Dr Nicola Diamond
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About me
I work online . This means you can have therapy in the convenience of your own space and it is easier to fit sessions in to your timetable because there is no travel. I am a warm open and very present person and also a very experienced therapist and it will be easy to make deep contact with me and we will be able to get to the root of your problems and bring about fundamental lasting change. I will be direct when I need to be and sensitive at all times. I am proactive however , informed and constructive , not passive
Due to the fact that I will always address the core issues that underlie your problem we look beyond the label you come in with but I can deal with all those presenting issues whether it is - depression, anxiety, trauma, low self -confidence , identity distress, eating disorders and other body problems (including physical illness), Child hood and family issues, sexual and physical abuse, difficulty in the couple, Panic and phobias, overcoming addictions. I will help you understand and find ways of freeing yourself from these conditions and situations, become clearer in your thinking and actions, more hopeful about the future.
What I have to offer is unique expertise in attachment and psychotherapy and many years of experience in trauma and complex forms of trauma. I have had a very rigorous training and many years of experience in a variety of settings . I have a thorough grounding in psychoanalytic psychotherapy and in contemporary approaches, work with current crisis and in depth with the root of the problem
I am a psychotherapist who focuses on the way childhood and trauma effects emotional development and adult personality.
I have worked in the NHS, Social Services, and in private practise for many years. I have worked in child , adolescent and adult psychiatric and social services settings. I worked for many years with the Helen Bamber Foundation for those who have been traumatised by abuse and torture, as a staff psychotherapist at the Women's therapy centre and with domestic violence. As noted I have worked as a psychotherapist also with families now specialising in individual adult psychotherapy and also see couples.
Please contact me if you want Individual psychotherapy and couple therapy
Training, qualifications & experience
I have over Thirty years of experience, trained with the British Association of Psychotherapists(BAP) now (BPF) and am registered with the British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC). I specialised in child development and attachment which are crucial in helping understand adult experiences, I did two years at the Tavistock Clinic in infant-observation and childhood studies, started off working in the NHS and Social Services working psycho dynamically with children and adolescents, then specialised with the British Association (BAP) to work with adults. As noted I have worked as a staff psychotherapist for years at the Women's Therapy Centre which has given me specialist experience in Women's issues and as a psychotherapist at the Helen Bamber Foundation with people who have suffered trauma and experience Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. I also have an interest working with disability and illness
I publish in the field am aa therapist and specialist learned Scholar . You will be safe in my care
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I publish in the field
I have a First Class Degree in Sociology, a PhD in Psychoanalysis which focused on psychosomatic conditions and body image difficulties.
I have also worked as a Senior Lecturer in Counselling within the Psychosocial school at the University of East London. I also have worked and still work at the Tavistock clinic . I have a academic, research as well as clinical background and expertise . I have published books and journal papers on attachment theory /practice and bodily issues, sexual abuse, psychosomatic dysfunction and body image, post traumatic disorder and working with body symptoms in psychotherapy. Including illness and disability
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
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The British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC) is a professional association, representing the profession of psychoanalytic psychotherapy.
The organisation is itself made up of fourteen member organisations and BPC accredits the trainings of its member organisations. An individual who qualifies from one of these trainings is then eligible for entry into the BPC's register.
BPC registrants are governed by a code of ethics, a policy of continuing professional development, a statement on confidentiality and a complaints procedure. The BPC is a Member Society of the European Federation for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy in the Public Sector (EFPP). Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
Accredited register membership
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Body symptoms that have no clear known organic cause and are rooted in emotional developmental and other related issues. Psychosomatic Hysterical Hypochondriachia Body Dimorphic and other body image disorders
Therapies offered
Fees
£70.00 - £130.00
Free initial telephone session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I take into account Individual circumstances and fees vary accordingly so i will consider people for lower fees depending on their circumstance
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Further information
I work on line. I work with attachment issues have a friendly and open manner, I have been trained in psychotherapy and am a very experienced informed therapist. I work with complex trauma issues and all mental health emotional and physically related issues
