Finder

Specialises in

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

• Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR)
• Mindfulness based CBT
• Motivational Interviewing

• Schema focused therapy
• Solution Focused Brief Therapy
• Trauma focused CBT

Offers

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

About me

Approach
I am a friendly, warm, and down-to-earth therapist who will work collaboratively with you, tailoring work to best suit your needs and to achieve mutually aged goals.
Therapy sessions are focused on making sense of problems in the context of your life experiences. This is done in various ways, exploring the development and maintenance processes and unhelpful patterns behind a difficulty, as well as looking at people's strengths. Therapy will help us to better understand the links between what and how we think, the emotional states we find ourselves in at various points in our lives, and our coping strategies which may or may not be helpful.

Experience
I am a registered Clinical Psychologist in Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). HCPC is the regulatory body set up under the authority of parliament to protect the public. The NHS trains Clinical Psychologists to Doctoral level and as a result, have extensive training in the assessment and treatment of psychological difficulties across the life course. I have over 25 years of clinical experience working in mental health, within the NHS and Australian Mental Health systems, practicing across a broad range of contexts. I have also accumulated considerable experience in supervision, teaching, management, service development, redesign, and consultancy, working with people from various backgrounds across diverse settings.
Beyond ensuring the highest quality of evidence-based psychological interventions, I am particularly interested in promoting research, addressing stigma, and changing public perception of mental health, through media consultancy work. I have also been involved in Clinical Psychology Research for the NHS, developing, delivering, and testing cutting-edge therapies through randomized controlled trials, alongside internationally renowned clinicians.

Areas of interest

Over 25 Years Experience UK and Australian trained; Broad Range of Approaches;
Clinical Psychology Researcher for the NHS
Specialist in youth psychology; Ages treated 16+; Anxiety disorders including Health Anxiety, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Panic, Social Anxiety, Phobias; Mood disorders including Depression, Bipolar disorder; Neurodevelopmental disorders including ADHD, ASC; Perinatal and postnatal mental health; Psychosis including voice hearing; Trauma (inc complex PTSD); Relationship problems; Self-esteem and identify issues; Sleep issues; Stress, worry, and burn-out; coaching; Substance use issues.

Specialist interests and expertise in the following physical conditions

• Pain management

• Psychophysiological disorders

Medical secretaries

• Candy Dawson
• Flint Health Care 8 Hunns Mere Way Crescent Road Worthing Brighton BN2 6AH
• 01273 530274
• 07786 065511
• sam.fraser4@nhs.net