Trauma Counselling

Traumatic events can be overwhelming and frightening and can leave a person feeling very anxious and stressed with long-lasting and disabling effects.

Counselling and psychotherapy can help with traumas by helping you :

understand your responses to the traumatic event.
deal with the effects of trauma eg nightmares and flashbacks.
relieve accompanying symptoms eg depression, anxiety and loss of confidence.

NICE* guidelines currently recommend a course of trauma-focussed psychological treatment using both CBT** and EMDR***

I offer :

both CBT and EMDR. (I hold a certificate in EMDR accredited by EMDR Europe.)
an initial free consultation to find out more about trauma counselling and whether this would be suitable for you.
sessions of 60 to 90 minutes duration.
daytime and early evening appointments.

*	National Institute for Clinical Excellence
**	Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
**	Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing
	(More information on EMDR can be obtained from www.emdrnetwork.org)

"....whenever I have spoken about the incident I have been very anxious.

Now I can run through it and feel quite relaxed."

(Following EMDR treatment.)