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Available to new clients, online only

A discount is available to trainee therapists and for trauma therapy 

My extensive expertise includes specialisation in trauma treatment and couples' therapy. I am dedicated to providing a safe and supportive environment where you can explore your feelings and find healing. I will support you in finding your voice, self-confidence and advocating for your boundaries. I will accompany you on a journey to find healing for your trauma and help you get in touch with a wise, compassionate and creative part of yourself. As an experienced therapist, I work with individuals and couples to navigate life's challenges. 

As a trauma specialist, I offer treatment for birth trauma, traumatic bereavement, traumatic medical treatment, first responders' and emergency workers' vicarious trauma and exposure trauma, and any other trauma. 

I am completing my training in EMDR with EMDR Consultancy and currently offer EMDR at a discounted rate of £40/h. 

My supporting qualifications in trauma treatment are:

Certificate in EMDR Part 1 Accredited by EMDR Europe

British Psychological Society Approved Certificate in Practice of Rewind Technique

Certificate in Reproductive Trauma

Internal Family System Clinical Application

Certificate in Complex PTSD

Transforming Trauma with Emotion-Focused Individual Therapy (ICEEFT)

Certificate in Working with Suicide and Self-harm

As a couple's therapist, the issues I address are:

 - Conflict

- lack of support

- betrayal of trust and affairs

- relationship crises

- poor communication

- separation and endings

- unfulfilling relationship

- moving to mastery in a relationship where you can thrive

 My supporting qualifications in working with couples are:

Advanced Certificate in Working with Couples, accredited by the NCIP. 

Integrative Sex and Couples Therapy (PESI)

Internship Level 1 with The Couples Institute (US)

All therapy is currently online

In trauma work using primarily EMDR treatment, I will guide you through three stages of 

1. Assessment, stabilisation and resourcing 

2. Processing trauma

3. Reintegration and closure

Frontline workers, please see this site https://www.lifelines.scot/how-will-i-know-if-im-not-ok

Video explaining how EMDR works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pkfln-ZtWeY&t=3s

In couples therapy, through coaching and psychoeducation with assigned homework, we'll tackle your challenges and enable personal growth to support your relationship's development. 

Couples therapy has many components: 

*assessment and goal setting, when we will take time to reflect on your relationship and identify the key areas you would like to address in therapy 

* identifying the developmental stage in a relationship where you are stuck, and the relationship type

* understanding how your history contributes to relationship problems today

*coaching in communication skills

* addressing differences and unresolved conflicts

*working through relational and individual trauma

About Me

I have a Master's in Therapeutic Counselling and I am an accredited member of ŠÊ˜·³ÇëŠ×ÓÍÆË], which means I work to the highest standards in my profession. I have experience working in the IAPT and charity sectors. Presently, I work with individuals and couples in the NHS as an oncology psychotherapist while maintaining a private practice.

I am originally from Latvia but have lived most of my life in the UK. I have worked in the NHS for 25 years in various roles, which enabled me to develop the ability to connect with people from all walks of life, develop empathy, and effectively oversee teams of people in my senior roles. As a midwife, I supported families through life-changing experiences of childbirth, trauma, and child loss.

Here's what you can expect:

- Free 15-minute phone call to understand the main issue you wish to work on. 

- Individual work is 50 minutes long per session

- Trauma work and couples therapy are 90 minutes as standard