Linda Dowey
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About me
I am a Europe Accredited EMDR Consultant/ clinical Supervisior specialising in trauma including PTSD and Complex PTSD. I am a BACP accredited, registered psychotherapist with over 19 years of post qualifying experience. I work within the BACP framework for ethical practice. I am a humanistic practitioner believing that everyone has the potential to determine their own lives. I believe that through awareness it is possible to identify choices that will enable growth and change unhealthy patterns of behaviour and relating. I work empathically and with compassion in a non-judgemental way to establish a collaborative and confidential relationship of trust with my clients.
"There is a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in"
by Leonard Cohen
I have undergone extensive training and have many years of experience in working with trauma. The ways I work with trauma is a method called EMDR an acknowledged safe and effective method of working with trauma to reduce many of the debilitating effects (recommended in the N.I.C.E. guidelines). I also work with the methods promoted by Babette Rothschild (a psychotherapist with much experience and expertise in the field of trauma). These methods focus on the safety of the client to avoid re-traumatisation. I have worked for many years with adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse, physical abuse, emotional/psychological abuse and domestic abuse. I have also much experience of working with developmental trauma, attachment disorders, dissociation and bereavement. I am passionate about my work with abused and traumatised people and will work ethically to ease the distress and effects including flashbacks, nightmares and panic attacks.
I have experience of working with trauma in many different areas including road traffic accidents and traumatic bereavement. Although I have specialised in working with abuse and trauma I also have much experience of working with many other areas such as depression, low self-esteem, phobias and relationship issues and find there is often a crossover between issues.
I offer therapy to individuals. As an EMDR Consultant I offer clinical supervision to EMDR therapists
Training, qualifications & experience
EMDR Europe Accredited Consultant
MA in Psychotherapy
Post Graduate Diploma level 7 in Humanistic Counselling and Psychotherapy
Cascade Diploma in Clinical Supervision
Attachment Focused Therapy with Laurel Parnell
Dissociation eg DID with Sandra Paulsen
Dissociaiton with Louise MacKinney
Somatic therapy with Sandra Paulsen
Accredited and Registered BACP member
Extensive training in PTSD, C-PTSD, trauma and abuse including Babette Rothschild training.
Many years of experience of working with adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse, also physical and emotional abuse in childhood.
Many years of experience of working with the effects of Domestic Abuse, including trauma and changing unhealthy relationship patterns.
C-PTSD Relational and developmental trauma
Many years of working with trauma in different areas including road traffic accidents, bereavement and veterans
Many years experience of supervising groups and individuals
Extensive training in many areas of psychotherapy.
Member organisations
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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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Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Trauma
Flashbacks/nightmares
Dissociation
Developmental / Relational Trauma
Attachment disorder
Birth trauma
Relationship issues
General anxiety disorder
Road Traffic Accidents
Therapies offered
Fees
£75.00 per session
Additional information
Venues: Magnolia House, Centre for Health and Wellbeing, Neath
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Further information
Clinical supervision is also available for counsellors, psychotherapists, trainee counsellors and those working in the caring professions.
