Cynthia Brooks PGDipPsych MA BSc RGN RMN

Training, qualifications & experience

I Have a Post Graduate Diploma in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy for groups and Individuals. a Masters in Group and Intercultural  Psychotherapy, and am conducting Doctoral research into Spirituality, Psychotherapy and cultural significance.

I am a Registered General Nurse, Registered Mental Health Nurse, and hold a Diploma Management studies.

I have over 30 years experience of working in the health care professions, and now work as a registered psychoanalytic Psychotherapist and psychoanalytic group psychotherapist. I have  a private practice in West Croydon; seeing individuals and groups;

I supervise counsellors and therapists in training, and also  provide  reflective consultancy  for voluntary and Statutory organisations that offer front line work.
I have  particular interests in life transitions and how our cultural narratives impact upon our progression in life, and am accustomed to working with issues of spirituality, religion, culture and identity also with individuals experiencing spiritual crisis.

I am a Member of the Universities psychotherapy and counselling Association ( UPCA) and also a UKCP accredited Member

Other areas of counselling I deal with

Are you seeking a psychoanalytic clinical supervisor?

Individual and group places now available

Further information

I am passionate about helping people to resolve the challenges that they may be dealing with or issues which are troubling them. Everyone is unique and I approach each situation with sensitivity giving time and attention to the ways in which different life experiences shape us all. I believe that working together with my clients to address the underlying causes of emotions, feelings or pain experienced in daily life, brings a greater sense of relief and well being.

I work with each person to make sense of how they are feeling and this helps to give my clients a greater choice in how they live their lives.

I also use groups to help people gain a better understanding into how they are feeling, and how they are with others. Group members learn how to reconstruct ways of thinking, being, and interacting  with others in the group and thereby those outside of the group. This form of therapy has proved  helpful in a number of situations, and  has long term benefits.

My consulting rooms are in West Croydon which has good public transport links and also free car parking.