Luz Locatelli Dalimier MBACP. PhD, AFBPsS; CPsychol; PGCert Training
About me
I am a Counsellor and Psychotherapist completing my doctorate in Sport Sciences at the University of Granada, Spain and I also hold a bachelor in Psychology and Psychotherapy training in Argentina.
I am a member of the following organisations: British Psychological Society (BPS) registered as Chartered Psychologist (CPsychol), Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society (AFBPsS) and a Membership of British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP). I have received additional training in EMDR, CBT, DBT and Systemic family therapy.
I have significant experience working in with outpatients and inpatients who are struggling with anxiety, depression, OCD, mood difficulties and sports performance, transition to professionalism or injuries rehabilitation. I am also works with complex PTSD and childhood trauma. I am experienced in CBT but is integrative in her treatment approach and I am strong experience working with high-performance sport teams and athletes, adults and young people in three different countries (Argentina, Spain and England).
I have books and articles published in the area of sports, anxiety and wellbeing. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Luz_Locatelli_Dalimier2. I am actually Leeds City College wellbeing and counselling team leader.
Training, qualifications & experience
Qualifications
- Counselling and Psychotherapy
- PhD Sport Sciences; BSc (Hons); MBACP; AFBPsS; CPsychol; PGCert
Training
- CBT
- EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing)
- Systemic family therapy
- Anxiety
- Depression
- OCD
- Mood Difficulties
- PTSD
- Personality disorder
- Trauma
- Attachment issues
- Sport Psychotherapist (performance anxiety, injuries rehabilitation, low performance, sport retirement and performance difficulties, transition to professionalism).
- Young people
- Adults
Experience
I have been working as a Psychotherapist for 15 years in Argentina, Spain and UK. I offer counselling in English or Spanish.
I completed my Psychotherapist training and I also finished my PhD in the area of anxiety and athletes publishing books and articles in relation with stress and anxiety management in young athletes.
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Luz_Locatelli_Dalimier2
I have worked in educational and sport institutions in three different countries. In England I taught Psychology at Leeds Beckett University and University of Bradford (Cognitive Psychology, Research Methods and Developmental Psychology modules).
I am currently a Wellbeing and Counselling Team Leader at Leeds City College.
My interventions are mainly focused in trauma, self harming, depression and anxiety disorders and I use CBT, EMDR, NLP, person center and systemic techniques.
I also prepare athletes to improve sport performance, sport retirement, professionalism process and to recover from injuries.
I work with adults, young people, athletes and sport or educational institutions.
Member organisations
British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
BACP is one of the UK’s largest professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy. Therapists registered with the Association fall into a number of different membership categories such as Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP and Registered Member MBACP (Accred), each standing for different levels of training and experience. MBACP (Accred) and MBACP (Snr Accred) members have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by the Association.
Registered members can be found on the BACP Register, which was the first register to achieve Accredited Voluntary Register status issued by the Professional Standards Authority. Individual Members will have completed an appropriate counselling and/or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but will not appear on the BACP Register until they've progressed to Registered Member MBACP status.
All members are bound by a Code of Ethics & Practice and a Complaints Procedure. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
Accredited register membership
Accredited Register Scheme
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Sport Psychotherapy. Transition of young athletes to professionalism, injuries rehabilitation, performance anxiety, performance improvement.
Therapies offered
Fees
From £60
