About me
Personal Details and Background Information:
Married with 3 Children, Lorraine has run her own successful businesses with her husband for over 30 years, employing in excess of 100 people. During this time she acquired excellent inter-personal skills and also qualified as a Law Society Mediator. She trained initially as a Counsellor, and later went on to achieve a Post Graduate Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. For the last 5+ years she has been working in NHS Primary Care GP surgeries, and recently received acknowledgement as the highest achieving therapist in her team, for both her successful client clinical outcomes and positive patient feedback.
Clinical Experience and Specialisms:
Working since 2007, she began her clinical experience in a Refuge for victims of domestic violence, and later as a counsellor for a large school in Sevenoaks, treating young adolescents for anxiety and depression. She later took up a full time post with the NHS in an IAPT Compliant Team specialising in a diverse range of client issues, primarily using CBT and Person Centred models for all major anxiety disorders, including panic disorder, health & social anxiety, OCD, GAD, phobias, body dysmorphia and eating disorders. She has particular extensive experience working with PTSD, depression using behavioural activation, humanistic counselling for grief, low self-esteem and relationship issues and CBT techniques for young adolescents.
She later undertook additional training in EMDR and specialises in all forms of trauma focused work. She has worked with children from the age of 12 upwards, couples for many years, and also family therapy.
Lorraine works holistically using her multiple skills and specialises in short-term solution focused treatment plans for her private clients.
She has been working in private practice for over 11 years. Please visit her Website to review client testimonials.
Training, qualifications & experience
Qualifications:
- Counselling Skills (Basic Counselling) - Level 2
- Further Certificate in Counselling & Theory - Level 3
- Advanced Diploma in Humanistic Counselling (BACP Accredited Course)
- CBT Skills Training – Canterbury University - Merit Pass
- Post Graduate Diploma Cognitive Behaviour Therapy High Intensity (Merit Examination Pass and Distinction Pass for client recordings) (BABCP Accredited Course)
- ADR Group Accredited Mediator
- Accredited EMDR Trained
- Accreditation Awarded BACP 1st August 2011 & BABCP 27th September 2012
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.
Accredited register membership
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£75.00 - £120.00
Health Insurance/EAP
Further information
Lorraine Williams is an Accredited Cognitive Behavioural Therapist (BABCP) and BACP Accredited Counsellor with extensive experience specialising in CBT and trauma-focused therapy.
She has worked for over 15 years across NHS Primary Care and private practice, supporting adults, adolescents and families with a wide range of psychological difficulties.
Lorraine has particular expertise in treating PTSD and complex trauma, drawing on evidence-based CBT approaches alongside EMDR and humanistic models to provide effective, compassionate care. Her work is informed by significant clinical experience within NHS IAPT services, where she was recognised for outstanding clinical outcomes and patient feedback.
Lorraine is known for her warm, collaborative style and for developing structured, short-term, solution-focused treatment plans tailored to each client’s individual needs.
