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Specialises in

• Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)

• Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR)

• Psychotherapy

Offers

• Video and telephone consultations

About us

I am a Clinical Psychologist and my specialist field is the impact of violence, particularly domestic violence or sexual violence, on women's mental health. I am Director of Domestic Violence Training Limited and an honorary Research Fellow in the Centre for Academic Primary Care, Bristol Medical School. I am qualified to make clinical assessments of mental health, to use diagnostic criteria of the American Psychiatric Association and to offer therapeutic interventions according to my assessment. I am an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society and a full member of the Division of Clinical Psychology. I have worked with adult victims of physical violence, sexual violence and childhood abuse for over 30 years and specialise in trauma and experiential therapy. I am clinical supervisor for staff experiencing secondary effects of trauma and am an authority on Focussed Expressive Psychotherapy. I use a number of therapeutic models, including cognitive behavioural therapy and experiential therapy. I have trained in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing). I have developed my own model of therapy for victims of domestic violence, Psychological Advocacy Towards Healing (PATH), which was subjected to a randomised controlled trial in Cardiff and Bristol and about which papers were published in November 2018.
I supervise and train a variety of professionals, especially health and mental health staff and those in the third sector. My teaching experience includes four years as a lecturer in adult education at the University of Leicester, with a seat on the examiners board. I have published in professional journals and have written book chapters. I have presented papers at scientific meetings in the UK and USA, trained on domestic violence in Russia and consulted on trafficking in Nigeria. My PhD research was on Therapist-Client Relationships and during which I developed ARM (Agnew Relationship Measure), now used internationally as a relationship index.

Areas of interest

Clinical Psychologist specialising in the impact of violence and abuse on Women's Mental Health;
Specialises in the psychological effects of violence, domestic violence, sexual violence, psychological abuse and childhood abuse;
Qualified to make clinical Assessments of Mental Health;
Qualified to use Diagnostic Criteria of the American Psychiatric Association;
Uses therapeutic Interventions;
Trauma and Experiential Therapy;
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy;
Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR);

Medical secretaries

• Cal Freestone
• 12 Hook Road Surbiton KT6 5BH
• 020 8399 4504
• 07939 224818
• Cal@dvtltd.com