Ruth Birkebaek

19 Whitcome Mews Richmond Surrey TW9 4BT View map	120 Sloane Street The Cadogan Clinic London SW1X 9BW View map
tel: 07792613154 web: www.DrRuthBirkebaek.com Click here to Email me

Profile

I am a Medical Doctor and a Psychotherapist. I use online consultations or face to face methods to successfully treat issues ranging from depression, eating disorders, anxiety, abuse and grief to phobias, addiction and family issues.

I have a relational, talking approach; based on the ongoing relationship with my clients.I work to provide a safe and supportive atmosphere in which an ongoing and continuously evolving therapeutic relationship can unfold. And to help people achieving spontaneity, intimacy with themselves and others, breaking up old paradigms and therefore achieving their own autonomy.

I've got a special focus on psychosomatic illness, on how the emotions can affect your body. And how to treat the symptoms your body has created to compensate for the emotional pain.

I had worked many years as a Plastic Surgeon, which gave me a wide range of experience of working with people’s dissatisfaction, non-acceptance with themselves and a huge desire to change their body. What these patients don’t know is that they cannot change the way they feel about themselves by just changing their appearance. It was the desire to help those people making a real change in their lives that drove me to the study of Psychotherapy and led me to establish my own practice.

Training, Qualifications & Experience

As a Psychotherapist I work with a humanistic approach.which includes Transactional Analysis, Integrative Psychotherapy, Psychosomatic Medicine and I am also a Master in Neuro-Linguistic Programming.

Member of BACP (British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy), ITAA (International Transactional Analysis Association), UNAT-BR (Transactional Analysis Association of Brazil) and IIP International Integrative Psychotherapy Association.
In addition to English, I also speak fluent Portuguese