Lisa Darnell
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About me
I am a UKCP accredited psychotherapist based in Lewes. With over 10 years' experience working privately and within the NHS, I offer brief and long-term psychotherapy to adolescents and adults experiencing anxiety and depression. I am also a fully-trained EMDR practitioner able to work with trauma and addiction.
My Lewes practice is based on Lewes High Street a few minutes' walk from the mainline train station. I have a special interest in working with parenting issues and childhood trauma.
Before I became a psychotherapist I worked as an editor, a literary agent and as a book publisher for a national newspaper.
Training, qualifications & experience
- MsC Psychotherapy (University of Brighton)
- PG Dip Psychodynamic Counselling (University of Brighton)
- Professional CBT training for counsellors (University of Sussex Counselling Services)
- EMDR training with Sandi Richman (Level 3)
- MA (Hons) History (University of Cambridge)
I am psychodyamically trained but integrate CBT and EMDR into my practice in order to offer the most effective form of therapy possible. Dependent on your individual need I can provide either short-term focused counselling or longer-term in-depth psychotherapy. Psychodynamic psychotherapy focuses on how experiences from early childhood impact on how we think and feel as adults. It allows us to think about our past and how we might change the way we feel in the here and now. CBT give us space to look at our negative thoughts and behaviours and learn how to spot and change them. EMDR is a body-based therapy which helps us to both early and recent traumatic experiences.
Member organisations
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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.
Universities Psychotherapy & Counselling Association
Accredited register membership
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Adoption Issues
Parenting
Men's issues
Late adolescence
Workplace conflicts
Boarding School Issues
EMDR
Anxiety
Trauma
PTSD
Therapies offered
Fees
£85.00 per session
Free initial telephone session
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