"...extremely supportive of both individuals and the organisation..."
Stafford Borough Council

Services

I offer a wide range of psychological services tailored to clients' needs, both individuals and organizations.

It is a unique professional service based on a solid and rich clinical experience always underpinned by on going professional and personal development which is reflected in my high success rate. (see testimonials)

I help clients to get their life back on track, I deeply care about their well-being, their physical and mental health and the standards of care I deliver.

Whilst I operate in the private sector, I am committed to the highest standards of clinical governance.

Click below to learn more about the range of services I offer to private individuals and organizations:

Psychological Therapies

• Integrative Approach
• EMDR Therapy
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

Medico-Legal Reports

Staff Counselling and Stress Management

Psychological Therapies

The Integrative Approach

The integrative approach is a holistic and dynamic one that requires a wide and varied therapeutic knowledge and experience allowing the therapist to tailor different therapeutic techniques to meet the specific needs of each individual client.

Although many people share common problems, everyone is unique in their experience of emotional distress. Within my approach, therapeutic interventions will always be based first on a psychological assessment for each individual case and then tailored to the individual's needs - not the other way around.

Within my integrative approach, clients are always given the choice of the therapeutic intervention which is best suited to their particular problem.

EMDR Therapy

EMDR is the first line psychological treatment recommended by the Department of Health in the National Institute for Clinical Excellence NICE guidelines (2005) for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and traumatic memories in the UK. It is now the recommended treatment for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in seven countries.

EMDR stands for Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing. It is a psychotherapeutic procedure that was originated and developed by F. Shapiro in 1987 mainly for healing Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and traumatic memories. More than one million sufferers worldwide have been successfully treated with EMDR.

EMDR is a complex, powerful, rapid and very effective psychological therapy with long-lasting effects. Like with other established psychological therapies, EMDR integrates many of the fundamental elements imperative and necessary for good treatment. It is a holistic approach which addresses emotions, thoughts, physical conditions and behaviours.

It is an evidence based psychological treatment considered the most rapid and effective treatment for traumatic memories and PTSD compared to any other psychological therapies and drug medication.

People are astonished at how quickly their anxiety reduces, and how their sleep quality and life in general improve after only few sessions of EMDR treatment.

Over the years, EMDR has been found equally effective for other emotional disorders such as:

EMDR is cost effective. The average number of sessions for a single traumatic event is between 1 to 6 extended sessions. For multiple traumas and more complex cases, it takes longer but patients are very quickly relieved from their emotional distress and symptoms within the first few sessions of treatment even in patients who have been suffering for decades or those for whom other psychological treatments have failed.

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Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is a well researched form of psychological treatment which looks at both the thoughts (cognitions), beliefs, attitudes and behaviours and how they influence and maintain current problems. This particular therapeutic approach uses varied strategies such as challenging patients' thinking styles and behavioural techniques to help patients not only to understand what maintain their current difficulties but give them tools to help them to change and deal with their anxiety or depression.

Problems such as depression, anxiety and phobias can be triggered or fuelled by certain ways of thinking. The therapist helps the patient to identify, understand and challenge the underlying thought patterns which feed the psychological distress and help develop effective strategies for overcoming this.

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy has be shown through research to be helpful for a wide range of psychological and emotional problems:

• Depression
• Panic attacks, anxiety and phobias
• Obsessessive Compulsive Disorder
• Low-self esteem
• Eating disorders such as bulimia and anorexia
• Pain management
• Insomnia
• Relationship issues
• Chronic worry
• Agoraphobia

Medico-Legal Reports

Staff Counselling and Stress Management

I can assist you to manage stress within your company by providing a high quality and comprehensive service. I work alongside Human Resources departments as well as occupational health services. (Click here to find out more about why stress is an issue for employer?).

This service can include:

• A personalised local service that is tailored to both the needs of the company and the individual
• The knowledge and skills of a mental health professional with over 18 years of experience in the field of mental health.
• Counselling/psychotherapy: providing a professional and confidential counselling psychology service to employees
• Staff training: training your employees in the causes of stress and how to recognize the symptoms both with regard to themselves and their colleagues at a preventative level and provide techniques to alleviate and avoid stress.
• Risk assessment: working with you to identify the risks.
• A confidential Staff Counselling Psychology Service for more severe problems and what kind of intervention is most appropriate to the particular individual. And/or
• Full written psychological assessment and progress reports with recommendations for appropriate action and treatment.
• Provision of therapeutic treatment where applicable.

All the above should from part of your policy to manage stress.

Additional benefits

Beyond the fact that the services I can provide will help you to comply with your legal obligations and mitigate claims for compensation, using a counselling psychology service can produce:

• Significant performance gains
• Reduce staff turnover
• Reduce absenteeism
• Reduced sickness absence
• Rapid return to active duties
• Heightened employee morale and motivation
• Minimised employers' risk of financial liability trough litigation

Indeed many employees, even if they do not use the Counselling Psychology service, actually feel better about the company and their job, because the company appears to take their staff welfare seriously.

I have a proven track record of successes with a number of organizations in both the public and private sectors. (see testimonials)