Lorraine Davis
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About me
Having the opportunity to talk about the difficulties you are experiencing in a space to reflect on what keeps you in a place of unhappiness, despair or distress can facilitate change.
Collaboratively, we will explore your relational patterns, family background, and current issues which provides opportunities to consider different ways of thinking and responding. Yet acknowledging the usefulness of these patterns and relational processes.
I believe that trauma, depression, obsessive ruminating thoughts, and anxiety stems from past relational experiences, which can produce unhelpful patterns in relationships with others and self. Some of this may be within your awareness and yet some maybe out of conscious awareness.
I am interested in working with you to try and understand what it is about the quality of relationships, with self and others, that is creating distress and unhappiness. We all have unique social, cultural and life experiences which influences our identity, sense of self, and patterns of relating. These experiences particularly if rooted in trauma, or unhealthy family systems, play a role in creating levels of despair and emotional problems.
Experience and Qualifications
An experienced, Integrative psychotherapist with an MSc Integrative Psychotherapy and registered with UKCP. I am not aligned to one approach and so I draw on a framework of different therapeutic models, theories and techniques which I use creatively and flexibly for each individual I work with.
I am qualified to offer couples work, if you are struggling to resolve conflict, stuck in toxic patterns of communication and behaviour, and your relationship has broken down.
Starting therapy
Contacting a therapist can be daunting. However, it is a misconception to think you can manage, and resolve your problems on your own. We all need help at times in life. So make that first step, and I am very happy to speak to you over the telephone or through e-mail contact if that is easier. We can discuss what therapy will involve, as well as what you want out of the sessions, without any obligation to set anything up.
Training, qualifications & experience
A qualified Integrative Psychotherapist, with an MSc Integrative Psychotherapy from Metanoia Training Institute London, a widely recognised leading training organisation in the UK.
I have a wide range of experience working with clients and their difficulties including: depression, relationship breakdowns, infidelity, anxiety, panic attacks, OCD, anger management, trauma from childhood, neurodiversity, autism, addiction, and bereavement.
I am a qualified supervisor, along with being qualified to undertake couples work also.
I have worked for over 10 years as a counsellor and psychotherapist in the Milton Keynes area, and for other counselling services too.
I am a registered member of UKCP (a leading UK registration body for psychotherapists) which promotes best practice, and registration is contingent on qualifying as a psychotherapist. I abide by their ethics and codes of practice. I am committed to continuing ongoing professional development.
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
Fees
From £65.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
My fees are £65 per hour for individuals whether daytime or evening.
For couples I charge £120.00 per session.
I can offer some discounted spaces the cost is too expensive for those on a low income and subject to my availability.
When I work
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Further information
I can offer appointments in the early evenings and during the daytime.
Appointments can either by made for online work or face to face work too.
