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Specialises in

• Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)
• Counselling

• Psychotherapy

• Short Term Psychodynamic Therapy

Offers

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

About me

Hi, my name is Ladan Ghiami and I'm a Counselling Psychologist and psychotherapist. � I am an experienced clinician and have worked with a wide range of concerns in various settings for over twenty one years including primary care in the NHS, higher education and specialist psychological services.� �I have held a private practice since 2008 where I've worked with individuals and couples as well as offering clinical supervision to trainee and qualified therapists. � I'm currently offering online sessions via video platforms Zoom, Teams and FaceTime.

Areas of interest

I work with clients aged 16 yrs and upwards and across the life span.
Below are a list of some of the areas I have a particular interest in and experience of:

1. absence of a strong sense of self / self abandoning / codependency
2. absence of self love and self worth
3. unhealthy dynamics in romantic relationships / dating
4. attraction towards partners that are unavailable and ambivalent
5. people pleasing and difficulty in setting / maintaining boundaries
6. childhood attachment Vs adult patterns of relating
7. fear based decision making and difficulty in going for what you want
8. identifying trauma responses i.e. over working, addictive behaviours
9. frequently worrying about things that could go wrong
10.struggling to trust yourself and others
11. emotional trauma and how it manifests itself in the body as illness
12. childhood sexual abuse
13. narcissistic abuse, emotional abuse
14. low mood, depression and apathy
15. loss of meaning and purpose in ones life

Specialist interests and expertise in the following physical conditions

• Eating disorders
• Gastrointestinal disorders

• Gynaecological disorders
• Oncology

• Pain management