Catherine Healy

Warwickshire counselling and psychotherapy services

Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, CV31

About me

Providing cognitive behavioural and integrative therapy solutions for children, young people and adults, both face to face and online.

Using creative, innovative and fresh approaches to therapy for a variety of problems. Therapy is tailored to each individual to help achieve their goals and find solutions to issues that may be affecting the way they feel, behave, their lives and relationships.

Therapy can help with a variety of problems such as:

Anxiety (including panic attacks)
Depression
Social anxiety
Health anxiety
Personality Disorders
PTSD
Trauma
Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
Schizophrenia/psychosis
Bipolar
Chronic fatigue
Anger management
Sleep difficulties
Attachment disorders
Abuse (victims and perpetrators)
Gender dysphoria
Sexual orientation
Self harm
Suicidal ideation
complex mental health disorders
Relationship issues
Stress

Working together we can achieve.

Training, qualifications & experience

As well as working in private practise I have previously worked as a locum senior mental health practitioner and cognitive behavioural therapist for CAMHS services outside of the Warwickshire district.

I also spent the last 5 years working as the therapy lead for a third sector organisation that works with vulnerable young people. This has enhanced my private work as I work with a rounded approach to therapy, confident in signposting and engaging other services to support families as units to improve their lives and relationships.

I work with a holistic approach to helping young people to overcome the many challenges that the journey into adulthood can present, and support both the young person and their family to manage a variety of issues, from anxiety and depression to self harm and suicidal ideation, behavioural and psychiatric disorders.

Prior to working as a therapist I have 12 years of experience in mental health and health and social care. I have worked both within the NHS and charitable sectors caring for and promoting the health and wellbeing of people with learning disabilities and mental health issues. I have worked in community teams and secure inpatient units, with experience of psychiatric intensive care through to rehabilitation wards and independent living. I have a vast knowledge and great depth of experience of mental health disorders and treatments and have a solid network within which to refer clients and families for extra support if necessary.

BA honours degree in counselling. Classification: First

Fdsc in counselling and psychotherapy - Cognitive behavioural therapy. Pass rate: distinction.

Currently studying towards a masters in Working with children, young people and families:a psychoanalytic observational approach. (Infant observation).

Oxford cognitive therapy centre: working with children and young people with OCD.

Oxford cognitive therapy centre: working with children and young people with trauma/PTSD

NHS training: working with, understanding and managing personality disorders.

NHS training: Mental health. Schizophrenia and psychosis.

Highly experienced at working with ASD.

Fully trained in the areas of safeguarding children and young people and vulnerable adults.

Workshop host at the BACP children, young people and families national annual conference 2019.

Full CRB available on request.

Member of the BACP, BABCP and ACAMH.