Trauma specific therapies
When we have experienced trauma it can feel as though the past won’t leave us alone. It can be scary and frustrating to feel that our feelings are ruled by events that happened a long time ago. Our relationships and behaviours get impacted. It is hard to live well in the present when the fear in our bodies won’t go away. Sometimes there are traumas in our lives that we don’t remember because as babies and very young children we are super alert to threat, storing sensory information about safety and threat especially in the relationships with those we rely on.
Often, within the lives of our families, there is unprocessed trauma, loss and grief, so that the emotions we feel are more than just our own.
Deep sadness, anxiety, anger, guilt and shame, numbness, overwhelm, a sense of feeling stuckness or emptiness. These feeling make sense when we understand our system’s response to trauma, loss and grief. Therapists know this, and work with you to gently support your feelings and your relationship to your memories.
Trauma and Attachment informed therapists work at the pace you need so that therapy is safe. Your relationship with your therapist will support your journey so think of it as a working relationship where your therapist is your guide with tools to support a journey living better no matter what has happened n our lives.
Meet the Team
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Ellie Smale
TRAUMA AND ATTACHMENT THERAPIST
Ellie supports people to live free from the self-limitting thoughts, feelings and sensations that trauma leaves us struggling to cope with.
She is trained to layer the elements of the best trauma therapies to bring about change quickly.
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Alison Green
COUNSELLOR
Alison’s approach is person-centred which means she help you to find your own, individual way forward. She has a special interest in attachment & trauma, working in a trauma-informed way that ensures you feel safe and in control of your post-traumatic recovery.
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Anne Raw
COUNSELLOR
Anne’s approach combines care, listening, empathy and evidence-based techniques to help you talk about what matters most. She works with you so that you better understand your emotions and discover new ways to help you find your footing again.
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Jackie Coombs
PSYCHODYNAMIC THERAPIST
Jackie has a wealth of experience supporting people who have suffered from depression, anxiety, relational and relationship issues, and people who are recovering from addiction. She is trained in EMDR, which can treat trauma as well as phobias and other anxiety disorders.
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Imogen Powell
INTEGRATIVE THERAPIST
Imogen believes that all human beings have the potential to experience personal peace despite the cards they were dealt with at birth and/or through their lives. She has a bredth of experience supporting people of all ages and situations.
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Rebecca Neale
PSYCHODYNAMIC THERAPIST
Rebecca has a wealth of experience and training in psychodynamic therapies, understanding how people’s experiences influence the way they think, feel, and behave. She has paerticular experience working with mothers and young children.
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Ciaran Febers
INTEGRATIVE THERAPIST
As an integrative therapist, Ciaran’s approach is influenced by a range of therapeutic approaches. He draws on elements of transactional analysis, psychodynamic theory, and cognitive behavioural therapy whilst seeing therapu as something he develop together with clients.