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Offers

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

About me

I am a Chartered Clinical Psychologist, registered with the Health and Care Professions Council and a member of the British Psychological Society. I have over ten years post-qualification experience working within the NHS and have worked in a variety of services with a diverse group of patients during this time.

I have experience of delivering psychological interventions to treat a range of difficulties linked with anxiety and depression, including using CBT and Compassion-Focused approaches. I also have experience of working in more specialist services, using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to support people with adjustment to long-term health conditions, or unexpected life events.

A major interest of mine is to consider emotional distress from a relational perspective - particularly how repeated patterns of interaction may be reinforcing low self-esteem and maintaining unhappiness and distress. I have experience in my clinical work of focusing on relational difficulties between couples or between inter-generational family members. In the context of individual therapy, I seek to hold a relational focus in mind, supporting people to notice and break unhelpful cycles of behaviour.

I also have a strong interest in the links between physical and mental health. This stems from my experience of working with people with chronic health conditions, such as persistent pain and fatigue. I am interested in supporting people to adjust to living with a long-term health condition, prioritising a values-based approach to living, as well as exploring issues of acceptance and loss.

Naturally, there may be doubts about finding a therapist who you feel will be validating of your difficulties and understand the nature of your distress. I endeavour to ensure that clients feel able to relate to and confide in me throughout a course of therapy, and believe close attendance to the therapeutic relationship can make a key difference to therapeutic outcomes.

Working in close alliance, I will aim to increase your insight into how emotional difficulties have developed over time and support you to make meaningful changes in the way you approach difficult situations in your work, family or social life. In my experience, an initial assessment session provides a good opportunity for someone to gauge if they would feel comfortable working with a therapist moving forwards.

Please contact me if you are interested in arranging this. Therapy sessions would typically then proceed on a weekly basis.

Areas of interest

Anger management; Anxiety; Bereavement and Loss; Chronic illness and pain; Depression; Loneliness; low self-esteem; OCD; PTSD; Relationship difficulties

I work with adults over the age of 18 and have particular clinical experience working in older people's mental health.

Specialist interests and expertise in the following physical conditions

• Neurological disorders

• Pain management

Medical secretaries

• Tim Shore
• timshore001@gmail.com