Counselling Psychologist
I am a Consultant Psychologist currently working within the NHS in acute services, with the remainder of my time spent at Oakdale. I have over 20 years’ experience within the field of psychological therapy and have worked within diverse settings and with a range of service user groups.
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Chartered Clinical Psychologist
I have worked in the fields of mental health and Clinical Psychology for over 10 years. I have worked clinically in both the NHS and private practice, delivering both short-term and long-term psychological therapy with people of all ages and with a wide range of presentations.
I primarily work with children, adolescents and their families, however I also work with people across the lifespan.
I am privileged to have worked in Child and Adolescent Mental Health and Paediatric Psychology Services, as well as in mental health services for Adults, Older People and People with Learning Disabilities.
I strongly value a person-centred approach and a collaborative way of working.
When not working clinically, I work part-time as a Clinical Lecturer for the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology Programme at the University of Leeds.
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Principal Clinical Psychologist, Cognitive Analytic Therapist & EMDR Therapist
I am a Principal Clinical Psychologist, Cognitive Analytic Therapist and EMDR Therapist, and I have been working in the NHS since 2001. I see adults with any mental health problems including trauma, road traffic accidents, abuse, depression, anger, anxiety, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, low self-esteem, relationship difficulties and personality disorders to name a few.
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Clinical Psychologist
I am a Doctor of Clinical Psychology specialising in the assessment and treatment of individuals with psychological difficulties. I have worked for over 27 years as Consultant Clinical Psychologist in the NHS in Leeds and London specialising primarily in child and adolescent mental health. I have worked in community Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services teams, child development, paediatric and health psychology.
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I am very interested in the relationship between early childhood experiences, emotional and psychological health and physical development.
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Throughout my career as a Clinical Psychologist, working in the NHS for 10 years, I have worked with young people and their families to support them around their psychological wellbeing. This has included working within NHS Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services teams, and the Gender Identity Development Service. I use different approaches and listen to what people are bringing and hoping for when they are looking for support, and then respond to this with approaches I am experienced in which fit with their needs.
My experience has focused upon the impact of trauma, particularly developmental trauma, on wellbeing. I draw upon evidence-based approaches in my assessment, formulation, and intervention, such as compassion-focused therapy, cognitive behavioural therapy, and acceptance and commitment therapy, alongside systemic, narrative, and existential thinking. I also offer Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy informed work, which is an evidence-based approach for young people who have experienced developmental trauma. I am experienced in working with individuals, pairs (such as couples and parents and children), and families, as well as offering group-based interventions.
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I am a Clinical Psychologist and have over 10 years’ experience working in mental health. The majority of my post-qualification experience has been within Adult Learning Disability Services and Neuropsychological services. I am experienced in offering assessment, formulation, and evidence-based interventions to adults, young people and their families who are experiencing distress. I work in an integrative way, drawing on a range of evidence-based psychological therapies.
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Clinical Psychologist
I have over 13 years of clinical experience across a variety of settings, including the NHS and charitable organisations. I have expertise supporting individuals living with mental health difficulties, brain injuries, addictions, learning disabilities, and Autism.
Since qualifying as a Clinical Psychologist in 2017, I have worked within community NHS services. Most recently, I worked within a Community Learning Disability Team, supporting both children and adults who live with a learning disability. I have also worked in a community-based mental health team for older adults.
I have a strong interest in neuropsychological assessment, including cognitive assessments, adaptive functioning assessments and assessments for Autism. I am trained in the use of assessment tools, including the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS-2). I also have an interest in psychological theory and its application to difficulties such as anxiety, low mood, and the effects of trauma.
I incorporate elements of a number of evidence-based approaches into my work, and have a particular interest in Cognitive Analytic Therapy. I have also provided teaching to the Clinical Psychology Doctoral Programme at Teesside University, and have supervised Trainee Clinical Psychologists.
I believe passionately that psychological therapy should be accessible to everyone, and enjoy adapting and tailoring approaches to best meet the needs of the person I am working with.
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closeClinical Psychologist
I qualified as a Clinical Psychologist from the University of Sheffield in 2021. I currently work part-time as a Clinical Psychologist for the Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
Prior to my doctorate qualification, I have worked in local NHS Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, and the adult mental health crisis service.
I am interested in neuropsychological assessment, including cognitive assessments and autism assessments. I have also conducted research exploring the diagnostic experiences of autistic women.
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I have nine years of clinical experience within the NHS, including neurodevelopmental assessment for both children and adults, community and inpatient child and adolescent mental health, learning disabilities, and perinatal services.
I currently work as a Clinical Psychologist for South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust in a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service where I specialise in neurodevelopmental assessments for Autism and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. I also provide consultation for a learning disabilities service.
I qualified as a Clinical Psychologist from the University of Leeds in 2021. During training, I worked with both children and adults, with an interest in early attachment relationships and child development.
At Oakdale, I provide Autism assessments for pre-school children. I am trained in the use of assessment tools, including the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS-2).
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Senior Clinical Psychologist
I am a Doctor of Clinical Psychology, specialising in the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with psychological difficulties and/or neurodevelopmental differences.
I have worked for over 16 years as a Clinical Psychologist in the NHS in Nottingham and West Yorkshire. Early in my career I developed a passion for working with children and adolescents with additional needs and complex disabilities, and their families. This led me to working as Clinical Lead within an Intellectual Disabilities Service, part of Airedale/Craven Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, for over 12 years. A significant part of this role involved assessing the mental health needs of, and offering interventions for, children and young people living with intellectual disabilities and/or neurodevelopmental differences, including Autism, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, and Intellectual Disabilities.
During the past three years I have worked for a specialist education-based mental health consultancy service, working within several mainstream Secondary School provisions. A significant part of this role is working closely with Special Educational Needs and Safeguarding teaching staff, offering assessments and interventions for adolescents with social, emotional, behavioural, and learning/neurodevelopmental needs.
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Senior Clinical Psychologist
I qualified as a Clinical Psychologist from the University of Leeds in 2007. Since qualifying I have worked as a Clinical Psychologist in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in the NHS in Yorkshire and Lancashire, providing assessment, formulation, consultation and therapy/intervention for children and young people experiencing a range of mental health problems, intellectual disabilities or neurodevelopmental conditions.
Prior to training, I worked with the charity Barnardos creating their post Autism diagnosis parent training programme ‘Cygnet’ – which is now available nationally and in some parts of Europe.
I enjoy working collaboratively with children, young people and their families to develop a shared understanding of their presentation or difficulties. I believe that developing trusting professional and therapeutic relationships is key to my role. I am very experienced working with children and young people of all ages. I have extensive experience at flexibly using a range of evidence based psychological interventions therapeutically including Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing therapy to meet the needs of the individual. I am skilled at completing observational and cognitive assessments as part of complex assessments. I am experienced in liaising and consulting with other agencies and professionals such as schools, speech and language therapists, paediatricians and social workers.
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Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist
I have worked therapeutically with children, adolescents, young people and adults for 13 years. Prior to this, I was a qualified Paediatric Nurse, working in an acute setting for 15 years, including some time spent working on a Special Care Baby Unit. During this time I developed a deep interest in the theory of attachment and how I could help parents when struggling to attach to their new-born infant.
I am an Integrative Psychotherapist and draw on a variety of different approaches in order to meet the needs of children and their families. These include talking therapy, creative therapy, play therapy, parent/child therapy, and also individual work with parents in order to help them understand their children’s behaviour and emotional needs.
I offer assessments and short, medium or long-term work, depending on the clients’ needs. This work may be either intensive once/twice a week, or less intensive where sessions are offered fortnightly/monthly. I work with children aged 5 to 18 years, families and adults.
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Early therapeutic intervention can ensure progress through developmental milestones and prevent more intractable problems in later life. I offer support to parents in thinking about how best to help their children.
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Child and Adolescent Therapist
I currently work part-time as a freelance therapist, working with children, young people, their families and adults, and offering a range of therapeutic approaches.
Until 2015, I also worked in a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services team in Leeds where I offered assessment services and ongoing therapies for a range of issues, including Anxiety, Low Mood, Depressions, Deliberate Self Harm, and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. I was with Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services for 13 years.
My original therapeutic training was an Integrative approach called The Relational Model. This brought together both psychodynamic and person-centred approaches. Since 1999, I have had additional training in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Solution Focused, Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy, Theraplay, and other attachment-based approaches. At Oakdale, I am part of the team offering post-adoption assessments and interventions, and I also have some availability for clients with anxiety or low mood-based issues.
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Practice informed by Theraplay, Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy principles and training.
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Psychotherapist
I have been working as a Systemic and Family Psychotherapist for over 10 years, primarily in the field of Child and Adolescent Mental Health, in the NHS. I have extensive experience in working therapeutically with low mood, self-harm, anxiety, conduct problems, and eating disorders.
I qualified as a Generic and Psychiatric Social Worker in 1982. Following experience in the voluntary sector and children and families social work, I specialised in Adoption and Fostering with the Local Authority in Bradford where I worked with children, foster carers and prospective adoptive parents, both pre and post placement.
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I’m a Psychotherapist and Counsellor with a Master’s degree in Integrative psychotherapy. I work with children, adolescents and adults. During the past 10 years I have worked within the NHS, for charities, and also as Clinical Lead managing a service in the North East. I have recently been involved in writing locality guidance supporting professionals in their dealing of risk in the areas of adolescent self-harm and suicide.
My background is in Psychology. Whilst I am passionate about research in the field and best practice, I am also a warm, approachable practitioner who is able to put prospective clients at ease. I believe that the relationship between the client and the therapist is one of the most important parts of the work.
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My experience spans over 30 years in the health, education and social care sector, working as a Nursery Nurse, Registered General Nurse, Specialist Social worker, Mental Health Practitioner, and Family and Systemic Psychotherapist. I have worked as a Family and Systemic Psychotherapist for seven years; this is an evidence-based approach, enabling me to work across the life cycles and developmental stages from young children to adolescence, adults and older adults. Family and Systemic Psychotherapy is a resource and strength-led model, which enables work with families, individuals, significant others, as well as teams of people and organisations.
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I am a qualified and professionally registered Art Psychotherapist living in North Yorkshire. I graduated from Leeds Metropolitan University where I completed my training with a Master’s degree over three years.
My experience started in a Learning Disability Service which was invaluable to gaining an understanding of non-verbal communication which also led me to study Disability and Bereavement further. I have worked at a Rape Crisis Centre and have four years’ experience in this setting. I now work for an organisation which provides creative therapies in schools. I also practice privately in Harrogate, Rawdon, Leeds, and Hebden Bridge, where I see individuals for one-to-one sessions.
I am also a qualified Embodied Relational Therapist, which is a type of body psychotherapy. This means I have a special interest in the relationship we have with our body-mind and how we can explore body sensations as communication to how we actually feel unconsciously. Unresolved emotions, especially difficult ones, can be stored within the body-mind and in turn create a build up or a blockage in areas of the body. I am able to bring threads of this way of working into my practice by paying attention to body sensations or symptoms, and then gently consider the truth behind these.
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Some of the issues I have supported people to explore include: anxiety, death and bereavement, adoption, depression, sexuality, spirituality, eating disorders, relationships, self worth, addiction and childhood abuse.
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I am a fully qualified Cognitive Behavioural Therapist and Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing Therapist. I worked in the NHS for 20 years before moving into private practitioner.
I work with people who find themselves experiencing anxiety, worry, feelings of irritability, or low mood that impacts on their lives and wellbeing.
I use Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, a therapy recognised by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence as being effective for the treatment of anxiety disorders (such as Panic, Generalised Anxiety Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Social Anxiety, Specific Phobias), Depression (including Low Self-Esteem) and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
I also offer Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing Therapy, which is recommended for the treatment of many anxiety disorders and trauma, including Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
I explore the relationship between your thoughts, emotions and behaviours. This helps us to have a shared understanding of how those difficulties are being maintained and it will direct us to creating and developing relevant strategies that will help you to feel that you are overcoming the problem and become more in control of daily life. My aim is for you to become your own therapist so that you can continue to use the skills, if or when you need them.
I have an interest in Compassion Focused work which enhances Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing Therapy practice, and can be interwoven into therapy as and where identified.
I have full accreditation with the British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapists. This means that I have had full comprehensive post-graduate training in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and that I must continue to demonstrate my competency to the highest standard by demonstrating that I engage in regular supervision and keep up to date with evidence-based research and application of skills and techniques.
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Relationship Counsellor
I am Relate-trained and bring nine years of experience of supporting couples and individuals with relationship issues. I work in a non-judgemental and confidential manner with an understanding of how relationships change over the years, and I work with couples to find new understandings and better ways to communicate.
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I am a Play Therapist and have worked with children and young people for 20 years. Some of this time was spent helping primary aged children break down barriers to learning within an educational context. This consisted of delivering sessions to groups of young people to help tackle difficulties such as self-esteem, confidence, bullying, and friendship. I have also spent a number of years working with Looked After Children who display extremely challenging behaviour and experience social, emotional and behavioural difficulties.
I currently work as a Play Therapist, supporting children and young people to improve their mental health and wellbeing. I also support families and schools who need advice about difficulties experienced by their pupils. For the last 3 years I have provided Play Therapy for adopted children.
In addition to this, I am a Non-Violent Resistance practitioner and have facilitated this on a 1:1 and group basis. I am also in the process of becoming a Certified Theraplay practitioner, providing Theraplay-informed practice for adopted children and families.
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I have worked in the field of Mental Health for over 30 years and have a wide range of experience in the private and public sectors.
After an initial training period in Harrogate, through a broad spectrum of mental health issues with the Richmond Health Fellowship and Mind, I specialised as a Clinical Psychotherapist with the Paris School of Gestalt in France.
I have worked in a private practice in France offering support through individual or group therapy, as well as working for institutions such as Universities and the Cancer Research Institute headquarters.
I am also engaged as a Psychotherapist by Interpol for their staff in their European Headquarters and continue my work, as one of the founder members, with the Lyon Anglican Church in Lyon, helping refugees.
Curious by nature and committed to keeping astride of the developments in research in Psychotherapy, I enjoy adding new skills to my work as a Psychotherapist and today can accompany a wide variety of needs, including concerns in a fast-moving society of coping with change and multicultural questions.
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I am a qualified humanistic counsellor working with adult clients. I have gained my experience working with a number of voluntary organisations across Yorkshire, including Wellspring Therapy and Training, and Talking Spaces in Harrogate, and I have been seeing clients at the Oakdale Centre for a number of years. I have experience of working with clients who bring many different and often life-long issues and difficulties.
Fundamental to all of my work is the collaborative relationship that I build with each client. I offer an empathic, non-judgemental space where clients can focus on themselves, express and explore their feelings, and gain fresh perspective and awareness on events or relationships. I have experience of working with clients over a few sessions, for a number of months or sometimes for over a year.
Before training to be a counsellor I worked within the finance sector for 15 years. I therefore understand corporate environments and the pressures for those working within them.
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closeChild and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist
I am a Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist registered with the Association of Child Psychotherapists, and also a qualified and registered Social Worker with previous training as a Dramatherapist.
My professional background includes over 20 years of clinical experience in NHS Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in the north of England. I have a breadth of experience in supporting children and young people with a wide range of mental health presentations, including working with looked after and adopted children and young people, young people impacted by substance and alcohol misuse, and relational trauma.
From 2017, I was co-director of a third sector organisation delivering psychotherapy, training, and consultative work within a range of settings including schools, third sector organisations, and community health centres. My experience also includes teaching, training, and clinical supervision for a range of practitioners.
I can offer assessments and brief or longer-term weekly psychotherapy sessions, including consultations with parents and carers.
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Before I began my counselling career, I worked in childcare and education, including Special Educational Needs, for over 30 years, working with a varied range of children and young people from birth to 19 years, within schools and in the community.
I qualified as a counsellor for adults in 2012 at York St John University. I completed further training in 2013 to work therapeutically with children and young people aged 8 to 19 years.
I have delivered counselling work for charities, employment agencies, schools, uniformed services, and private organisations, and was a Case Manager for a Wellbeing at Work organisation. I am also trained to teach Mindfulness in schools to children and young people aged 7 to 11 years and also 11 to 18 years.
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I am a Humanistic, Integrative Counsellor. My integrative practice includes Existential, Gestalt, Person Centred, Relational and Solution-focused therapy. I may also integrate Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Transactional Analysis into my work.
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Counsellor and Psychotherapist
Alongside my work at Oakdale I work as a therapist for a private organisation offering psychotherapy to adults. I have been in practice as a therapist for over three years. My previous experience includes counselling adults in a charitable setting, dealing with a range of issues including anxiety, depression, stress, trauma, loss, and abuse. In addition, I am experienced in working with teenage students and also adults in bereavement, having been a therapist for both a college and a bereavement support organisation.
Before becoming a therapist I worked in adoption for over 10 years, helping to find families for children and providing support to adopters going through their adoption journey. I therefore have a range of experience in helping people through challenges.
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Music Therapist
I have been working as an independent music therapist for four years. I began my training in Cambridge under the supervision of Amelia Oldfield. I specialised my coursework and clinical practice in music therapy and Autism, and this is still the focus of my work. I have worked for a variety of charities and institutions, including the North Yorkshire Music Therapy Centre, Accessible Arts and Media, Selfa, and Springwater School. I have experience working with children and adults with both visual and hearing impairments, providing individual or group sessions.
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Psychotherapist
I am a qualified Systemic Family Therapist and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist. I have over 10 years’ experience working in mental health, in statutory service and the private sector. I also work with trauma and displacement, helping children and families of Syrian refugees to resettle in the UK. Prior to this, I have worked as a Psychologist helping people living with Schizophrenia, and as a Psychotherapist with teenagers and young adults diagnosed with personality disorders and eating disorders. I use an integrative and collaborative approach, adjusting to the client’s needs and preferences.
I believe in the importance of developing a therapeutic relationship with potential to make positive changes, helping to improve the relationship with one self and with others. I offer assessments and short or long-term therapy.
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I am a highly skilled and qualified Systemic Family Psychotherapist and Social Worker. With over 20 years of experience working within a range of NHS, private and charitable services, I have worked extensively with children and families who are experiencing emotional distress. I have particular specialisms in working with neurodevelopmental differences and gender diversity.
As a Systemic Family Psychotherapist, I am experienced in applying this theoretical model and strengths-based approach to working with whole family groups, as well as with couples, and individually with adults and young people who are experiencing relational difficulties across the life cycle. This includes, for example, parent-child, sibling and couples relationship difficulties.
I use an approach to therapy which involves working closely with people to explore their lived experiences to better understand what patterns, beliefs and behaviours might be getting in the way of making relational change, as well as developing a greater understanding of their successes. At the heart of this, the values of being heard, respected and listened to are fundamental to my practice. I work collaboratively with people to develop a shared understanding of what they want to achieve and the changes they wish to make in therapy, as well as regularly reviewing my practice to ensure it is timely and appropriate.
I am interested in activism when working with marginalised groups.
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Psychotherapist and Counsellor
I am a registered and accredited member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy. My core theoretical approach is person-centred and underpins all of my work. I work in an integrative way, drawing on different models, such as using play, creative therapy, talking therapy, and parent child therapy.
I started my career as a School Counsellor in both mainstream and private schools. I spent three years working in a domestic violence support centre, counselling children and young people affected by domestic abuse. The last ten years, I have been in private practice, also working directly with schools. I also secured a tender with the NHS as a provider of counselling and psychotherapy for children, young people and their families.
My main interest is attachment and trauma, working predominantly with biological families, special guardianships and children looked after in foster care, and more recently with adopted families. I have completed my Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy training, with a view to becoming a certified practitioner.
I have recently completed the Comprehensive Resource Model basic training.
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Counsellor
I am a qualified and experienced Counsellor working in North Yorkshire.
Whatever issues you may be facing, I know how to listen to you. I can help you work things out, without judgment. Sometimes it’s hard to know what’s going on in our lives. Perhaps we feel disturbed, out of place, just not right, hopeless or disconnected. I will work with you to find a way forward.
You will find me to be gentle, kind and approachable. I can help you make sense of what is happening in your life at your own pace and in a way that works for you.
I am a member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy and the Association of Christian Counsellors.
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Dramatherapist and Psychotherapist
I qualified in 1990 as a Dramatherapist and have since trained as an integrative Psychotherapist, specialising in adult mental healthcare. In the last 30 years I have worked with adults and young people in the NHS – including inpatient and specialist mental health services – in private practice, and within the voluntary sector. I have worked as an individual and group therapist with the Harrogate Chronic Pain Team and within a specialist perinatal mental health service. I have worked with Oakdale for over 15 years.
I trained as a supervisor in 2003 to provide clinical supervision and training to counsellors, psychotherapists and Arts therapists, and I am an active member of the Yorkshire Supervisors network.
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As an integrative Psychotherapist I draw on a wide range of approaches, including talking therapy and the creative arts therapies.
I work with adults and young people, using a client-centred approach, which respects the strengths, needs and goals of each individual.
I provide short and long-term therapy but I begin with an initial assessment to decide whether we might work well together and if this is the right form of therapy for the client.
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I am a qualified and accredited Cognitive Behavioural Therapist, having worked in the field of mental health and supporting services for over 12 years. From working in the NHS for many years I have a broad range of experience, helping me to understand the common difficulties people can face in terms of anxiety and their mood.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is an empowering therapy and can be transformative – helping you to learn how to overcome difficulties and live a fulfilling and meaningful life.
During therapy we will first develop an understanding of the problem and how it can form a vicious cycle; often leaving you feeling “stuck”. I can then help you to be able to ‘break the cycle’, developing healthier, more helpful patterns.
This type of therapy helps you to be able to understand how thoughts, emotions and behaviours all interlink. It also takes a practical look at developing coping strategies for how to manage symptoms (e.g. negative thoughts, difficult emotions, unhelpful coping behaviours). It can also take into account our life experiences and how these shape our belief systems and any patterns in our behaviours as a result.
I also have personal experience of a long-term health condition, so I can draw on my own experience and specialist knowledge to help those with health conditions which may cause anxiety, low mood, pain, and fatigue.
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Many people consider counselling, but are not sure what to expect. It can sometimes feel very hard to take that initial step and seek help, and to talk through things that you may never have shared with anyone before. My aim is to create a comfortable, relaxed and safe environment to enable you to explore what is difficult for you.
Counsellors work in all sorts of different ways; I work from an integrative perspective, which means that while I believe we all have the resources within us to enable us to achieve our full potential. There is no one-size-fits-all way of supporting someone to do that. Some people want to look at specific issues, ways of thinking, or scenarios, and opt for a solutions-focused approach, while others want to achieve a deeper understanding of why things are as they are. Likewise, some people come to counselling because they are struggling with an aspect of their mental health, while others come for personal or relational development opportunities; there is no ‘right reason’ to seek out counselling.
I have worked with people who bring a lot of different issues to therapy, from depression to bereavement; relationship difficulties to social anxiety. In terms of my specific areas of therapeutic interest, I have extensive training in, and experience of, working with families of people with eating disorders, and have run workshops and self-help groups on behalf of charities Beat, Student Minds and the Retreat Hospital in York. As part of the team at the Yorkshire Centre for Eating Disorders, and through a previous role at the Retreat, York, I co-delivered workshops and support groups for family members, friends and carers which centred on the Maudsley Method of supporting people with eating disorders, devised by Professor Janet Treasure. I work therapeutically with people with eating disorders, and am able to draw on my understanding of the family systems, relational difficulties, cognitive changes, and eating disorder ‘traps’ that can often keep eating disorders going, in order to inform my work. However, my focus remains on being alongside someone as they explore what lies behind their difficulties; eating disorders usually develop in response to deeply distressing personal and relational challenges, and I see it as my role to support someone as they identify how, when and why their relationship with food might have changed.
I have worked with lots of people with Autism Spectrum Disorders, and have some training in this area, and I also have ample experience of working with clients with long-term illnesses, medically unexplained symptoms and chronic fatigue/chronic pain. I know from personal experience what a lonely struggle this can feel like, at times.
While my training around different diagnoses and presenting issues has made me aware of how people’s processes can be very different within therapy, as well as how pacing, hopes and goals can vary from person to person, I regard everyone I meet as an individual, and not a sum of their problems or diagnoses. My hope is that our work relates specifically to your needs, and while I will keep what I have learned in my training in my awareness, it is important to me that you feel treated as an individual with a unique perspective and background. In other words, you are the expert on you.
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Play Therapist and Social Worker
I am a qualified Play Therapist, Social Worker and certified Theraplay ® practitioner. I have over 25 years of experience of working with children and families in various contexts including post-abuse work, bereavement counselling, adoption support and school-based play therapy. I have undertaken additional training in filial therapy, a parent /child play therapy intervention, Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy and sensory processing. I have experience in providing individual therapy to children, parent/ child attachment focused work and parenting support.
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I am an accredited UK Council for Psychotherapy Child and Young Person Psychotherapist and Therapeutic Counsellor. I have an interest in developmental trauma, school refusal, and supporting children and young people who are struggling to understand their own emotions or express their feelings verbally. Often this struggle begins to impact relationships with family, friends and their self-image.
My therapeutic approach is relational and integrative. This involves being flexible and working with each child or young person as an individual. In our sessions we may use talking, play, games, and creative arts. Therapeutic interventions, which are underpinned by a thorough and robust theoretical knowledge, are woven throughout our sessions.
Alongside working at the Oakdale Centre I work in primary and high schools where I often create plans which enable staff to better support a child or young person within their class and school. Another aspect of my work is helping parents/carers who would like to improve and strengthen their parent-child relationship.
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After six years working as a Child and Family Social Worker, I spent five years retraining as a Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist within a local Tier 3 NHS Child and Adolescent Mental Health service. Post qualification, I remained in this service for a further five years before starting to work independently. I have a range of clinical experience and have offered psychotherapy and assessments to a wide range of clients, including adopted, fostered children and those with varying mental health presentations. Presently, I can offer weekly therapy, and this can vary in duration dependent on need. For younger patients and those who find talking a little more difficult, I can provide creative materials to facilitate communication and understanding.
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I work with adults who want to see change in their lives. People who want to feel more like themselves but find that life is getting in the way. I also work with people who have experienced difficult or unsettling changes in their lives, such as traumatic events or loss in the form of bereavement, the loss of a relationship, the loss of a way of life.
Through learning to understand your own behaviours, reactions and coping strategies, as well as those of others, you can also learn to step out of patterns, bringing positivity and fulfilment to your life.
I work with individuals who are trying to find solutions in their own minds for situations, feelings and behaviours that play out in their lives through their own and other people’s actions. I offer an environment in which you can explore and find insight into those situations and work towards finding deeper understanding.
I hold a Post Graduate Diploma in Counselling & Psychotherapy from Leeds Beckett University, a British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP) recognised course, and am a registered member of the BACP, which means that I practice to the ethical standards and requirements of that organisation.
I am a volunteer Bereavement Counsellor at St Gemma’s Hospice in Leeds. During the Covid-19 pandemic I’ve worked with Phoenix Health & Wellbeing, delivering counselling for people affected by the pandemic through a lottery-funded scheme.
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I am a qualified Psychotherapeutic Counsellor and trained with the Northern guild.
I have worked in a variety of settings, my placement being with St Michaels Hospice, Talking Spaces, and Just B Bereavement Services. Alongside working at Oakdale I work as a Domestic Abuse Practitioner for a charity supporting victims of domestic and sexual abuse.
Prior to this, I have had various roles within the public service sector, including the Police, Fire Service and the NHS, all of which have involved a huge amount of empathy, listening skills and frontline crisis management. This grounding ignited my passion for Counselling and talking therapies, and I decided to train as a Counsellor.
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I am an Integrative Therapist using a range of models, including Person Centred Therapy, Transactional Analysis, Gestalt Therapy, Attachment, Psychodynamic Therapy and creative methods.
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I have 10 years’ experience working with Bradford Rape Crisis, counselling young people and women, and over 18 years’ experience as a Therapeutic Social Worker, working primarily in the field of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services. I have extensive experience of working therapeutically with children and young people with low mood, self-harm, anxiety, fostering, and adoption families.
I specialised in providing Theraplay-informed sessions to children, young people, parents and families. I also provide therapies to children and young people in Local Authority settings, including individual and group work on therapeutic parenting with families. This helps the families to understand what their children’s emotional behaviours are communicating.
I am in the process of becoming a certified Theraplay practitioner.
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I am a UK Council for Psychotherapy-accredited Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist, specialising in work with issues of attachment and complex trauma with children and families. In addition to focussed work with developmental trauma and traumatic grief, I have over 13 years’ specialist experience in recovery focussed work with children and families who have experienced sexual abuse, and have developed a wealth of knowledge and clinical expertise in this area.
In addition to her core clinical training, I am trained in a range of attachment and trauma-focussed approaches, including Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing Therapy, Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy, Non-Violent Resistance, and Theraplay. I have worked therapeutically in education, the third sector and adoption services, and I was the Clinical Lead for a specialist trauma and attachment focussed therapy service for children and families from 2018-2021.
I currently work in private practice, offering psychotherapy, supervision and consultation, and I am part of the Adoption Support Team at the Oakdale Centre. I am skilled at working with children, young people and their parents/carers, working collaboratively and creatively with each family towards clearly identified therapeutic goals.
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I am a play therapist with additional training in Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP) to inform my practice with families. My model is integrative and holistic, enabling me to integrate the therapeutic use of a wide range of creative arts media, using both non-directive and directive approaches in order to meet the individual needs of children and their families
I have worked with young people for many years, with experience as a therapist for local cluster services, with charities such as Victim Support, and in offering trauma informed advice for families and schools. As a children’s therapist trained in play and creative arts, I am passionate about the use of these tools to help children to grow naturally through difficulties and make sense of their experiences in a way that meets them at their stage of development.
Alongside my private play therapy work at the Oakdale centre, I also undertake adoption support for families through DDP-informed therapeutic parenting, and therapeutic life story work.
I am able to offer my appointments in both the Harrogate and Halifax centres.
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I have experience in supporting children experiencing a wide range of difficulties such as anxiety, bereavement, anger, low self- esteem and traumatic experiences.
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closeChild & Adolescent Psychotherapist & Adult Psychotherapeutic Counsellor
I am a child & adolescent psychotherapist and adult psychotherapeutic counsellor, experienced in working with children, young people and adults of all ages.
Prior to this, I worked as a primary school teacher for 24 years, across 3 different counties in diverse school settings. My special interest in the mental health, wellbeing and pastoral care of children as unique individuals, led to my therapeutic training.
I am an integrative therapist, drawing upon a variety of different therapeutic models, allowing me to work flexibly in order to meet individual needs. My approach is relational/person-centred and includes talk therapy, creative and play therapy and the use of imagery and mindfulness.
As well as working in private practice, I am a primary and secondary school counsellor, having worked in both state and independent sectors. I have worked voluntarily in a charitable organisation and an NHS medical practice.
I offer both short and long-term work with sessions either weekly or fortnightly.
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I have worked in mental health settings for over 28 years. My roles have included Mental Health Advocacy and working in collaboration with people with lived experience of mental distress, to develop and promote tools to support empowerment and wellbeing.
Some of this service delivery has been specifically for people who identify as LGBTQI, diverse communities, women’s groups, men’s groups, people who are homeless, people with dual diagnoses, and those who experience disadvantage through low income. In 2017 I returned to practice as an Art Therapist (having qualified in 1996) and since then have worked as an Art Therapist in a variety of settings with individuals and groups.
Over the last three years I have developed a more integral practice which includes working dyadically and systemically with children and young people and their families.
I deliver Art and Play Therapy to children who have experienced trauma / difficult life events. This takes place in primary schools across Calderdale. In addition, I do long-term sessional work with young people of secondary school age who are receiving their schooling at home. I offer a ‘parent support’ line for carers who are struggling to manage their child or young person’s mental health needs.
My practice extends to families referred through local Children and Young People’s Services and through Adoption Support Services.
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I am a Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist, Accredited Counsellor, Interpersonal Psychotherapist and EMDR Therapist in training.
I have been working as a Psychological Therapist for around 15 years, working predominantly within the NHS Talking Therapy Services, Community Mental Health Team and also in the voluntary and corporate sectors, offering Employee Assistance Programme services to clients presenting with a range of problems.
I have also gained experience offering case management and clinical supervision in my previous counselling role and have facilitated workshops and groups whilst working within the NHS setting.
Other roles have included delivering therapeutic groups, workshops and key work to clients who have experienced Domestic Abuse, whilst working for Women’s Aid. I have also worked in a range of support-based roles as a keyworker, working with Asylum Seekers and Refugees.
I have an interest in nature and how nature connection and mindful-based practice can improve both physical and mental wellbeing.
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Main interests include Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Complex-PTSD, complex grief, anxiety related disorders such as General Anxiety Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Health Anxiety, Social Anxiety, Panic, Specific Phobias and Depression.
I also have experience and an interest in long-term health conditions such as Diabetes, Multiple Sclerosis and pain-related conditions, and medically unexplained conditions including Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia.
I have further interest in working with women experiencing perimenopause and menopausal symptoms, applying Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, which is recommended in the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence Guidelines, to help improve symptoms.
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I am a fully qualified Counsellor and Cognitive Behavioural Therapist with over 20 years’ experience. During this time, I have mainly worked in private practice and employee assistance programmes.
I began working as a Person-centred Counsellor in 2000, and completed a diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in 2010.
I have been working as a Supervisor, supporting other therapists with their work, for over 15 years. I currently work with a number of NHS counsellors, as well as therapists in private practice.
I offer assessments and short, medium, or long-term work, depending on the client’s needs. Sessions are usually weekly or fortnightly.
I believe in building a good, strong, empathic relationship with clients and, as such, the first session would usually be an assessment session for the client to get a sense of me and how I work, to determine whether they would feel comfortable working with me.
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I am a Health and Care Professionals Council (HCPC) and British Association of Art Therapists (BAAT) registered Art Psychotherapist. I have worked in a variety of settings (including educational and NHS) with adults and young people from diverse backgrounds experiencing a broad range of emotional and mental health difficulties.
My therapeutic approach is integrative and draws upon a person-centred way of working together. My work is psychodynamic, Jungian-informed and, as I am trained in Mentalization Based Treatment and Operationalised Psychodynamic Diagnosis, my approaches can adapt to suit each client. I assess what would be most useful for the individual and sometimes this is talking sessions.
I help clients explore their thoughts and feelings in a safe, non-judgemental and confidential way so that they can understand themselves and their situation better, and I support them in making changes if they wish to.
I receive regular supervision for my clinical work in line with both HCPC and BAAT guidelines and I work within the ethical and code of conduct outlined by these professional bodies.
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I am a Speech and Language Therapist and have worked predominantly with autistic adolescents and young adults for the past 15 years. I use a pro-neurodiversity approach and ensure children and their families are listened to and can communicate their wants and needs.
I have a deep respect for autistic people and those with Pathological Demand Avoidance, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, and social, emotional, mental health needs. I aim to make a difference to the lives and outcomes for children and their families, and work towards a society which is inclusive, accepting, and accessible for all. Listening to the autistic community allows continual development of practice so I can best support children to realise their potential into adulthood.
I have previously worked for Autism Spectrum Australia, Autism Initiatives, NHS, and STARS Autism Outreach Team. I currently work for a Witherslack School with autistic young people and those with developmental trauma. Alongside this, I work with the Oakdale Centre to provide Autism assessments on an ad-hoc basis.
I am also studying for a Masters in Autism Spectrum and am a guest lecturer on the Speech and Language Therapy course at Leeds Beckett University.
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I qualified as a Speech and Language Therapist from City University, London, in 2006.
I have experience working with children and young people aged 2 – 17 years in a range of settings including community clinic, special school, mainstream primary and secondary schools, a pupil referral unit, and within children’s social care with children who are looked after.
I work with the Oakdale Centre as part of the multi-disciplinary team carrying out Autism Assessments. I particularly enjoy working with children and young people who have social communication difficulties, developmental language disorder, selective mutism and social, emotional, and mental health needs.
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I qualified as a Speech and Language Therapist in 2007 and have since worked in a range of different specialisms within this field. I have previously worked in an NHS Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service service carrying out Autism assessments for children and young people, and have also worked with autistic children and young people and their families as part of a wider caseload within Speech and Language Therapy services.
I now work as a Senior Lecturer in Speech and Language Therapy at Leeds Beckett University, where I teach undergraduate and postgraduate students.
Alongside this, I am currently working with the Oakdale Centre to provide Autism assessments on an ad-hoc basis.
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Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapist
I qualified as a children’s Speech and Language Therapist in 2004 and spent many years working in the NHS, and with schools and nurseries. I specialise in Autism, Social Communication Disorder and Developmental Language Disorder.
I follow a child-led approach that is neurodiversity-affirming. I believe in working collaboratively with children and young people, and their caregivers and educators, to achieve the best outcomes.
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Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapist
I qualified as a children’s Speech and Language Therapist in 1990 and spent many years working in the NHS within Early Years and Child Development Units.
I specialise in working with a range of children with additional and complex needs including Autism.
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Consultant Psychiatrist
Professor Morgan is a Consultant Psychiatrist, Visiting Professor and Senior Lecturer based in Leeds, London and Harrogate. He is the regional Training Programme Director for General Adult Psychiatry in Yorkshire and Humber. He is a General Adult Psychiatrist and provides medicolegal assessments.
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Professor Morgan provides medicolegal consultations and makes recommendations of therapies in relation to personal injury and medical negligence.
He draws from a broader range of therapies including Mindfulness-Based Therapy, Motivational Enhancement Therapy, Family Skills Training, Dialectic Behaviour Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapies, Interpersonal Therapy, Medical Hypnotherapy and Brief Problem-Solving Therapy.
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Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
With Oakdale, I am part of the multidisciplinary diagnostic discussion panel for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and/or Autism assessments in children up to the age of 18 years old.
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Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
I have worked as a Psychiatrist within the NHS for over 25 years. I hold a Degree in Medicine and Surgery, and I am registered as a Member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. After training in various subspecialties, I pursued a career in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and have been working as a Consultant within Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services for more than 10 years. My particular area of specialism is working with children and young people with a diagnosis of autism and/or intellectual disabilities.
I am trained in both the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, Second Edition (ADOS-2) and Autism Diagnostic Interview Revised (ADI-R), and have participated in multidisciplinary assessments for over 10 years. I feel strongly about ensuring that additional needs due to neurodevelopmental difficulties are identified early so that adequate support can be given to children and young people at a time when it is crucial to make a difference.
In addition to my clinical role, I have also held formal NHS responsibilities in clinical leadership, medical management, and medical education.
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Multidisciplinary diagnostic panel discussions on the Autism and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder assessment pathway
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Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
I work as part of the multidisciplinary diagnostic discussion panel for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and/or Autism assessments for children and young people up to the age of 18. In my other clinical roles I carry these assessments out directly, and am trained in the use of the ADOS, ADI and young-DIVA diagnostic tools, alongside my clinical experience and expertise.
In addition to my interest in neurodevelopmental assessments, I work as a tutor with Hull – York Medical School, helping to train the next generation of doctors. I also enjoy writing, and have published a number of books, including ‘Be your own superhero’ (Penguin Books, 2019), and books for teaching staff.
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Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
I graduated from Liverpool University with honours and completed my training in Psychiatry in Manchester and Yorkshire. I have worked in the NHS as a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist for the past twelve years.
More recently, I have worked as the Medical Lead for the Neurodevelopmental Service in the Bradford and Airedale region for the past four years. This service has significantly expanded to provide neurodevelopmental assessments for Autism and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in children and young people.
I also specialise in mental health difficulties in children who are neurodivergent. I have a real passion for supporting people with Autism and ADHD to be proud of their differences, and also promoting reasonable adjustments and neurodiversity-friendly environments.
I have undertaken research in Autism and have a published study in conjunction with Born in Bradford research group. I am passionate about supporting research in neurodiversity.
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Specialist Nurse and Neurodevelopmental Practitioner
I have been a Registered Nurse for over 33 years and have worked across many disciplines in that time.
My skills lie with assessment work – working with the person themselves and the wider family networks.
I exercise a great deal of professional curiosity and enjoy the 1-1 time with all age groups.
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Prior to joining the Oakdale Centre, I worked for three years as a Specialist Teacher (Social, Emotional and Mental Health, and Medical Needs) in an enhanced mainstream provision with North Yorkshire County Council. Prior to this, I worked as an Advisory Teacher (Mental Health) within Leeds and Durham Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services for over 14 years, working with the Autism assessment clinic and as part of an Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder pathway. I have gained significant experience supporting children and young people presenting with social, emotional and mental health difficulties and/or neurodevelopmental conditions and their families and allied professionals in schools and colleges.
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I am a trained teacher and I have a post-graduate diploma in Psychology. I have also completed training in foundation and intermediate certificates in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for children and adolescents in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services at Newcastle NHS Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Centre. I have professional training and experience in delivering numerous parenting programmes including the Incredible Years Webster Stratton, New Forest Parenting Programme, Mellow Parenting and Triple P. In addition, I am a trained Drawing and Talking Practitioner and in Lego Therapy.
During lockdown, I have taken on the role of Mental Health Champion within the voluntary and community sector and I am committed to creating and developing social impact in this work.
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Sarah has worked with Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services for over 25 years, both in England and Scotland. Sarah initially trained as an Occupational Therapist and has done further study in psychoanalysis (MA, Psychoanalytic Studies) and completed a number of clinical trainings, including Play Therapy and Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing Therapy (Accredited Practitioner). Sarah currently works part-time in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services and part-time providing BUSS services in partnership with the Oakdale Centre. Sarah published a book in 2016, Improving Sensory Processing in Traumatised Children, which outlines this model, and a second, Building Sensorimotor Systems in Children with Developmental Trauma: A Model for Practice, in April 2020.
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I qualified with a First-Class Honours classification in Occupational Therapy at the University of Derby in 2008. I have 14 years’ experience working with children and young people, predominantly within the NHS, and more recently within a Special Educational Needs residential school. I am passionate about supporting individuals towards achieving outcomes that reflect their aspirations.
My specialist areas of interest lie in neurodevelopmental conditions, developmental trauma, and social, emotional and mental health. Currently, I work as an independent Children’s Occupational Therapist, and with the Oakdale Centre as part of a multi-disciplinary team providing Autism diagnostic assessments.
I am trained in administering the ADOS-2 and ADI-R standardised assessments. I have presented at conferences and delivered training on topics including Sensory Integration, Developmental Coordination Disorder, and Sleep Difficulties in Autism. Currently, I am completing a postgraduate certificate in Ayres Sensory Integration (ASI) with Sheffield University and Sensory Integration Education to become an ASI Practitioner.
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Hypnotherapist
I have worked for over 30 years in the NHS as an Occupational Therapist specialising in mental health. I am very aware of the vast emotional difficulties people can encounter and the importance that listening has helped to enable heal the mind. As a Clinical Hypnotherapist, I believe that listening to the conscious and unconscious mind opens the doors to self healing and facilitates positive changes for the future. I am passionate about the positive effects of hypnotherapy and have seen clients overcome their difficulties through the safety and compassion of hypnotherapy.
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Mindful Teaching
I have worked for over thirty years in schools across the UK as an artist teaching circus skills and performance mostly to primary school aged children. In recent years, I have expanded this role into teaching and training in Mindfulness for primary school aged children. I am now co-coordinator of Mindful Teaching; a consultancy which brings Mindfulness into the whole school, for children, parents and teachers, alike. This involves creating a bespoke programme of teaching, training, and other activities, to bring Mindfulness into the day-to-day life of the school – with the overriding goal of creating mindful communication as the prime vehicle for teaching and being with each other. I am trained to teach ‘Pawsb’ by the Mindfulness in Schools Project.
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Annika Wager is an experienced Mindfulness teacher with a deeply-held commitment to bringing Mindfulness to people in accessible ways. Annika began teaching Mindfulness seven years ago and uses a variety of formats. She is experienced with developing Mindfulness skills to help people with anxiety, overthinking, anger management, low mood, and chronic pain, though many people wish to learn Mindfulness simply to be able to be live more in the present and handle thoughts, moods and automatic or unhelpful behaviours more skilfully.
She teaches Mindfulness via group courses at the Oakdale Centre. Following the group training, Annika provides individual session work to support and develop clients to apply their Mindfulness skills to a whole range of individual situations and difficulties. She also teaches Mindfulness individually to clients at the centre if they are unable to attend a group course.
Annika also works in schools, having been selected to teach workplace Mindfulness to school staff as part of a global research study.
Annika brings a practical and tailored approach to Mindfulness courses or staff training sessions in a wide range of workplace settings, including the Hepworth Gallery, Connect Housing, government law offices, as well as working with charities like Touchstone.
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closeSpecialist Dietitian
I have been qualified for nine years and have worked in a variety of dietetic roles in the NHS since then. I have worked with individuals on medical wards, housebound clients, in rehabilitation hospitals, GP clinics, and outpatient settings, with a wide range of clinical conditions. A selection of these being: cancer patients, neurological conditions, Inflammatory Bowel Disorders, allergies and intolerances, diabetes, weight management, and nutrition support.
I specialised in eating disorders from 2010 and focused on increasing my understanding of the link between mental and physical health by completing my Masters on the topic. This has now become my main professional focus, my full-time job being as Clinical Lead Dietitian within a mental health trust in Leeds. I have been working with the Oakdale Centre for around 18 months and am passionate about working with a wide variety of clients to establish the healthiest possible physical and mental wellbeing.
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*In some instances I will ask clients for permission to communicate with their GP
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Harrogate Centre
49 Valley Drive
Harrogate
North Yorkshire
HG2 0JH
Tel: 01423 503080
Email: reception@oakdalecentre.org
Venue InformationHalifax Centre
17 Carlton Street
Halifax
West Yorkshire
HX1 2AL
Tel: 01422 652652
Email: reception.halifax@oakdalecentre.org
Venue InformationLeeds Centre
The Grove Manse
Town Street, Horsforth
West Yorkshire
LS18 4RJ
Tel: 0113 8314433
Email: reception.horsforth@oakdalecentre.org
Venue InformationIf you are a psychiatrist, psychologist or psychological therapist and would like to become an Oakdale Associate or rent one of our rooms, please contact us on 01423 503080 or email hr@oakdalecentre.org.
