Finder

Specialises in

• CBT with Exposure and Response Prevention (CBT with ERP)

• Trauma focused CBT

Bupa specialist

• Child and Adolescent Mental Health services

Offers

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

About me

I am an experienced cognitive behavioural therapist accredited by the British Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP). Prior to setting up my own private practice, I worked for the Oxford Development Centre and was an associate therapist of the Oxford Cognitive Therapy Centre (OCTC). I undertake assessments and provide therapeutic services for all types of psychological conditions. I specialize in the treatment of trauma and stress and obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Before gaining accreditation as a cognitive-behavioural therapist, I worked as a social worker and subsequently as a senior manager for a Local Authority Social Services Department where I was responsible, as Head of Human Resources, for the planning and co-ordination of all training for social services staff and the running of the Personnel Department. I have provided workshops and given talks on a variety of topics, including child care and child protection, stress at work, overcoming depression, increasing self-esteem and anxiety management. These have taken place in national health service, social service, education and business settings.

I have over experience of working with adults, children, adolescents and families in one form or another. In addition to working with adults, I am experienced in child care and child protection, have been involved in marital and conciliation therapy and have provided support to parents experiencing problems in managing their children’s difficult behaviour.

Areas of interest

General anxiety; Depression; Alcohol / drug dependency; Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); Bereavement; Eating disorders; Major trauma; Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD); Phobias; Marital Relationships; Work with children; Sex Addiction