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Specialises in

• Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)
• Counselling

• Mindfulness based CBT

• Psychotherapy

Offers

• Video and telephone consultations

About me

Dr Berntsen is a Counselling Psychologist and Neuropsychologist with a background in cognitive neuroscience. She provides assessments and treatments for individuals of all ages and range of concerns.

Her therapeutic approach includes solution focused and short-term interventions such as CBT and mindfulness, and longer term interventions for attachment and trauma.

She has worked for CAMHS neurodevelopmental service, adult inpatient rehabilitation and recovery services focusing on EUPD, complex trauma and psychotic disorders, and private practice working with individual of all ages and with a broad range of challenges.

She also provides specialist treatments for the consequences of stroke, traumatic brain injury and neurodegenerative disorders using brain stimulation (TMS and tACS), quantitative electroencephalogram (qEEG) and EEG Neurofeedback.

Areas of interest

Mood disorders, anxiety disorders, neurodevelopmental disorders (ASD and ADHD), OCD, trauma and PTSD, relational and attachment problems, eating disorders, oppositional defiance, neurodegenerative conditions, strokes and traumatic brain injuries.

Minimum age 7

CBT, ACT, DBT, mindfulness based interventions, motivational interviewing, psychotherapeutic approaches: Adlerian, Psychodynamic, REBT

Specialist interests and expertise in the following physical conditions

• Eating disorders

• Neurological disorders

• Psychophysiological disorders