Anna Tuttle
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About me
Hello, I am Anna. I offer a safe and supportive space where together we can explore you reasons for accessing counselling and psychotherapy. You may be looking for some support due to some of the difficulties that may occur at different times through your life for example, work related difficulties, bereavement, relationship difficulties. Or you may be looking for support to process alongside a safe supportive therapist some of your early life experiences or trauma. I work with a range of clients on a short term and long term basis depending on your reason for accessing support and what you and I explore might be helpful.
I am a Psychotherapist and Psychotherapeutic Counsellor. I am also a psychotherapy trainer with over 20 years’ experience in supporting people at times of difficulty and crisis in a range of different types of services within mental health, addictions, learning disability and children and young people’s services. I have a deep commitment to psychotherapy and the difference it can make in the lives of those who come wanting support. I work from a relational integrative perspective. By this, I mean that I combine together theories and approaches that together give me a coherent approach to the relational, emotional, cognitive and behavioural aspects of how we are in the world. I am committed to the importance of relationship believing what arises in relationships can be repaired in a relationship and this relationship between client and therapist offers the potential for repair and change. My area of clinical specialism is in working with, and assessing and formulation multi-context intervention plans focused on neurodevelopmental difficulties. These are the adversities (that may or may not be experiences of trauma or developmental trauma), neurological differences, attachment or intrauterine experiences that impact on the way in which our brain supports us to manage the context in which we live, and our relational experiences. I would describe myself as an Integrative Neurodevelopmental Psychotherapist.
I have particular interest and experience in working with individuals (adults and children/young people) who have experienced trauma and loss, attachment difficulties or experience dissociation. Typically, this work is long term and the therapy relationship provides a safe, containing space where previous experiences can be integrated to reduce the day to day impact they have on your life.
My work is mainly with children and young people, along with provided parental reflective support and adult therapy when I have availability on my adult caseload. I work with individuals, couples and groups. I am able to work with adults as well as young people and their families.
I am also able offer integrative psychotherapy supervision.
As well as working therapeutically I am the Course Leader for Child Psychotherapy at NESTT CIC.
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Training, qualifications & experience
I am an Integrative Psychotherapist and Psychotherapeutic Counsellor an am a member of both United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapists (UKCP) & British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP). My initial training was a four-year programme.
- Diploma in Integrative Psychotherapy (Scarborough Counselling and Psychotherapy Training Institute)
- Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling (Ellesmere Centre for Psychotherapy and Counselling)
- BSc (Hons) Psychology (University of Hull)
Recent Continuing Professional Development (CPD) includes:
- Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics - Dr Bruce Perry - 12 months certification process in the US.
- Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy
- Assessing and treating children and young people with trauma and dissociation
- Trauma and Dissociation in Adults
- Body and Trauma
- Working with Dissociative Disorders in clinical practice
- Creative Art Therapies
Current training/development:
Masters in Child Psychotherapy - dissertation.
Other Experience
I have extensive experience of working privately and in NHS settings. During my career in the NHS, I worked in both frontline service provision and management of large teams.
I also work as a trainer for Therapeutic Skills for Children and Young People and lead the Child Psychotherapeutic Counselling training. I am a Director of NESTT Community Interest Company. I also work as a Lecturer in Counselling and Forensic Psychology, Child Psychology and research for Open University. My research is predominately in the field of adoption, trauma and prenatal alcohol exposure (this is separate from my psychotherapy practice).
I have recently authored the first UK integrative psychotherapy writing on ways of working with the effects of prenatal alcohol exposure.
Member organisations
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The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) is a leading professional body for the education, training and regulation of psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors. Its register is accredited by the government's Professional Standards Authority.
As part of its commitment to protect the public, it works to improve access to psychotherapy, to support and disseminate research, to improve standards and to respond effectively to complaints against its members.
UKCP standards cover the range of different psychotherapies. Registration is obtained by training or accrediting with one of its member organisations, or by holding a European Certificate in Psychotherapy. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred).
Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision.
Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training.
All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
My area of clinical specialism is in working with, and assessing and formulation multi-context intervention plans focused on neurodevelopmental difficulties. These are the adversities (that may or may not be experiences of trauma or developmental trauma), neurological differences, attachment or intrauterine experiences that impact on the way in which our brain supports us to manage the context in which we live, and our relational experiences. I would describe myself as an Integrative Neurodevelopmental Psychotherapist.
Therapies offered
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Fees
£55.00 - £85.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
For adults, children, young people and family work: £55-85 per session dependent on family circumstances (low-cost places are available on a limited basis)
For supervises: £60 per session
I offer all prospective clients a 15 minute free telephone appointment to explore whether I may be the right therapist for you or to provide you with alternative therapists if required.
Further information
I offer reduced rate therapy sessions for individuals who are experiencing significant financial constraints. A priority for these spaces are given to clients currently in therapy with me who face unexpected financial difficulties and young people. My low cost spaces are currently full - although spaces do become available so please made contact to enquire. I may also be able to suggest other therapists who also have spaces. Low case spaces are typically daytime appointments.
I am the Clinical Lead at NESTT CIC and we have a range of trainee therapist options following initial triage and assessment. These spaces are at a reduced cost. Please make contact with me to enquiry further.
