Dr Natalie Kanakam
Clinical Psychologist, DClinPsych, PhD
About therapy
Therapy allows a non-judgemental and open space where a person can be heard. Sessions allow a person to understand their difficulties, how they developed and what is keeping it going. The aim is to develop personalised goals and work towards them using a collaborative and compassionate stance.
Therapy sessions will begin with an initial consultation to explore the current problems. The purpose is to assess your needs and get an idea of what you would like to focus on in therapy. In this initial session, we can start to consider what would be the type of therapy that is suitable and whether short or long term therapy is best. These considerations might also evolve during therapy and with your needs.
Registered with insurance providers:
WPA
Aviva
AXA
Vitality
What can therapy help with
As a Clinical Psychologist I work flexibly with the things that are important to you as a unique person to ensure a tailor made approach. Therapy is often about reducing immediate psychological distress but I believe it is also about helping you to lead a more happy life . Psychological therapy can help with the following:
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Social anxiety
- Low self-esteem
- Eating disorders (Enhanced Cognitive Behavioural Therapy or Maudsley Model of Family Therapy for Eating Disorders)
- Minoritized identities (i.e. sexuality, ethnicity and other)
- Psychological support for people wit medically unexplained symptoms
- Psychological support for people with physical health
- Interpersonal difficulties
- Work place stress
- Psychological support for people with neurodevelopmental presentations (i.e. autism spectrum disorder)
- Parent support for managing child and young persons behaviour
What are the approaches to therapy
Therapy delivered by a Clinical Psychologist
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT)
Systemic Therapy
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