Vanessa Contreras-Negretti
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About me
I am an experienced, warm and compassionate, qualified psychologist trained at doctoral level and offering psychological therapy primarily in East London.
My practice focuses on delivering individual therapy to older teens and adults (16yrs and over) on a one-to-one basis.
In my sessions I offer a safe, confidential and non-judgemental space, where you can speak freely about any issues affecting you.
I specialise in the use of transformative approaches such as EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) with ego state interventions, in order to compassionately and effectively work with a wide range of clients, in particular with those who may present with complex needs, often due to early life adversity, developmental trauma or attachment injuries.
I also have formal training and experience in specific core modalities such as: Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (which focuses on the links between thoughts behaviour and emotion) and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy (which aims to bring into conscious awareness true, deep-rooted feelings in order to resolve them). Therefore, as an integrative practitioner, I am able to work flexibly by assimilating the most useful elements from any of the above models in order to offer the most helpful, effective and relevant therapy according to the unique needs of each individual.
Sessions last 50 minutes and usually take place once a week with flexibility depending on your particular requirements.
Our first session will consist of an assessment session, where we will discuss the issues that bring you to therapy and how best to approach them going forward.
I can offer short term and longer term therapy depending on your specific needs.
Training, qualifications & experience
QUALIFICATIONS
- HCPC Registered Practitioner Psychologist.
- Chartered member of British Psychological Society (CPsychol)
- Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society (AFBPsS)
- Professional Doctorate in Counselling Psychology
- EMDR Europe and EMDR UK Accredited Practitioner, member of EMDR UK.
- Level 1 (CORE) EMDR Child & Adolescent Training.
- Masters Degree in Psychology
- Master's Degree in Investigative and Forensic Psychology
- Master's Degree in Cognitive Neuropsychology
- BA Linguistics
SPECIALIST TRAINING
- Working with EMDR and Dissociative Parts: Optimal Integration of Parts Models (EMDR Association East Anglia).
- EMDR & Parts work for Treating Complex Trauma: Somatic Techniques to Decrease Defensiveness and Facilitate Trauma Processing (PESI).
- Complex Trauma Certification Training Level 1&2 (CCTP/CCTPII) (PESI).
- Complete IFS Therapy Immersion: Integrating the Internal Family Systems Model Across Clinical Applications (PESI).
Intensive Trauma Treatment Course(PESI).
CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
My clinical experience spans a range of different services within the NHS as well as running my own private practice in East London.
I have experience working in Clinical Health within Occupational Heath providing psychological therapy to all hospital staff.
I have worked in IAPT services in primary care, dealing with mild to moderate difficulties, with a wide variety of presentations such as longstanding problems with depression, general anxiety, panic, obsessive compulsive disorder, phobias, social anxiety, pain management difficulties and PTSD.
My work in secondary care services has focused on more complex and enduring psychological issues, often presenting with an element of vulnerability or risk. In this capacity, I have generally worked in the area of mood, anxiety and personality difficulties with presentations such as treatment-resistant depression, long-standing OCD, complex trauma and personality disorders with a developmental and historical origin, among others.
I am a fully Accredited EMDR Europe and EMDR UK Practitioner and currently training towards becoming an EMDR Consultant.
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
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EMDR UK
EMDR Europe
British Psychological Society
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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
Specialisations and specific interests
I specialise in the area of trauma. My doctoral research focused on the experiences of operational stress and trauma among retired police officers in the U.K and of their psychological growth following adversity.
My clinical practice continues to have a focus on complex presentations such as PTSD, traumatic loss, abuse, traumatic grief, complex trauma and early childhood trauma and distress.
My primary approach as a trauma therapist is EMDR combined with ego state/parts work, which has proved both highly effective and deeply transformative for my clients. As such, I continue to attend further specialist training and supervision and I am currently working towards further accreditation as an EMDR Consultant.
Therapies offered
Fees
£100.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
Therapy fee schedule:
- Individual sessions (50 mins) £130
£90 (trainees)
- EMDR sessions (50 mins) £130
I am registered with a number of Private Health Insurers and accept clients funded by private healthcare.
Sessions are offered in person or via zoom depending on availability.
Supervision fee schedule:
- £95 (qualified practitioners)
- £80 (trainees)
BUPA, Aviva, Axa-PPP.
When I work
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Tuesdays 8am-4pm
Wednesdays 8am-4pm
Thursdays 8am-4pm
Fridays 8am-4pm
