Cognitive Behavioural
Therapy
(CBT)

What is CBT?

CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) is a practical, evidence-based approach that explores how our thoughts, feelings, and behaviours are all linked. It helps you become more aware of your thinking patterns — especially the automatic thoughts we often accept without question.

Using CBT, you can learn to challenge unhelpful thoughts and change habits like:

  • Avoidance

  • People-pleasing

  • Procrastination

  • Over-checking or reassurance-seeking

While these patterns might give short-term relief, they often make things harder over time. CBT helps you respond differently, so you can feel better in the long term.

What can CBT help with?

CBT is recommended by the NHS and NICE guidelines for a wide range of issues, including:

  • Anxiety

  • Panic attacks

  • Depression or low mood

  • Stress

  • PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder)

  • OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder)

  • Phobias and fears

Trauma Focussed
CBT (TF-CBT)
for PTSD

What is Trauma-Focussed CBT?

Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (TF-CBT) is a structured, evidence-based approach that helps people recover from the effects of trauma and PTSD. It’s designed to support you in making sense of what you’ve been through, while also helping you feel safer, more in control, and better able to move forward.

A key part of TF-CBT is learning grounding and coping strategies that can help you manage overwhelming emotions, flashbacks, or anxiety. These tools are practical and empowering — they help you stay present and build a stronger sense of emotional safety in your day-to-day life.

When you're ready, we may begin to gently revisit and reprocess trauma memories in a way that reduces their emotional intensity and the power they hold. This part of the work is always done at your pace, with care and support, so that it feels manageable rather than re-traumatising.

Throughout therapy, we also focus on helping you reclaim the parts of life that may have been put on hold because of trauma — reconnecting with your values, rebuilding trust in yourself and others, and moving toward a life that feels more grounded, meaningful, and free.

Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing
(EMDR)

EMDR for Trauma, PTSD and distressing memories

What is EMDR?

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) is a specialist therapy designed to help process difficult or traumatic experiences that feel "stuck" in the mind or body.

When we go through something traumatic, the brain doesn’t always process it properly. EMDR works by helping the brain reprocess those experiences so they feel less intense and don’t keep affecting your present-day life.

People often describe feeling as if they’re reliving the trauma — with physical or emotional reactions, even when they’re safe now. EMDR helps reduce this.

What happens in EMDR?

You’ll be guided to bring a memory to mind while using gentle, rhythmic stimulation — such as:

  • Eye movements (side to side)

  • Alternating tapping on each side of the body

  • Alternating sounds in each ear

This process seems to mimic REM sleep and helps the brain "unblock" and process the trauma, reducing emotional intensity and helping you make sense of it in a new way.

What can EMDR help with?

EMDR is recommended for:

  • Trauma and PTSD

  • Distressing past experiences

  • Flashbacks, nightmares, and hypervigilance

  • Negative beliefs linked to past events

  • Ongoing patterns like people-pleasing, avoidance, or emotional shutdown

Clinical
Supervision

Supportive, reflective supervision for CBT therapists and trainees

Whether you're working toward accreditation or are an experienced clinician, supervision is a vital space for growth, reflection, and support. I offer individual supervision to CBT therapists and trainees who are looking for a collaborative, compassionate, and trauma-informed space to develop their practice.

My Approach

Supervision with me is a shared, supportive process — a place where your clinical work, confidence, and wellbeing are all respected and explored. I aim to create a warm and curious environment where you feel safe bringing both your challenges and your successes.

I draw on the CBT supervisory framework, while also incorporating ideas from Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). Sessions are tailored to your needs — whether that’s exploring formulations, refining interventions, thinking about the therapeutic relationship, or reflecting on your personal responses to the work.

Supervision may include:

  • Case discussions and collaborative formulations

  • Unpicking stuck points and identifying new directions

  • Exploring therapeutic process and use of self

  • Supporting reflective practice and values-led work

  • Helping you feel confident and steady in your role

Who I Work With

I offer supervision to:

  • Qualified CBT therapists seeking a reflective and collaborative space

  • CBT trainees working toward qualification or accreditation

  • Therapists working in IAPT/NHS settings or private practice

  • Those working with clients presenting with trauma, anxiety, depression, or complex patterns

My Background in Supervision

  • Trained in CBT Clinical Supervision (University of Birmingham)

  • Accredited CBT therapist with the BABCP

  • Over 14 years’ experience in the mental health field

  • Experience working in IAPT, private charity and private practice

  • Supervision style rooted in collaboration, curiosity, and emotional safety

Fees & Format

Supervision is available:

  • Online via Zoom (UK-wide)

  • Fees can be discussed during the initial consultation

Let’s Connect

If you're looking for supervision that supports both your clinical skills and your personal development as a therapist, I’d love to hear from you.

Click below to arrange a free 15-minute introductory call to see if we’re a good fit.