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

I practise as a Integrative psychotherapist, Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, CRM Practitioner, and am a lifelong explorer of Franciscan spirituality – of universal inclusion and that ‘everything belongs’ and is interconnected.

I fit my practice round the needs and constraints of clients. Many clients suffer from chronic acute anxiety, life-depleting shame, a pervasive sense of helplessness to find joyful life – its roots often lie deep in early years developmental trauma. Some suffer additional single incident, medical, relational, work related, and other traumas.

CRM and SE are fantastic models for working with clients, particularly with those who like or need to understand what is happening and why they react as they do. They work with the whole person and how all parts of us continually mutually influence each other. The aim is to restore a sense of control to the client in their own life, to build a sense of vitality and pleasure in being alive, and to find a new way of connecting with self, others, and the wider world.