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Specialises in

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

• Short Term Psychodynamic Therapy
• Solution Focused Brief Therapy

• Trauma focused CBT

Offers

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

About me

Providing a solely digital practice since 2016, allows me to treat clients nationwide whether referred via employers, insurance companies, the NHS or via self-referral. Within the framework of digital therapy, my clients can choose the mode of delivery that best suits them - audio, video or synchronous typing via Skype. The unique aspect of using typed therapy as a delivery method is that it allows people to feel freed-up from the pressures of eye contact, can often help someone think more clearly as they talk 'through their fingers', and affords them a record of each session which they can go back and look over whenever they want to refresh their memory about what we talk about. (A trial session or two in this approach can help a person decide if it suits them. People are often surprised about how useful they can find it).

My approach: I am practiced in a variety of different models of therapy but specialise in particular in a form of treatment called Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) which is aimed at helping people understand how even their quickest most automatic knee-jerk thoughts - the ones that can set off fight-flight or distress - can stem from deeper-seated innermost beliefs and assumptions and shape their feelings and behaviours in ways that aren't always obvious but can create obstacles to happiness and wellbeing. Sometimes we find ourselves trying our very best to protect ourselves from upset only to find ourselves inadvertently trapped in vicious cycles that perpetuate it.

These vicious cycles can be hard to disentangle from. We can keep repeating things that don't work for us too well. My work is about helping my clients become curious about what may be happening to them and together find ways towards finding new strategies and fresh perspectives that quickly help them to become less consumed and compromised by fear, anxiety, sadness, stress, anger, grief, burnout or excessive worry. I really want my clients to feel skilled up to take over from me in becoming their own best supporter and therapist once treatment comes to an end so that they don't feel reliant on it to keep the good stuff going. By the end of treatment you should have built up a good library of useful resources.

Experience: I am highly experienced in corporate settings, NHS, private practice and providing supervision to other practitioners. I hope you will find with me a warm, empathic and highly interactive sounding board for any issue that links with the areas highlighted below.

Areas of interest

I treat anyone 18+ experiencing struggles in the following areas:

Anxiety (all types: agoraphobia; excessive worry; fear of death/dying; health anxiety; OCD, panic; phobias; social anxiety;)

Issues relating to sense of self: dissatisfaction; fear of failure; imposter syndrome; life-stage issues; low self-esteem; perfectionism; self-sabotaging beliefs and behaviours.

Mood problems: depression and low mood; anger; grief and loss; overthinking and rumination; work-related difficulties; loneliness; relationship problems.

Approaches to these issues will vary depending on the needs of each client but will typically include an integrated approach from a variety of evidence-based models, creating a rich pool of insights and strategies that can help a person generate their own creative solutions to significantly enhance their quality of life.

Specialist interests and expertise in the following physical conditions

• Psychophysiological disorders

• Physical disability