compassion and self-criticism in the context of binge eating behaviour.

With the onset of COVID, Rebecca was deployed to provide psychological therapy to hospital frontline staff within the NHS. This involved helping staff cope with the anxiety, stress, burnout, grief and trauma reactions triggered by the COVID pandemic.

Her first job was working in a Primary Care Cognitive Behaviour Therapy service with adults experiencing difficulties with depression and anxiety and other struggles such as work-related stress, poor sleep, low confidence and self-esteem.

Areas of interest

Rebecca is a warm and compassionate psychologist. She is experienced at providing thorough and thoughtful psychological assessment and formulation and delivering effective evidenced-based treatment for adults who are experiencing a wide range of emotional difficulties; including anxiety, stress, work-related stress, burnout, low mood, adjustment to loss, eating difficulties, emotional eating, relationship difficulties, and distress stemming from traumatic experiences.
Rebecca is passionate about using EMDR therapy. She also draws upon a range of evidence-based therapy models and techniques including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Compassion-Focused Therapy and systematic and narrative therapy, tailoring therapy to meet individual needs and preferences.

Medical secretaries

• Rebecca Amey
• drrebeccaamey@outlook.com