Lorna Slade
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This professional is available for new clients.
About me
I am a psychotherapist, clinical hypnotherapist and Attachment-Focused EMDR practitioner. I specialise in psychological and emotional healing from narcissistic abuse.
I also offer therapy for grief; anxiety; depression; low self-esteem; low confidence; chronic anger; family estrangement.
First contact
Please feel free to email me in the first instance to tell me about your situation and goals for therapy. After that we would arrange to speak on the telephone for five minutes and potentially book an assessment session.
The assessment will last for 1.5 hours and cover your presenting issue(s), your childhood, your goals for therapy and how I work. If we feel we have a good rapport, and if I believe I can help you, we will set a time to meet on a regular basis.
My approach and experience
I take an integrative approach using a range of therapeutic approaches including EMDR and Attachment-Focused EMDR. I am empathic and non-judgemental but also results-oriented, as I recognise that you want to make a real and lasting change.
The type of therapy that I offer also includes psychoeducation and work between sessions, so I ask for a degree of commitment to and preparedness for that. Therapy is not a linear process and requires the courage to look deeper into ourselves and our relationships. That process might leave us feeling more upset for a time, before a corner is turned.
My aim is that you will become your own therapist for the long-term and achieve greater levels of peace, clarity, self-love and self-acceptance.
Specialism
I specialise in emotional and psychological recovery for those who have been brought up by a narcissistic parent; who are currently involved with a narcissist in a relationship, or experiencing the after-effects of a break-up with a narcissist.
Narcissistic abuse is complicated to describe. This type of abuse is exquisitely designed to turn the target against themselves. Some of the many impacts include a deep sense of not being 'good enough', foundational anxiety, an over-focus on others, unworthiness, sadness and loneliness. Success, especially in career terms will likely bring out impostor syndrome and, in life, an inability to plan for the long-term and a sense that something bad is waiting around the corner.
The insidious nature of narcissistic abuse means a victim can fail to recognise what's going on, sometimes for decades, but it's never too late to seek help.
See my interview about healing from narcissistic abuse on Phoenix Radio's Mental Health Matters podcast Episode 15, September 2016:
http://bit.ly/2cxPkau.
See my blog for the Counselling Directory:
https://www.counselling-directory.org.uk/blog/2018/06/26/narcissists-as-parents-and-children/
For a more detailed description of narcissistic abuse and whether it applies to you, visit my website at https://innerworks-therapy.com
Method of counselling
I solely offer Skype counselling as people communicate as much through their body language as they do verbally.
I am fully CRB checked and insured, a registered member of the BACP and an accredited member of the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society. I am on a register that has been accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
Training, qualifications & experience
Advanced Professional Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling (Ad Pro Dip PC) National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society; Diploma in Hypnotherapy and Counselling Skills (Dip Hyp CS) National Hypnotherapy Society.
- MBACP Registered
- Applied EFT Level 2 (Practitioner) certificate
- EMDR Certified Practitioner, EMDR Centre London
- Advanced workshop training with Dr Laurel Parnell in Attachment-Focused EMDR for healing relational trauma and adults abused in childhood
- Member of the Parnell Institute
- I undertake regular CPD training with acknowledged experts in the field of complex trauma and of narcissistic abuse
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.
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.
The National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society
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In 2013 the NCS register was accredited by the Professional Standards Authority under the Accredited Voluntary Register Scheme. 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.
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
Fees
£75.00 per session
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
£90.00 for the first 1.5 hr consultation. Thereafter £75.00 for daytime appointments. £90.00 for one-hour EMDR sessions
Cancellation within 48 hours of the session will incur the full fee.
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