About us
You may appear to others as though you are coping well, yet inside you may feel anxious, overwhelmed, or troubled by thoughts that feel disturbing or out of character.
Many of the people we work with struggle with intrusive thoughts, health anxiety, or a constant sense of internal pressure to hold everything together. These experiences can feel isolating and frightening, particularly when you worry about what your thoughts might mean about you.
We also work with professionals who feel they must maintain a strong or capable exterior while privately feeling overwhelmed.
Therapy can offer a calm and confidential space to explore these experiences with curiosity rather than fear.
Our therapeutic approach is collaborative and reflective. We believe that symptoms such as low mood, anxiety or intrusive thoughts often develop for understandable reasons and deserve curiosity rather than judgement. Together we can begin to make sense of what you are experiencing and find ways of responding that feel more manageable and empowering.
Our practice is a group of qualified, accredited, experienced psychotherapists and psychologists offering a range of assessment and treatment options. Assessment for mental health and mental disorders from depression, anxiety, anxiety disorders, e.g. OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder), are followed up with a treatment plan appropriate for and tailored to the individual.
Treatment approaches include Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Compassion Focused Therapy and Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR). We work alongside adults and adolescents, and in some cases, children can benefit from working with our therapists.
Many people feel nervous about reaching out for therapy. If you’re unsure, you’re welcome to get in touch for an initial conversation.
The initial consultation involves a discussion with a clinical director who will gauge from their talk with you which of our practitioners would be a good fit and arrange for them to contact you for assessment and treatment.
Psychiatric assessment for mental health conditions, e.g. bipolar, autistic spectrum condition, etc., can be arranged with our associate consultant psychiatrists.
Training, qualifications & experience
All of our clinical practitioners are qualified to post-graduate level as a minimum.
Practitioners are registered with and ascribe to the code of conduct of a professional body.
Psychologists are trained to doctoral level.
Connected Health and Wellbeing has indemnity insurance and each practitioner has their own practitioner indemnity insurance.
All practitioners are members of the PVG scheme.
Member organisations *
school Registered / Accredited
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
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.
Areas of counselling we deal with
Other areas of counselling we deal with
Psychiatric assessment, diagnosis and prescribing available for certain presenting symptoms.
Therapies offered
Fees
Additional information
Assessment fees vary depending on the practitioner completing the assessment and the issue being assessed.
Treatment fees begin at £95, again depending on the practitioner.
As a training practice, we have student therapists available at £25 a session and you can indicate this as a preference in your initial discussion with your clinical director. Availability cannot be guaranteed, but we will do our best to meet your needs.
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Further information
Concessions depend on availability and there may be a waiting list operating.
Our approach to trauma therapy is thoughtful, compassionate, and collaborative. We recognise that speaking about difficult experiences can feel vulnerable, and we work carefully to ensure that therapy feels supportive and respectful of your pace.
Rather than rushing into painful memories, we focus first on building a sense of safety and stability so that difficult experiences can be explored in a way that feels manageable.
