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Specialises in

• Applied Relaxation
• Behavioural Couples Therapy
• CBT with Exposure and Response Prevention (CBT with ERP)
• Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT)

• Counselling
• Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR)
• Family Therapy
• Mindfulness based CBT

• Motivational Interviewing
• Short Term Psychodynamic Therapy
• Solution Focused Brief Therapy
• Trauma focused CBT

About me

Therapy to Heal, Strengthen and Restore

I am a Registered Clinical Psychologist with seventeen years experience in helping individuals improve their mental health.

After working for many years in the NHS (as an anxiety/ depression specialist) I now have a thriving full time psychology practice face to face and over Skype. I see clients for a whole range of difficulties, mild to severe, short to long term.

These include difficulties such as repairing poor self esteem, recovering post divorce, overcoming anxiety, overcoming bullying/ abuse, beating depression, improving relationships, escaping emotional eating, supporting recovery in CFS/M.E and supporting couples/ individuals in their infertility journey.

Please see my website doctorabigail.co.uk for many blog videos I have produced on What is Therapy? How Does Therapy Work? and other subjects such as depression, couple counselling and anxiety.

My approach embodies values of connection, compassion, respect and support. My therapeutic stance offers a practical, clear plan towards recovery and mental well being.

I draw from a multitude of different therapeutic approaches all outlined in the NICE guidelines including CBT, Mindfulness, ACT and CFT, EMDR as well as many other approaches.

Through guided discovery I would work alongside you by applying my psychological understanding to your life struggles. Through this approach, you would gain insight into how to heal and will be given practical tools to empower your recovery.

Please feel free to contact me if you are unsure about therapy, or if you have any questions. I am happy to provide a fifteen minute telephone consult with no obligation to book an appointment.

Training, qualifications & experience
Qualifications

Trainee in Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing Therapy
Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
Completed the British Psychological Society Approved Training to be a Clinical Supervisor (2014)
Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, University College London (2006)
BSc Honours (First Class) in Psychology, Cardiff, University of Wales


Teams I have worked:

Adult Mental Health - Primary Care (Worcestershire Healthy Minds, UK)
Adult Mental Health - (Sydney, Australia)
Adult Outpatient Psychology Team (London,UK)
Health Outpatient Psycholology (London,UK)
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Team (CAMHS: London U.K. & Sydney Australia)
Community Mental Health Team (CMHT: London, UK & Auckland NZ)
Older Adult Mental Health/ Neuropsych assessment (London, UK)
Adolescent Inpatient Unit (Mosely, UK)
Adolescent Forensic Service (Auckland, NZ)
School Liaison Team (London, UK)
CAMHS Developmental Assessment Team (Sydney, Australia)
Academic Psychological Research (London, UK)

Areas of interest

anxiety; depression; trauma; obesity issues; relationships; online therapy; Skype therapy; Couple therapy; adjustment disorders; Abortion, Abuse; ADHD; Affairs; betrayals; Attachment disorder; Bereavement; Binge-eating disorder; Bipolar disorder; Bullying;
Cancer; Career; Carer support; Chronic fatigue syndrome; ME; Depression; Emotional abuse; Family issues; Feeling sad; Generalised anxiety disorder; Infertility; Loneliness;Low self-confidence; Low self-esteem; Miscarriage;
Obsessive compulsive disorder; OCD; phobias;
Panic disorder; Passive aggressive behaviour;
Phobias; Physical abuse; Post-traumatic stress disorder; PTSD; Postnatal depression;
Pregnancy and birth; Redundancy; Relationship problems; Self-harm; Separation and divorce
Sexual abuse; Stress; Trauma; Work-related; stress

Specialist interests and expertise in the following physical conditions

• Eating disorders
• Gastrointestinal disorders

• Oncology

• Pain management

Offers

• Video and telephone consultations