About me
Most of the people I see have been holding it together for a long time. From the outside, they look fine, often more than fine. Inside, they are tired, on edge, or quietly stuck in patterns they can see clearly but can't seem to shift.
If that sounds familiar, my work might be a fit. I help adults and adolescents (11+) work with stress, anxiety, trauma, and the relationship patterns that don't seem to change even when life on the surface gets better.
About my work
A lot of clients arrive saying some version of "I shouldn't be struggling like this." They have careers, friends, and responsibilities they show up for. What they don't have is a clear sense of why rest feels unsafe, why the same kind of relationship keeps repeating, and why their thinking won't switch off at 2am.
That gap between how things look and how they feel usually points to something underneath. An attachment pattern that started early. A nervous system that learned to stay alert. Trauma that got tucked away because there wasn't space for it at the time. None of that is a flaw. It is a set of strategies that worked, and kept working, until they didn't.
My job is to help you understand those strategies properly, soften them where that helps, and let your system know it can ease off.
What I work with
• Trauma and post-traumatic stress, including complex and developmental trauma.
• Anxiety, chronic overwhelm, and the kind of background hum that won't switch off.
• Burnout, perfectionism, and the exhaustion of always being the capable one.
• Attachment patterns, anxious or avoidant or both, keep showing up in relationships.
• Low self-worth, a harsh inner critic, the sense of never quite trusting yourself.
• Difficulties that feel out of proportion to anything specific you can name.
How I work
My practice is trauma-informed and relational. The approaches I draw on most are EMDR, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Brainspotting, and Schema Therapy.
EMDR helps process experiences that still feel emotionally loaded, including ones you thought you had put behind you. It works with how memory is held in the body, not just with the story.
Brainspotting is a gentle version of EMDR that helps to heal experiences in life through eye positioning and focuses on the brain and the body.
IFS is a way of working with the different parts of you. The part that pushes hard. The part that withdraws. The inner critic. The protector. Once you understand what each one is trying to do, things get less stuck.
Schema Therapy is for the longer-running patterns. People pleasing, over--functioning, self doubt, and perfectionism. The patterns that insight alone doesn't seem to shift.
Which approach we lean on depends on what you bring. With clients who live mostly in their head, we slow things down and bring the body in. With clients who feel flooded, we build steadiness before going near anything difficult. The pace stays yours.
Background
Over a decade of clinical experience. Within the NHS I have worked in Talking Therapies, Veterans Services, and Complex Emotional Needs services. BABCP accredited. Registered with EMDR UK.
Sessions
Face to face in Wiltshire and online across the UK. I also offer EMDR Intensives and Equine Facilitated Therapy.
If anything here sounds like you, you are welcome to book a free initial call. It is a short conversation about what is bringing you in and whether working together feels right.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am a trained CBT Therapist with a Postgraduate Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy from the University of Reading. CBT is where my work started, and it still shapes how I think about thoughts, behaviour and the patterns people get stuck in. Over time, my practice has moved further into trauma and the body, which is where most of it sits now.
Alongside CBT, I have trained extensively in:
EMDR
EMDR 2.0
Attachment-informed EMDR
IFS informed EMDR
Child and Adolescent EMDR
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Schema Therapy
Brainspotting
Equine Psychotherapy
This range matters because clients don't arrive needing the same thing. Some come to process a specific event. For others, the difficulty started long before they had words for it, and we need slower, attachment-aware work to get anywhere useful.
Younger clients often need a different approach again, which is why I trained specifically in Child and Adolescent EMDR. And some people need parts work, the IFS approach, to understand the inner critic or the protector that has been running things for years.
Beyond formal training, I have over a decade of clinical experience. Within the NHS, I have worked in Talking Therapies, Veterans Services, and Complex Emotional Needs services. I am BABCP accredited and registered with EMDR UK.
Member organisations
The BABCP is the lead organisation for Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in the UK. Membership is open to anyone with an interest in the practice, theory or development of CBT. BABCP also provides accreditation for CBT therapists. BABCP accredited members adhere to the Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics in the Practice of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies, and are willing to be scrutinised in this adherence as required.
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
I am also experienced in working with military veterans and complex PTSD and complex trauma.
Therapies offered
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Fees
£100.00 per session
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
Next Steps
If you’re feeling exhausted, stuck, or not quite yourself, you don’t have to navigate it alone. Therapy can help you uncover what’s going on beneath the surface and guide you back to feeling like yourself again.
📩 [Get in touch to book a consultation]—let’s explore what healing could look like for you.
Fees to be payable in advance. £100 for appointments. Face-to-face appointments are at Lifeworks Office Community, Winsley, Wiltshire only.
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Further information
If you would like to book a free online consultation or book an appointment please use this booking link.
www.philipbrucetherapy.co.uk
