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About me
Hello, I'm Emma, an experienced and accredited psychotherapist and mental health nurse, who specialises in understanding our relationships with ourselves and the world around us and together, exploring new ways of managing difficult emotions.
I feel passionate about supporting people to overcome difficulties, and place value and importance on working together in a collaborative way, by focusing on developing trust and a safe working alliance within the therapeutic relationship.
Training, qualifications & experience
I have worked in the field of mental health for over 20 years in a variety of clinical and therapeutic settings, and across the age span, from working with children and young people, to adults of working age, since 2004. I have worked as a therapist and nurse in a number of specialist fields and treatment services, including the Maudsley hospital in South London, where I worked within the trusts’ world-renowned and specialist eating disorder service for over 12 years. I have a wide range of clinical experience and expertise in working with and supporting people with a range of emotional health difficulties, including obsessive compulsive difficulties, body dysmorphia, anxiety, depressive symptoms, relational difficulties (including attachment difficulties), post traumatic stress and trauma symptoms, bereavement, loss and navigating difficult life transitions such as marital separation and the menopause.
I am currently employed on a part-time basis as a Senior Cognitive Analytic Psychotherapist within a psychotherapy service at Guy’s Hospital, London, where I specialise in working with complex mental health difficulties and trauma. Within this role, I also supervise the practice of therapists in training, deliver teaching and training within the wider clinical team and contribute to service development.
Prior to this, I was employed as a specialist psychotherapist at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) for over 7 years, supporting acting and technical theatre students in a therapeutic capacity to overcome difficulties with performance anxiety, relational difficulties, depression, self-harm and obsessive compulsive difficulties.
This is in addition to my established work as a psychotherapist in independent private practice, which I have practised for over 8 years.
Further to my work as a clinical psychotherapist and nurse, I am a visiting lecturer at Kings College, London teaching post-graduate students undertaking clinical psychology training, and have also delivered teaching and facilitated workshops internationally, in Somaliland, Finland, Malta, Brazil, and the United States.
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.
The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) is a leading professional body for the education, training and regulation of psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors. Its register is accredited by the government's Professional Standards Authority.
As part of its commitment to protect the public, it works to improve access to psychotherapy, to support and disseminate research, to improve standards and to respond effectively to complaints against its members.
UKCP standards cover the range of different psychotherapies. Registration is obtained by training or accrediting with one of its member organisations, or by holding a European Certificate in Psychotherapy. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
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Further information
Within my practice as a cognitive analytic psychotherapist (CAT), I like to spend time focusing on one’s early experiences, and especially our relationships with other people, as these experiences can deeply affect how we think, feel and act and then affect the way in which we relate to ourselves and others. It can be helpful to explore some of the patterns of relating that might have developed over time and find compassionate ways of understanding them, and also working towards changing some of the less helpful ways of thinking and feeling.
Everyone’s experience is different and I value the uniqueness of each person I meet and tailor my approach accordingly. I consider myself to be an integrative practitioner, which means that although I am an accredited CAT psychotherapist, my practice draws upon a number of different therapeutic approaches in which I have been trained and I adapt my approach to the unique needs of the person I am working with. The therapeutic approaches I draw upon include; cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) Cognitive Analytic therapy (CAT), person-centred therapy, psychodynamic therapy, motivational enhancement therapy (MET), Dramatherapy, and my practice is always guided by evidence based and indicated good practice such as the National Guidelines for Clinical Excellence (NICE) for the particular difficulty that you may be struggling with. I have a particular interest in working creatively with people and I am most interested in our relationships with ourselves and others. I am also curious about understanding the social, cultural and environmental impact of the world in which we live, and how this affects us as people.
