Meet Allie
I am a BACP Accredited Psychotherapist and Supervisor working in Private Practice. In my work I draw upon a broad spectrum of psychotherapeutic knowledge and attune my approach to match the uniqueness of each person I work with. My Post Graduate Diploma is in Relational Therapy whose central premise is that it is through relationships that we become and maintain who we are, and it is through the therapeutic relationship that personal change can take place. I’m here to help. In the short video, I share more about who I am and how I work.
Person-Centred Approach
Person-centred practitioners have long known that the quality of the relationship usually equates to positive outcomes for clients. As the working alliance (how you get on with your therapist) is so important I believe that it is essential that you feel comfortable with me. We can book an initial assessment appointment so that you can see if I am the right therapeutic fit for you. I offer a hybrid model so you can choose either face-to-face or online therapy.
My approach is to empower, not to prescribe. I’m not interested in telling you which habits you should build, which behaviours you should change, or which choices you should make. You know what works better for your life and circumstances than I ever could. Instead, I want to equip and empower you with ideas and strategies so you can make your own choices and do the things you want to do. I’ll give you the hammer, you decide where to drive the nail.
Tailored Therapies
I have had the benefit of training in many modalities over the years and therefore possess an extensive toolkit of therapeutic approaches to integrate into my tailored approach to your care. Additional training has included Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) and I use their techniques to assist with changing thoughts and behaviours, building self-compassion and reducing shame. I also use Transactional Analysis (TA) which is a psychoanalytic theory and method of therapy wherein social interactions (or “transactions”) are analyzed to determine the ego state of the communicator (whether parent-like, childlike, or adult-like) as a basis for understanding behaviour. Dialectical behavioural therapy (DBT) is a type of talking therapy designed to help you manage difficult emotions.
It aims to help you learn how to accept and regulate these emotions so that you’re able to change any behaviour that may be harmful or unhealthy. When working with disordered eating, I use enhanced cognitive behaviour therapy, better known as CBT-E, which is endorsed by UK’s independent and highly regarded National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).
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