About Me
About Nancy
I have worked in mental health and social care for 24 years. My area of interests include trauma, PTSD, attachment, impact of family separation, sexual, physical, emotional, and financial abuse. My career has included work with older persons, adults, adolescence and children. I have been a private and statutory psychotherapist, clinician, social worker and manager and brings this wealth of experience to the therapeutic experience.
Issues I can address with you:
I can offer assistance through counselling for the following:
* Anxiety, anger, and lack of self-esteem
* Depression and lack of motivation
* Trauma including combat stress, road traffic accidents, phobias, and domestic and sexual abuse/assault. abuse.
* complex trauma with dissociation
* Relationship difficulties.
* Family work: difficulties with bullying, parental and child conflict, school or social anxiety, and family concerns in general.
Qualifications
I have a Bachelors Degree in psychology and social work, and a clinical Masters Degree in social work with focus on psychotherapy and assessment. I am trained in a variety of therapeutic approaches including solution focused, systemic family therapy, dialectic behaviour therapy, narrative, play therapy, CBT, EMDR, and motivational interviewing. Through my social work, I have benefited from a strong knowledge of child attachment issues and family discord. Nancy has a registration with Social Work England, formerly HCPC.
Therapeutic Belief
I care about you
Calling a counsellor is a brave and an important step towards mental wellbeing recovery. At an initial assessment we can assess your concerns, and decide what type of counselling is best for you. EMDR treatment can involve small "t" traumas such as phobias, incidents of bullying/harassment, interpersonal conflicts, legal or financial struggles, marital and relationship difficulties, abandonment, etc. EMDR also treats large "t" traumas including combat/warfare stress, domestic abuse (emotional, physical and financial), sexual assault/rape, natural disasters or terrorism. Before embarking on EMDR treatment, we would need to establish a therapeutic relationship with you in order for you to "trust" us and the process. In some cases assessment, history taking and preliminary counselling may be warranted.
I have lived in the Bristol/Portishead UK area for 17 years. I have worked for three mental health trusts and IAPT Talking Therapy services in the area as a senior manager and practitioner, My career includes psychotherapy, case management and management across the US and UK. My links to local resources is strong including statutory services, charities, foster care agencies, social services, schools, acute and inpatient psychiatric hospitals.
Explanation of EMDR can be found on the American Psychological Association site: https://www.apa.org/ptsd-guideline/treatments/eye-movement-reprocessing. EMDR is acknowledged as effective in the treatment of PTSD by The UK DOH National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) March 2005 in the Guidelines for the Management of PTSD. We are confident in the brain's ability to heal itself through this therapeutic process.
Mission statement– North Somerset Mindful Therapy provides a safe, non-judgmental space for you to explore concerns impacting your daily life. I work to empower and work with you in order to recover from feelings of anxiety, depression, trauma and other concerns that stifle your capacity to be your "whole" self.
