Angela Barker

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location_on Mayfield, East Sussex, TN20
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About me

I work exclusively online with families, couples and individuals offering family therapy, couples therapy, individual work both talking therapy and EMDR. I am an experienced Systemic & Family Therapist, a trauma expert and EMDR therapist. I specialize in neurodiversity. I bring a holistic approach, to working with you both/and your family members. Developing an understanding of each person in the different contexts of your lives, alongside your relationships, and how you all function in relation to your thoughts, emotions, and relate to your body. I work with you towards your goals, developing your strengths and qualities, to live more closely aligned with your natural self. I support you to move closer to your desired/hoped for ways of being and living.

Training, qualifications & experience

I am an experienced Systemic & Family Therapist, Systemic Supervisor, teacher and trainer and EMDR therapist. I specialize in Neurodiversity and trauma, including early attachment wounds. 

I have worked in Children's services for over 20years and in CAMHS teams for 10 years, including a Neurodevelopmental Assessment Team (NDT) until 2024. I have been running my private practice over the last few years and now work exclusively online in my independent practice.

  • EMDR levels 1,2 & 3 Completed 2020.
  • Systemic Supervision training 2015-2016.
  • MA in Systemic & Family Therapy (qualifying in 2013).
  • MSc in Psychoanalytic Developmental Psychology (2004)

Member organisations

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UKCP
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Accredited register membership

UK Council for Psychotherapy
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Areas of counselling I deal with

Therapies offered

Fees

£120.00 - £150.00
Free initial online session

Additional information

My fees vary depending on the type of therapy.

When I work

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Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Night

I currently have availability on Friday & Saturday mornings between 7am and 1pm.

Further information

I also offer training to professionals who want to make sense of children's and young people's behaviors, when it does not seem appropriate to the setting they are in, such as school or home. Here I bring my expertise in trauma and neurodiversity to help professionals in schools, social services, mental health settings and foster carers to understand what the child/young person is expressing and how the behaviors can be positively responded to.

Heathfield Road, Five Ashes, Mayfield, East Sussex, TN20

Type of session

Online

Types of client

Young people (13-17)
Young adults (18-24)
Adults (25-64)
Couples
Families