Dr Rosemary Gomes
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About me
I am a compassionate and insightful mental health professional possessing a broad range of clinical experience with people with mental health conditions. I have gained this from over 15 years of working in NHS settings and over 5 years in private practice.
Through working in multiple children's services, I am specialised in providing interventions for children with disabilities and their families, including working with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). I am passionate about supporting neurodivergent. individuals therapeutically with tailored interventions around their mental health needs. Additionally, I have expertise and confidence in treating adult mental health difficulties in a wide range of people across different stages of life and with varied presenting problems. I am open and aware in my communication. I am skilled at interacting when information is complex or sensitive.
Areas of interest:
- Family difficulties
- Neuro-developmental disabilities
- Autism
- Childhood
- Low self-esteem
- Anxiety
- Trauma
- Depression
- Behavioural interventions
- Parent-child work
- Relational difficulties
- Long-term health conditions
- Complex grief reactions and bereavement
Training, qualifications & experience
- 2015 - Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, Salomons Centre for Applied Psychology, Canterbury Christ Church University
- 2003 - BSc Psychology, 2:1, Royal Holloway, University of London
- 2022, 2023 - EMDR therapist (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4)
- 2021 - Bond Solon Excellence in Report Writing (1 day training)
- 2021 - Bond Solon Courtroom Skills (1 day training)
- 2020 - Foundation Course in Systemic Practice Module 2
- 2019 - Foundation Course in Systemic Practice Module 1
- 2019 - Positive Behavioural Support (PBS) Certificate from BILD
Member organisations
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£150.00 - £250.00
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
- Individual sessions £150
- Couples therapy £200
- Family therapy £250
When I work
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I offer in person therapy on Mondays and on Friday afternoons and I offer video call therapy on Tuesdays and Friday mornings.
Further information
Therapeutic Approaches
I work integratively across several evidence-based psychological models:
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) - A form of therapy focusing on your thoughts, feelings and behaviours and how these connect together. We may notice how your thinking, mental images or memories can keep certain behaviours going or can impact on your mood. We may experiment with cognitive or behavioural strategies to try to modify some of these.
Family/Systemic Model - I will draw on systems theory to broaden the focus of the treatment from you as an individual to the family and social context. We will look at how relationships, patterns of interaction and communications shape your experiences. We will examine how problems have arisen in an interpersonal context and may have been impacted by wider frameworks such as expectations of culture or gender.
Psychodynamic Model - We will use our therapeutic relationship to understand your symptoms and how they relate to your early history, development and current relationships. We will use unconscious communications as well as what is spoken in the therapy room to inform our work.
Narrative Therapy - We will use curiosity in examining and understanding the stories and narratives that make up your life, what stories are dominant and perhaps disempowering, what stories are less well-developed and could be explored to develop an alternative narrative with richer resources and possibilities.
Motivational Interviewing - A style of counselling which is highly effective in working through the change process in addictions or other destructive behaviours. Using empathy, reflective listening and collaboration, we will nonjudgementally explore your values, beliefs and the ambivalence that may be preventing you from making positive changes.
I am passionate about using evidence-based psychological techniques that are grounded in a tailored understanding of a person’s distress. I do this by constructing and continually refining a formulation to make sense of someone’s difficulties, drawing on both theoretical models and information that presents during therapy. I am thoughtful about societal context and mindful of macro forces such as technology, social class and economic climate, and how these influence mental well-being. I am proactive and enthusiastic about achieving successful therapy outcomes. I work to build trust and create hope where it has been lost.
