I’m an EMDR Consultant and I offer EMDR Therapy if you have anxiety, depression, PTSD, work related stress amongst other difficulties. I specialise in working with trauma.
The way I’ve come to understand trauma is in a psychological sense. Trauma is unprocessed feelings connected to an experience.
Just to make that clearer, experiencing our emotions or expressing our emotions, is not as helpful to us as processing our emotions and feelings! That’s what EMDR has enabled us to understand.
Sadly, the bigger the backlog of unprocessed feeling in us, the more likely we are in the present to feel overwhelmed, anxious, depressed or as though we can’t cope.
Constantly feeling anxious, regularly resorting to rumination, or even collapsing under the weight of exhaustion, are all signs something old is probably stuck in us.
What I love about doing EMDR, is helping you reprocess your distressing feelings, so that finally they’re in the past.
During processing, the brain strips away the distress using eye movement. It’s the difference between remembering a memory, but you no longer experiencing the memory. Consequently your brain has more capacity, to deal with the present.
I work in Lewes and online using Zoom.
Professional Supervision
I offer EMDR supervision to therapists who want to build confidence and skills in using EMDR or if you are working towards EMDR Accreditation.
Professional Membership
I’m an EMDR Consultant, Accredited EMDR Supervisor and BACP Accredited Psychotherapist. I abide by both organisations ethical frameworks and fulfil their requirements for continuous professional development.
Professional Work Experience
I have worked as a counsellor in Higher Education, in the voluntary sector and for Relate. Before counselling I worked in IT; in Finance; and in teaching.
Publications
I have published online the following articles:
‘Thinking of us! Couples who avoid eye contact’
‘Help! There’s no way I’m asking for help’
http://www.counselling-directory.org.uk/counsellor-articles/help-theres-no-way-im-asking-for-help
Qualifications
| Sandi Richman, BPS | EMDR training, parts 1,2 and 3 |
| Dr. Mark Graxti, BPS | Brainspotting training, phases 1 and 2 |
| Heather Sequiera, BPS | Master Class in Trauma-focused Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for PTSD |
| Centre for Stress Management, London | Primary Certificate in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy |
| British Psychotherapy Federation | Supervision skills course |
| Tavistock Centre for Couple Relationships | Developing couple work and Introduction to couple interaction |
| Relate Institute | Couples conversion course |
| WPF Therapy, London | Masters degree (MA) in Psychoanalytic Studies |
| WPF Therapy, London | Post-Graduate Diploma in Psychodynamic Counselling |
| Birkbeck, University of London | Masters Degree (MSc) in Organisational Behaviour |
| University of East Anglia | PGCE in Secondary School teaching |
| Surrey University | BA. Hons Degree in History & Sociology |
