About me
I offer Couples Therapy in South Liverpool and across the UK online for partners who feel stuck in conflict, disconnected, or changed by a life transition. You may be successful and functioning but the energy to keep things together is exhausting and you feel depleted.
You get trapped having the same argument and feel unable to change or understand your partner. Your relationship is stressful or strained and it seems harder work to resolve and battle through than just ignoring or walking away. You numb, avoid or over function but these no longer bring relief. You want to find ease in your relationship and be able to talk about what really matters.
I also offer Individual Therapy and EMDR therapy to navigate relationship difficulties, trauma, loss, identity shifts, and the emotional impact of change. Life events have changed you and you're not sure who you are or what you want anymore; life feels like constant effort, constant self-protection, and very little relief. Sometimes there are traumas you need help to process, in order to find a way forwards without them weighing you down.
I help to slow things down so you can stop just coping and start feeling more like the person you used to trust yourself to be.
With nearly a decade of experience across the NHS, charitable sector and private practice, I gently help you understand yourself and name your needs, to build healthier, more fulfilling relationships - with yourself and others. I offer uniquely tailored sessions - online across the UK and internationally, or face-to-face in Liverpool.
Training, qualifications & experience
Qualifications
- Dramatherapy MA - University of Roehampton
- Systemic Family Practice PGDip - University of Manchester
- EMDR L1-3 - Robin Logie
- Psychology BSc - University of Liverpool
Work experience
- Lancaster University - Guest Lecturer and Marker - Ongoing
- Cheshire and Merseyside NHS Perinatal Mental Health teams - Systemic Family Practitioner/EMDR Therapist - 2023-2026
- Young Person's Advisory Service/Person Shaped Support - Dramatherapist/Systemic Family Practitioner/EMDR Therapist - 2018-2023
- Merseyside Youth Association - Youth Arts Worker - 2013-2015
Continuing Professional Development
- Developmental Model of Couples Therapy - Ongoing
- SFP and Family Therapy Development Day 2025
- Association of Family and Systemic Psychotherapy (AFSP) conference 2025 and 2024
- British Association of Dramatherapy Conference 2024 (presenting on working with conflict in therapy)
Online Trainings:
- EMDR & Parts Work for Treating Complex Trauma (Arielle Schwartz)
- Healing Betrayal Trauma & Grief (John and Julie Gottman & David Kessler)
- Advanced Somatic Trauma Treatment Method: Practical Tools for Clinicians (Linda Thai)
- Working with Mother-Daughter Relationships: Using the Mother-Daughter Attachment® Model (MDAM) for Healing and Empowerment (Rosjke Hasseldine)
- Treating Survivors of Coercive Control in Narcissistic Abuse: A Comprehensive Trauma-Based Treatment Model
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 HCPC are an independent, UK-wide health regulator. They set standards of professional training, performance and conduct for 16 professions.
They keep a register of health professionals who meet their standards, and they take action if registered health professionals fall below those standards. They were created by a piece of legislation called the Health Professions Order 2001.
Registration means that a health professional meets national standards for their professional training, performance and conduct.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
I specialise in offering couples therapy to those in the perinatal period (conception to babies' age around 2), helping to manage the transition and changes in the relationship dynamic.
Therapies offered
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Fees
£125.00 per session
Free initial online session
Additional information
Couples sessions - £150 per hour.
Evening sessions incur a £50 additional charge.
I hold some reduced-price slots - please enquire if this is needed.
I offer a free 30minute online or telephone chat - please enquire here or book via my website (www.naomibaterentherapy.com).
When I work
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Further information
I offer 30-minute introductory calls to see if we might be a good fit - please reach out here or book a call via my website www.naomibaterentherapy.com
