Debbie Featherstone DHP(NC) NSHP CNHC

3 Castlegate
Clitheroe
Lancashire
BB7 1AZ
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01200-538411
www.clitheroetherapies.co.uk
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About me......

I love my work! When people feel so differently having completed their therapy – at one with themselves, happy and contented – there is nothing quite like it!

My background is a combination of being an NHS Lead clinician, university lecturer and trainer. I decided to take early retirement from the NHS in 2010 where I had been Hearing Therapy Head of Service and Clinical Lead in East Lancashire since 2001. I wanted to set up a psychotherapy & hypnotherapy practice initially, and also wanted to continue working with people who have distressing tinnitus, helping them to 'live with tinnitus' rather than be so distressed by it.

I am qualified and registered as a Psychotherapist, a Hypnotherapist and Hearing Therapy practitioner, and specialise in therapy for clients with distressing tinnitus.

How I work

My therapy approach is developing all the time, helped by my recent MSc in Psychotherapy studies that has enabled me to incorporate an 'existential approach' in to the therapy I am able to offer; although the way I work remains solution focused, integrating cognitive therapy, clinical hypnosis and hypno-psychotherapy where these are useful, developing the therapy process using an existential approach helps gain much insight for clients in to how they might cope better with their experiences.

I help people who have anxiety, stress, poor self-confidence/self-esteem issues, relationship problems, OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder), trauma and PTSD (Post Trauma Stress Disorder), GAD (General Anxiety Disorder), panic disorders, fears & phobias, depression and weight problems. I use Clinical Outcome measures as a matter of course for every treatment - this means that changes made through therapy are measurable and evidence based.

As well as working with private clients, I undertake medical-legal work via solicitors, mainly for individuals who have been involved in road traffic accidents and developed distressing tinnitus.

Tinnitus Clinic

I specialise in tinnitus management and have done for some twenty years. I run these specialist clinics at the Clitheroe Therapies Clinic in central Clitheroe, Lancashire; however, I now also work with individuals from further afield through videoconferencing via Skype. Initially, I was sceptical as to how effective this might be, but it has proven highly beneficial for clients who otherwise have no access to specialist tinnitus management. We find it the "next best thing" to sitting together in the same room. I have worked with people in other areas of the UK and from as far away as Wellington, New Zealand!

Research

I am about to embark on the final Dissertation stage of my MSc so it was particularly timely and I was delighted to have been invited to present to the National Biomedical Research Unit in Hearing, University of Nottingham, in May this year (2012). The title of my presentation was ‘Tinnitus: Designing Therapy Around The Patient’. Meeting with the NBRUH eminent researchers in tinnitus and hearing has provided much food for thought, and I look forward to an on-going collaboration: my main interest in terms of tinnitus research is the effect of the therapeutic relationship on outcomes, and I look forward to researching into this much further.

And finally..... thank you so much for your interest in reading about my work! I hope you have found it interesting and if you would like to know more, I will be delighted to talk with you further.

Debbie Featherstone
Clitheroe Therapies Clinic




Training, Qualifications & Experience

Diploma in Hearing Therapy
PG Dip Psychotherapy & Hypnotherapy DHP(NC)
MSc Psychotherapy Studies (2009 - 2012) University of Sheffield

As well as my private practice, I train Audiologists (NHS and private practitioners) in Counselling Skills & Tinnitus Management, and lecture at the University of Manchester

Prior to working in private practice, I worked in the NHS for 17 years, leaving the NHS in 2010 where I was Head of Hearing Therapy Services based in Burnley and Blackburn at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust for 9 years 2001-2010, with responsibility for specialist services for tinnitus, hyperacusis, balance/vestibular disorders and hearing loss. Prior to moving to Lancashire in 2001, my work was in Birmingham and Essex

Areas of counselling I deal with

Other areas of counselling I deal with

Tinnitus
Hyperacusis
Hearing & Deafness

Therapies Offered

Fees

Fees are clearly stated on my website, ranging from £45 - £60 per session for private clients

Further Information

As well as working one to one with my clients, I run groups at my clinic that range from relaxation and meditation to group work in tinnitus management

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