Rosie Smith
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This professional is currently not accepting new clients at this time.
This professional is currently not accepting new clients at this time.
About me
I am a warm and compassionate Counselling Psychologist. People seek therapy for many different reasons and whatever brings you to therapy, I offer a non-judgemental and welcoming space.
My main therapeutic approach is psychodynamic therapy, with a focus on attachment. Sometimes we can get stuck in unhelpful patterns, perhaps we keep running into difficulties in our relationships, perhaps we often feel overwhelmed by anxious feelings or perhaps it feels like low self-esteem is holding us back from living a full life. Often we know these things are damaging to us, but we can't seem to shift them. Psychodynamic therapy provides a space to reflect and make links between the present and our past, in order to make sense of why we feel this way. With this understanding, we can develop ways to move forward and to live a life that feels more free and full.
I have a perinatal specialism and I am a qualified Parent Infant Psychotherapist. I have a special interest, and much experience, in parenting, antenatal and postnatal related issues including anxiety around baby, low mood, worries about the relationship with the baby, birth trauma and baby loss.
I am also trained in cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). If clients are interested, I can incorporate elements of this model into the therapy. This might work particularly well for those who are coming to therapy for anxiety or low mood.
Training, qualifications & experience
I qualified as a Counselling Psychologist in 2010. I am registered with the HCPC (Health Care Professions Council) and I adhere to their code of conduct and ethical guidelines. I am also a qualified Parent Infant Psychotherapist.
I currently work as a Parent Infant Psychotherapist for a charity based in Dorset. I have worked in various roles within the NHS, including several adult eating disorder outpatient services and, most recently, in an inner-London child & adolescent mental health service (CAMHS). I have worked for a broad range of community organisations, such as a bereavement service, a women’s centre, several charities supporting vulnerable parents, Samaritans and more.
Member organisations
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Parent's difficulties in relationship with infant
Therapies offered
Fees
£70.00 per session
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I have more remote availability than listed above. If there is another time/day that would work better remotely, please do enquire.
Further information
I offer weekly 50 minute therapy sessions in bright modern rooms in central Hove, Brighton and also online. Please feel free to email me to book a free introductory telephone call (approx 15 minutes) to discuss what you are looking for.
