Trauma-focused and EMDR Therapy
at The Banbury Therapy Centre
I offer heart-centred therapy blending Western psychology with Eastern spiritual practices grounded in cutting edge science. Transformation is my expertise and passion.
What I can help with
- Trauma
- PTSD and Complex-PTSD
- Personality disorders
- Clients with complex needs
Recent Client Feedback
'Anshin' is a Japanese word often found in Buddhist literature meaning 'peaceful mind' or 'heart at peace'.
How I Work
My aim is to integrate a coherent combination of cognitive, emotional and somatic, trauma-focused approaches within a supportive therapeutic relationship to help facilitate new meaning, new possibilities and new choices to enable you to live a more fulfilling, meaningful and liberated life.
About Me
I am a qualified counsellor, psychotherapist, trauma and EMDR therapist with over 30 years’ experience of working in mental health with a wide range of issues. Based in Banbury, Oxfordshire I can help people who have experienced trauma many of whom have been told they have a personality disorder.
As a Buddhist I have found that the meditation practice and study of Buddhism has greatly affected my life. A large part of my life is my therapeutic work and time and time again Buddhist ideas have shown up for me and my clients. I combine the philosophical and contemplative practices of Buddhism with western psychology and neuroscience to inform my trauma work.
My Thoughts and Musings
Impermanence and change
So, as 2021 ends I have been reflecting on beginnings and endings, birth and death and a quote attributed to the Buddha: “Everything that has
Trauma and Attachment
Having recently attended a three day workshop with Janina Fisher on Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and attachment I thought that I would bring together my
What is Somatic Psychotherapy?
Over the last year or so I’ve been attending a lot of courses and workshops around somatic psychotherapy and somatic experiencing inspired by the Trauma