Vicky Mills (nee Duddridge)

Training, qualifications & experience

Qualifications

Masters CBT Research (Low Self-esteem) University of Oxford beginning 2018

CBT Clinical Supervisor Training
Post Graduate Diploma C.B.T. for Severe Mental Health, University of Oxford
BSc (Hons) Psychology
Diploma Eating Disorders
Diploma Integrative Counselling
NVQ4 Working with Young People
A Level Psychology

Workshops

Compassion Focussed Therapy with Eating Disorders (Kenn Goss)

Pathological Demand Avoidance & Challenging Behaviour, Laura Kerbey

Working with Eating Disorders in the Community Workshop
(Fairburn) CBT Skills for Eating Disorders
(Waller) CBT Behavioural Experiments
(Vitousek) CBT & Features of Anorexia
(Veale) Body Dysmorphic Disorder
(Treasure) Treating Disturbed Body Image in ED
CBT with Children & Adolescents OCD
CBT with Children & Adolescents PTSD
Volunteer Youth Counselling Training
Sexual Health, STI & HIV Awareness
Attachment  & Addictive & Compulsive Behaviours
(Linehan) DBT
Primary & Secondary Attachments: Richard Bowlby
Incredible Years Parent Training


Experience
 
25 years therapy experience - 15 of which focussed on eating problems and disorders; mild, and, more severe in clinical NHS environment. Interventions include Gestalt, CBTe, Self-help, Mindfullness and Behavioural Experiments. Extensive experience of working with young people and families/carers and delivers therapy for a wide range of mental health disorders within the NHS.

Workshops include: 'What to Do if You or Someone Else has an Eating Problem' in schools and the more generic 'Eating Disorders' seminars.

Vicky has worked therapeutically with children in care and with care-leavers. Vicky has extensive experience in working with Depression, Anxiety, Low Self-esteem, Loss, Grief and Stress.

Further information

Feedback:

From Client after 7 sessions 2015:

'Your encouragement and calm empathy have really helped me to 'help myself' and see all the positives in my life. You gave me some very important points of focus, which have helped me to make some changes and I feel so much more grounded and in control'.

From Client after 5 sessions 2016:

'I went so see Vicky for counselling after becoming very depressed and suffering with anxiety and panic attacks.  It really is astounding how much of a life changer and life saver the counselling sessions with Vicky have been for me.  She has helped me to see things in a different perspective and to move on from my demons.  I now have more confidence and self-esteem and finally feel happy in my own skin.  Vicky has a real gift and I would highly recommend her expert counselling skills to anyone'.

From Client 2016:

I've had CBT before but he tried to get me to think differently without explaining why and it didnt work. Vicky helped me to have my own lightbulb moments and was willing to challenge me; I got a lot from it.

From Male Client with Phobic Anxiety 2018:

Vicky has helped my Anxiety enormously over the last 10 sessions. I would thoroughly recommend her to family and friends.