ABOUT ME
I am a Chartered Psychologist (DClinPsy qualified) with over 18 years of experience of working within the mental health field, (NHS, Private Practice and charitable organisations). I now work exclusively online in private practice.
I offer an approach that is warm, flexible and non-judgemental with an emphasis on collaboration between us. Your experiences / feelings are yours alone, but I will try to meet you at the place that you are at, in a compassionate, curious, & non-threatening way. My work is to help you reach / achieve your goals to help you live the best life that you can.
Having qualified as a Clinical Psychologist, I have been trained in a variety of different treatment approaches, all with a solid evidence-base, and for a variety of mental health difficulties. I have chosen to specialize in the following: Anxiety, Depression, OCD, Phobias, and Trauma (historic childhood sexual / physical / emotional abuse & adult domestic abuse).
The approaches I use within our work together depends on our initial formulation (where we work out together: why things may be as they are, what may have led to this, what is keeping things as they are, and what may be blocking any positive movement). The approaches that I use include: Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) and 3rd wave approaches such as Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT), Compassion Focussed Therapy (CFT) as well as Brief Solution Focussed Therapy (BSFT).
I obtained my Doctorate in Clinical Psychology in 2004 at the University of East Anglia. Since my DClinPsy qualification, I have worked for the NHS and in the Private Sector. I now work exclusively online in private practice, typically from my clinic room in South West France.
I am a Chartered member of the British Psychological Society. Since my clinic is based in SW France, I am registered as a Psychologue Clinicienne (Clinical Psychologist) with the french medical / allied health professionals register (Agence Régionale de la Santé – ADELI number: 179304480). Unlike the UK, where only certain psychologist titles e.g. Clinical Psychologist, are regulated by the HCPC, the french government regulates all usage of the title ‘Psychologist’.
Please feel free to check out my credentials at:
http://www.bps.org.uk/bpslegacy/lcm
https://www.nouvelle-aquitaine.ars.sante.fr/psychologues-psychotherapeutes-et-ostheopathes-en-nouvelle-aquitaine (Registration is under my previous surname Leplat)
I now work exclusively online,
SERVICES
I specialise in the following:
Adult
Anxiety
Panic Attacks
OCD
Depression
C-PTSD
Trauma (Historic Childhood Abuse & Domestic Abuse)
Children / Adolescents
Anxiety
Panic Attacks
OCD
Childhood Sexual Abuse (if your child is now safe)
I am a Chartered Psychologist (DClinPsy qualified) with over 18 years of experience of working within the mental health field, (NHS, Private Practice and charitable organisations). I now work exclusively online in private practice.
I offer an approach that is warm, flexible and non-judgemental with an emphasis on collaboration between us. Your experiences / feelings are yours alone, but I will try to meet you at the place that you are at, in a compassionate, curious, & non-threatening way. My work is to help you reach / achieve your goals to help you live the best life that you can.
Having qualified as a Clinical Psychologist, I have been trained in a variety of different treatment approaches, all with a solid evidence-base, and for a variety of mental health difficulties. I have chosen to specialize in the following: Anxiety, Depression, OCD, Phobias, and Trauma (historic childhood sexual / physical / emotional abuse & adult domestic abuse).
The approaches I use within our work together depends on our initial formulation (where we work out together: why things may be as they are, what may have led to this, what is keeping things as they are, and what may be blocking any positive movement). The approaches that I use include: Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) and 3rd wave approaches such as Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT), Compassion Focussed Therapy (CFT) as well as Brief Solution Focussed Therapy (BSFT).
I obtained my Doctorate in Clinical Psychology in 2004 at the University of East Anglia. Since my DClinPsy qualification, I have worked for the NHS and in the Private Sector. I now work exclusively online in private practice, typically from my clinic room in South West France.
I am a Chartered member of the British Psychological Society. Since my clinic is based in SW France, I am registered as a Psychologue Clinicienne (Clinical Psychologist) with the french medical / allied health professionals register (Agence Régionale de la Santé – ADELI number: 179304480). Unlike the UK, where only certain psychologist titles e.g. Clinical Psychologist, are regulated by the HCPC, the french government regulates all usage of the title ‘Psychologist’.
Please feel free to check out my credentials at:
http://www.bps.org.uk/bpslegacy/lcm
https://www.nouvelle-aquitaine.ars.sante.fr/psychologues-psychotherapeutes-et-ostheopathes-en-nouvelle-aquitaine (Registration is under my previous surname Leplat)
I now work exclusively online,
SERVICES
I specialise in the following:
Adult
Anxiety
Panic Attacks
OCD
Depression
C-PTSD
Trauma (Historic Childhood Abuse & Domestic Abuse)
Children / Adolescents
Anxiety
Panic Attacks
OCD
Childhood Sexual Abuse (if your child is now safe)