I am a systemic family therapist and an integrative psychotherapist with over 20 years experience. I have a full time private practice in east London (zone 1 & 2). I work with adolescents and adult individuals as well as couples & families providing short & long term therapy.

Please feel free to email me: CiaraPsychotherapy@gmail.com

My practice areas include:

Relational issues

• Parent-child conflict
• Communication difficulties and conflict resolution
• Attachment repair
• Relationship break-up
• Bereavement (incl: companion animal)

Personal growth & development

• Performance Enhancement Issues
• Self esteem & confidence building
• Assertiveness
• Emotional regulation; anxiety, depression, panic
• Ego states

Trauma issues

• Abuse (sexual, physical, emotional, DV)
• Abortion, miscarriage & infertility
• Complicated grief
• Bullying
• PTSD | Dissociation
• Phobias & fears (incl; Medical / Dental Procedures)

My practice is informed by these approaches:

CRM (Comprehensive Resource Model)

Systemic Psychotherapy (including Internal Family Systems)

Integrative Psychotherapy | CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy)

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing) trauma therapy

Sensorimotor Psychotherapy

Since 2003 I have been counselling in diverse settings such as hospice care, schools, colleges, charities working with abuse and trauma, and in the Mental Health Services of the NHS and the British Army, as well as private practice.

I believe that when life confronts us with emotional pain and difficulties it is important that we don’t have to carry these burdens or struggle on our own.

A trusting relationship with the therapist or counsellor is key to receiving effective help. I therefore seek to provide a safe, compassionate, non-judgmental and supportive space in which hope can grow and we can explore positive ways forward.

It can be daunting to consider reaching out for help, especially when we have managed on our own for – what seems like – forever. Perhaps we think, or are told, that we should be able sort ourselves out, but that’s a lot easier said than done.

The Way I Work

As an Integrative Psychotherapist and Counsellor I draw from a range of approaches, tailoring them to suit your individual needs. You set the pace and direction as we work collaboratively towards your goals.

I am able to work both long and short term and with a more solution-focused outlook.

For me CRM (The Comprehensive Resource Model) is a particularly effective and safe method for working with trauma, both for more recent one-off events as well as long-term, historical relational trauma sometimes experienced in childhood or long-term relationships that may have occurred in an almost un-noticed, accumulative manner, often over many years, leaving behind invisible injuries to self-worth, anxiety disorders and sometimes addictions.

In Integrative Psychotherapy and Counselling we seek to connect again with those lost parts of ourselves so that once more our life energy can flow unhindered and we can live a richer fuller life as whole people.