Elaine Angell M.A. Hons. Dip. Clin. Psych. A.F.B.Ps.S. C. Psychol.

About me

Welcome and thank you for looking at my profile.

I am a Health & Care Professions Council Registered and British Psychological Society Chartered Clinical Psychologist with more than 30 years of experience of helping people with a wide range of problems.  Some examples are anxiety disorders (panic attacks, generalised anxiety and phobias), depression and persistent feelings of sadness or grief, stress disorders including PTSD, obsessive-compulsive disorder, perfectionism, difficulties with self-esteem or confidence and underpinning relationship and family issues such as those linked to experiences of abuse or a degree of neglect in childhood.

Clinical psychologists become qualified by first obtaining an Honours degree in Psychology followed by a doctorate degree or equivalent, recognised award after three years of specialist study and professional training. This background enables us potentially to draw flexibly on a broad range of knowledge, ideas, theories and practices in our efforts to help clients in distress.

My approach to therapy is called "integrative" which means that I may incorporate elements from two or more approaches. I try to build and maintain a good therapeutic relationship or alliance with clients as this is often an important framework which can, of itself, be of lasting benefit.

Initial assessment (usually over 2 or 3 sessions) will give us both a good idea if we are likely to "click" and work well together. During this time, I will also begin to try to understand why your problems may have developed, how they may be connected with each other, what may be maintaining them and how they could be best addressed or remedied. I will share these early impressions with you and seek your views at this point and later on. These conversations can be useful to help clients to start to identify or recognise certain issues or factors and to begin to reflect on and process matters more deeply than has happened before. If I don't think that the service which I offer is right for you, however, I will let you know a.s.a.p. and suggest an alternative path.

Please note that confidentiality is respected as far as possible but that appropriate authorities may be contacted in certain circumstances according to professional guidelines and legislation. It should also be borne in mind that GP and GP practice name and contact details are kindly requested. It is not essential to disclose these but psychologists in independent practice such as myself often ask clients for this information at the outset because of safety concerns that may arise later on.