Dr Diane Rodin
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About me
Are you feeling sad, experiencing panic attacks, or having low self-confidence? Are you looking to increase awareness and the ability to respond to unwanted thoughts and feelings with openness, curiosity, and compassion? Are you looking to reconnect with what is important to you and create a greater sense of balance?
My clients develop more adaptive strategies to respond to thoughts and feelings more effectively, regain a stable sense of self, and move freely towards their values.
My 12-year clinical experience encompasses both the private mental health sector and the NHS Mental Health Trust, working both in individual and couples therapy. Previously, I had an executive corporate career at Microsoft UK and an MBA from INSEAD Business School.
I offer psychological therapy and counselling sessions to clients with a wide range of mental health problems, including depression, generalised anxiety disorder, phobias, and trauma. I have helped people experiencing a full range of emotional difficulties and life challenges, including work stress and relationship difficulties, life stage transitions, and family dynamics such as conflict, post-divorce, and separation.
I believe that there is no one-size-fits-all, so I provide tailored evidence-based psychological interventions that draw from Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Attachment theory, EMDR, Somatic therapy and Systemic practice to help you find your own ‘fit’. I integrate EMDR psychotherapy to enable my clients to relieve symptoms and heal from traumatic life experiences.
I specialise in working with a spectrum of psychological presentations and distress, including, but not limited to, trauma, depression, anxiety, stress, ADHD, OCD, PTSD, low mood, bereavement, relationship issues, divorce, transitions, low self-esteem, addictions, gender dysphoria, identity issues, and those with histories of abuse or neglect. I am experienced in working with psychological and mental health issues in the workplace, both on a therapeutic and one-to-one basis, as well as with couples. If your particular struggle is not listed, please contact me to discuss your concerns and how I can help.
I understand that the first session can be daunting and that a person may be feeling apprehensive about the process. Please get in touch, and we can arrange a free consultation where we will discuss your initial thoughts and feelings about therapy.
Training, qualifications & experience
I have been working in psychotherapy for over 12 years. I hold a Doctorate in Psychotherapy, and certifications in EMDR, CBT, DBT, Psychosexual studies, etc. I also hold an MBA from INSEAD and had a previous executive corporate career in Microsoft before retraining as a psychotherapist.
I work with clients who may be struggling with anxiety, depression or trauma related to their relationships, family or work. During our initial sessions, we will delve deeply into the issues at hand, and create a plan for addressing them in a way that helps you get your life back. Most of my clients see a gradual lifting of symptoms within the first month and sustained improvement thereafter.
I often use CBT, EMDR and DBT in my practice. In your first session, we'll explore what brought you to therapy and then decide the most appropriate ways to help you make progress. In EMDR, we process traumatic memories. With CBT, we look at how your thoughts affect your emotions and experiences. During treatment, I'll help you learn how to push back against those thoughts to change your feelings for the better.
I work integratively, meaning that I am able to draw on many different elements of psychotherapy in order to tailor the therapy to each individual’s needs. By working this way, the whole of my attention is on you as a person and what your needs may be at that particular moment, rather than on following a set of pre-determined steps. I have an easy, sensitive, relational approach, and I work very much in collaboration with each individual. I focus on each client’s present difficulties against the background of their past, looking specifically at their early relationships and environments, and helping them to create links between their past and their present to bring about an understanding of why the difficulties they are experiencing may have occurred. I am experienced in weaving CBT and more cognitive elements into the therapy and find that the integration of all these elements of therapy, used appropriately, can make for a life-changing experience for each client, whether the work is short-term (up to 12 sessions) or open-ended.
My previous corporate career at Microsoft has also given me much insight into the high levels of stress and the weight of expectations that many people experience in their day-to-day working lives and the effects that this can have on their relationships both in and out of work and on their health in general. Hence, I also maintain strong connections with other medical and mental health specialists, complementary practitioners, and professionals from the business sector.
Qualifications:
- MBA, INSEAD
- DPsych, Professional Doctorate in Psychotherapy, Middlesex University
- EMDR Training Certificate, EMDR Europe
- Certificate in CBT, The Grove, London
- APT Diploma: Working with ADHD in adults and children.
- Certification Training in Complex Trauma and PTSD, Pesi Inc.
- Certificate in Psychosexual Studies, Tavistock Institute
- Certificate in Transactional Analysis, Metanoia Institute
- MA in Integrative Psychotherapy & Counselling, School of Psychotherapy & Counselling, RSPP, London
- MSC in Psychology, Westminster University, London
- Certificate in Integrative Psychotherapy and Counselling, SPCP, Regents College
Member organisations
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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I work with the following insurance companies: Aviva, Freedom Health, Cigna.
Please contact me via the counselling directory link, or via the website. I will aim to get back to you within 24 hours (or on Monday if you contact me over the weekend).
I now have new evening, daytime, and online appointments available; please contact me for details.
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I now have new evening, daytime and online appointments available - please contact me for details.
Further information
Isn’t it odd that the things we think about the most are the ones we seldom talk about? We are built to communicate with others, and we generally do so on a day-to-day basis. Now, with email, SMS, numerous apps on our smartphones – as well as good old-fashioned phone-calls and catching up for a chat, communication has never been easier. So why is it that we are unable to talk about some of the more difficult, uncomfortable – or frankly all-consuming, terrifying and inexplicable – things that are going on in our heads?
Mental health is finally getting the attention it needs in the press – it’s good to talk, to share, to communicate, to express our feelings. But we know that sometimes, with some things, talking with friends or family isn’t an option, or isn’t quite enough. What happens when you don’t quite know where to turn? This is where therapy can help. Therapy isn’t just something that is confined to the realms of the psychiatric any more: it has evolved a great deal, and there are now many effective approaches to dealing with whatever difficulties you may experience. So, isn’t it about time that your mental health became as important as your physical health, and that seeing a therapist was as acceptable as seeing a personal trainer, or getting some coaching, or seeing your GP for a physical complaint?
