Lynda Foster
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This professional is available for new clients.
About me
I help people heal the hurts of traumatic experiences, childhood trauma or toxic parenting. Do you feel stuck coping with the impacts of the past in your life today? And do you struggle to maintain healthy relationships with your family?
I'm trained to work with most trauma, but have a special interest in childhood trauma and toxic parenting.
It's not you.
All parents make mistakes. But childhood trauma can happen when the people meant to look after us, don't do a good enough job. The ways that you needed to adapt to survive the past, may be keeping you stuck in the present. Toxic parenting (whatever the reason) is a neglect of responsibility and a gross betrayal of trust.
Yet, you're left to cope with the impacts of what happened in your childhood.
But there is hope for recovery.
NB: Of course not all trauma/childhood trauma is related to toxic parenting so it's still possible to work with me.
How I help
My trauma therapy, including childhood trauma, encourages development in three areas; awareness, healing, and growth.
My approach is varied because there isn't one way that works for everyone. But there are common themes which crop up for most survivors of trauma/childhood trauma. And I work with clients to explore and address these. They include; emotional dysregulation, relationship issues, and other areas that relate to PTSD/complex trauma/complex PTSD.
In trauma, safety has been compromised, so building trust and safety in therapy is vital. I work with you to develop a working relationship that allows you to feel comfortable enough for trauma work to begin.
As we progress, my mission is to help you explore and process your experience but not to relive it. Wanting to avoid painful feelings is very common. So, I help you come to terms with your experiences and feelings about what happened to you. This includes understanding your beliefs, where they come from, and why they're keeping you stuck.
In later therapy, I help you work on accepting your experience. A key part of this is separating it from your sense of self. As we work on developing your awareness, behaviour associated with surviving the past can become less powerful and have less influence on your present behaviour.
My hope towards the end of our work, is that your past has less impact on your present. And that you feel more hopeful and confident about the future.
Reaching out for support is a big step. Why not start with a free call to discover more about how I could help.
Training, qualifications & experience
After years of struggling with toxic family relationships, I discovered the power of therapy myself.
I got myself trained and now have PG Diploma in Integrative Psychotherapy so that I can work with clients to help them overcome their own traumatic experiences.
I also have further specialist training in trauma-informed therapy, and am a 'Professional Accredited' member of NCPS (equivalent to BACP accredited membership).
I have worked with various charities across Nottinghamshire and in my private practice. Before training as a therapist, I was a Uni lecturer for many years.
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
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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 This Not For Profit association of counsellors and psychotherapists aim to support the counselling profession, members and training organisations. 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
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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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Complex trauma/PTSD
Therapies offered
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Fees
£60.00 per session
Free initial telephone session
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I only work between the hours of 9-4pm.
Further information
I look forward to hearing from you and welcome your enquiries about working with me. Please do email me or call and leave me a message. If I don't respond to your call/email straightaway it might be outside my working hours or I could be with another client but I aim to respond to your call/email within 1 working day.
I am unable to provide crisis support. If you are in crisis, please call the Samaritans on: 116 123 or NHS 111.
