Individual Psychotherapy, currently most of my work is taking place online.
Most of my work currently takes place via the Oxford Development Centre, where I focus on the treatment of trauma.
I have worked in private practice since 2008 and - trained as an Integrative Psychotherapist with bcpc - have been working within a person centered and relational model. My greatest interest has always been in working with people who have experienced trauma and for whom the effects of trauma continue to haunt their everyday lives. This can take many forms affecting mind, body and spirit.
In 2020 I began to actively move towards working in a more specialised way with trauma. I started to be involved in the Oxford Development Centre and have had the great privilege of learning with and from them since then. I have actively trained in specialist modalities such as CRM and Somatic Trauma Processing, however my greatest teachers have been my clients and my wonderfully gifted supervisor and team members at OxDev.
I believe that trauma is at the core of many of the issues we face in these times, showing itself in a widespread dissociation from our core selves, from nature, from the flow of life around us. This causes a pain and emptiness that can feel unbearable. Trauma work needs to acknowledge this dissociation and slowly and often over a long period of time work with the parts that have been dissociated from, parts that hold the traumatic experiences, parts that defend against the person becoming overwhelmed.
This is of course a very simplistic way of describing working with trauma, if you are interested in finding out more, contact me either directly or via the Oxford Development Centre.
If you are interested in reading up about trauma and its effect on teh body, then read Bessel van Der Kolk's book "The body keeps the score."
| Individual: | £55 |
I have trained with bcpc and am qualified at M.A. level. I am registered with UKCP.