psychological
Therapists
At the Bodywork Centre we have a number of Practitioners specialising in many different methods of Psychology and Psychotherapy:
​
Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT)
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy
Psychology
​
Chartered Clinical Psychologist – Dr Petra Carlsson-Mitchell
​
In her private practice, INPSYCHOLOGY, Petra specialises in Psychological therapies to people over the age of 18, who experience psychological, emotional and relational difficulties that have a debilitating impact on their quality of life. She offers individually tailored psychological therapy to work alongside each person to; make sense of what may have caused their difficulties, develop a sense of self and identifying personal needs, strengthen resources and skills to cope with the ups and downs of life. The goal of therapy, as Petra sees it, is an overall improvement in the person’s general wellbeing as well as equipping them to continue to grow and thrive.
​
To carry out these fundamental changes, Petra implements evidence based psychological therapies that are responsive to difficulties related to: complex trauma, PTSD, loss, grief, lack of sense of self, interpersonal difficulties, low self-worth and self-confidence, shame, guilt, depression and anxiety.
​
Her core service involves offering individual therapy. However, mental health concerns, particularly when they are long term and deep rooted can be very stressful for people who stand close to the individual and her service also extends to offer psychological sessions and consultations for parents, partners carers and couples.
The client is at the heart of therapy. Petra takes an active non-judgemental stance to ensure that their needs are met, they feel safe and listened to. And, she cheerleads clients to stay motivated through therapy by encouraging them to take responsibility and ownership of their work.
​
Petra offers a free 15-minute telephone consultation as well as a reduced rate Early Consultation session. This is a pre-therapy session where you would begin to make sense of your difficulties and weigh up the pros and cons for entering into therapy. If you have further questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Petra direct: email petra@inpsychology.co.uk or phone 07931583115.
​
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy | Interpersonal Therapy (IPT)
Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) | Psychodynamic Psychotherapy | Integrative Psychotherapy.
Accepted insurance plans: BUPA, AVIVA, Vitality Health, AXA PPP healthcare
​
​
Psychotherapeutic Counsellor - Adam Eagle MBACP
Adam is a Psychotherapeutic Counsellor, meaning he can, where needed and in agreement with the client, work at a deeper level than some Counsellors. He was trained at a BACP-accredited institution and is a member of the BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy).
Adam sees clients at The Bodywork Centre in Hexham on Mondays and Wednesdays. The Centre has comfortable, quiet rooms ideal for therapy. It is centrally located with parking nearby. The initial consultation, is a chance to talk about what’s been happening and see what work could be done together and lasts 40 or 50 minutes, it is free of charge. Thereafter the session fee is £45.
Adam works with adults, seeing both men and women, but doesn't do couples counselling. The issues that clients and Adam work on include loss, trauma, relationship problems, control, anger, depression, anxiety and issues from the past. If he was to describe his view of therapy in a few words Adam would say it is about healing, change and growth.
Adam is in his 60’s and lives in Northumberland. Before training as a counsellor he had careers in publishing and the charity sector, including running his own company. Adam has also experienced periods of unemployment.
Watch Adam talking about his counselling services here. Contact Adam by email on aeagle@live.co.uk or call on 0790 220 9473 www.adameaglecounsellor.co.uk
​
Counselling | Psychotherapy
Chartered Counselling Psychologist - Dr Judi Sharifi PsyD
​
As a person-centred, integrative psychologist, Judi draws from a number of evidence-based approaches to provide therapy that is tailored to suit your personal needs. With over thirty years of experience working in adult mental health in the NHS and independently, she has come to understand that how we relate to ourselves and others is at the heart of our difficulties. She has specialist experience of issues affecting older people and people facing social injustice.
By providing you with a safe place to share your story, the journey can begin where, together, you will identify those familiar patterns that seem to trap you in unhelpful ways of thinking, feeling and behaving. With warmth, compassion and humour, we will find a way to help you towards recovery and wellbeing. Above all, you will see that you are not the problem, but perhaps you are feeling overwhelmed at the moment by work, family, relationship difficulties, or simply life in general.
Judi offers assessments and treatment for a range of anxiety, mood and other disorders, as well as general life coaching.
She is registered with the British Association for Mindfulness Based Approaches (BAMBA) and has over ten years of experience teaching courses in mindfulness (stress reduction; mindfulness in the workplace; mindfulness based cognitive therapy) as well as personal meditation coaching.
Do contact Judi direct if you wish to discuss this further, or have any questions. She offers a free 15 mins telephone consultation.
Contact Judi through The Bodywork Centre or, via her website.
Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT) | Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) | Mindfulness-based Approaches (MBSR/MBCT) | Compassion Focused Therapy |Systematic/Family Therapy | Gestalt Therapy |
​
​
Counsellor - Nick Tasker
Nick trained as a counsellor after benefiting from counselling himself, in his early twenties. He has 30 years of experience and offers counselling to adults and young adults who are seeking to understand themselves better and make sense of their lives.
Nick is accredited by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and works to a professional code of ethics to offer a safe, confidential place for his clients to learn and grow. Most of Nick's experience has been with the NHS working in GP surgeries in the West of Newcastle with a huge variety of people from different backgrounds, cultures and ages. This has shaped his practice to focus on the individual, to listen and build a safe, relaxed working relationship.
Nick's aim is to encourage you to talk, tell your story, hear yourself and understand yourself. This is always a different process with each individual and goes at a pace that you are comfortable with. The frequency and number of sessions is flexible and fits around your needs. Therapy is a developing process.
​
Nick offers face to face sessions here at The Bodywork Centre but he can also work on the phone or Zoom. In addition, Nick also offers Walking Therapy and may be able to provide home visits in some circumstances. He also offers person-centred supervision to other therapists.
​
Contact Nick direct, to discuss working together. Tel. 01434 230761 or email: taskernick2@gmail.com
​
Counselling | Psychotherapy
​
​
Integrative Counsellor – Andrea Alder (MBACP)
​
Andrea is a fully qualified Integrative Therapeutic Counsellor, meaning she can tailor her therapy to suit the needs of the individual, using different models of practice. She is a full member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). For over 30 years, Andrea has gathered a wealth of knowledge and experience working with families and individuals needing support across the North-East and working as a counsellor for a Northumberland charity. In her private practice PATHWAY, she works with issues including grief and loss, trauma, issues from childhood, anxiety, depression, historic domestic abuse, and relationship issues.
​
Andrea understands that life can be challenging, and she offers an empathic approach, building rapport and developing trust that allows individuals to share their innermost feelings in confidence and in a safe environment, with the aim of promoting change and growth.
​
Andrea delivers face to face counselling at The Bodywork Centre, online and telephone, and can offer daytime and early evening appointments.
​
She offers a free consultation to enable you to share your concerns, and decide if this is the right therapy for you.
​
Contact Andrea through The Bodywork Centre or email her direct: Pathway58.counselling@gmail.com
Telephone 07510 810280
​
Counselling | Psychotherapy
​
​
​
​
BACP Counsellor - Joanna Devereaux
Joanna began her clinical counselling/psychotherapy practice in 1994. She originally trained as a Person Centred Counsellor/Psychotherapist and is a fully Qualified, Registered & Senior Accredited BACP Counsellor. She abides by BAP’s Ethical Framework for the counselling professions. She is also a qualified Clinical Supervisor, Clinical Hypnotherapist and Havening Techniques® Certified Practitioner, Expressive Art Therapist and a Life Coach. She is trained in CBT and EMDR.
​
Joanna believes that the trusting and supportive relationship between client and counsellor is the most important aspect of counselling. Her hope is to create a relaxed environment where she compassionately helps clients find the most courageous parts of themselves, to activate a sense of resilience that will help clients make changes that will positively impact their life, and learn new ways of approaching difficulties and life challenges.
Joanna offers face to face appointments at The Bodywork Centre and also remotely on video platforms. She is able to support clients for open ended therapy for issues that stem from the past, as well as using a brief Solution Focused therapeutic approach, to help individuals move on from current concerns. Trauma, anxiety and grief are issues she regularly works with. She also provides growth & support counselling to counselling students as they navigate counselling training as part of her private work. She provides Clinical Supervision for practicing counsellors as part of their requirement as members of the counselling professional governing bodies. Joanna is also a group facilitator and can offer options for small closed group therapy and workshops for both personal growth and mental health resilience. She also provides Reiki for relaxation and mind body rebalance.
Joanna wants the best outcomes for her clients, she believes in using current and up to date therapeutic techniques to offer the best and most effective therapy to suit client needs. She has a special interest neuroscience and the brain system in relation to mental and somatic wellbeing, meeting and treating the client as a “whole” being. Self-help methods are always offered, to enable and empower clients to continue improvement at home.
​
Contact Joanna direct: 07720 473334 or email: joannadevereaux686@gmail.com
​
Person/Client Centred Therapy | Brief Solution Focused Therapy | Group Therapy | Psychosensory Therapy | Hypnotherapy, Reiki for Relaxation | Meditation | Havening Technique
​
​
Senior Clinical Psychologist - Jamie Coulthard
Jamie is a senior clinical psychologist, qualified 18 years, now working at The Bodywork Centre.
He works with adults, children, young people, and families and he particularly enjoys working with autistic people.
Jamie has many years’ experience working for Northumberland CYPS, in both the neurodevelopmental assessment and mental health pathways and now works in health psychology at the RVI and the dental hospital in Newcastle.
Jamie has a balanced, evidence-based understanding of autism as 'a different order, not a disorder'; a normal part of the spectrum of human conscious experience. He passionately believes that this positive understanding is a foundation for transforming the lives of autistic people and their families. Jamie also specialises in working psychologically with pain. He is currently applying for a significant research grant (NIHR) to evaluate a new intervention he has developed that applies a deep understanding of the mechanisms of consciousness to reduce pain experience.
See Jamie's website for more information, including prices, availability and video introductions.
www.psychologyhexham.com or leave him a message on 01434 303126, and he’ll get back to you as soon as possible.
​
​
Psychology | Narrative Therapy | Motivational Interviewing | Understanding Autism | Pain Management
​
BACP Counsellor - Richard Lydall
​
Richard (Richy) is a qualified person-centred counsellor (since 2018), a creative counselling supervisor (since 2021), and a member of the BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy). He works therapeutically with adults, young people, children and couples.
Richard has gained a wide portfolio of experience over the past 30 years, originally working as a youth worker in areas such as offending, substance misuses, domestic abuse, probation, learning disabilities and self-advocacy. He has successfully worked in a wide range of settings and environments, including local authorities, the NHS and in the voluntary sector.
He incorporates three decades of working closely with individuals in both his counselling and clinical supervisory work.
Developing key values when working with individuals has always been crucially important to Richard's work. Valuing individuals and their experiences in a non-judgemental setting is the cornerstone of his practice. He endeavours to create a safe and confidential space where emotions, feelings and thoughts can be shared, heard, explored and understood. As a person-centred counsellor ,Richard trusts that the client has the inner resources (often hidden) to work through issues and problems, and he tailors each session individually, whatever the presenting issue or age of the client. He has an eclectic, creative approach, incorporating engaging methods and tools to share, explore and help connect people with their feelings.
Richard's extensive experience includes working with individuals with a wide range of issues, such as managing stress and anxiety, living with cancer and anticipatory grief, childhood trauma, late diagnosis of neuro-diversity (Autism/ADHD etc), working towards acceptance and understanding of self, eating issues, school/exam stress, self-harm, suicide ideation, and friendship/ relationship issues. He is committed to professional development and keen to expand his therapeutic offer, now including ‘couple counselling’. Richard is known for his warmth, sincerity, honesty and professionalism.
Should you wish to discuss your needs for counselling therapy contact Richard direct for an initial session, or discussion:
​07926835540 or email: RandRtherapies@gmail.com
​
​Couples Counselling | Young Person Counselling | Counselling for Cancer | Relationships​
​
​
​
​
​
Estelle Brightwell - Accredited Art Psychotherapist
Estelle has over 30 years’ experience working with children, young people and adults from difficult and complex backgrounds. She has worked at CAMHS, within mainstream education and pupil referral units, speech and language schools, NHS psychology services, learning disability services, creative therapy services and children’s residential homes. Her experience
has enabled her to develop strong skills in assessment and psychotherapy interventions.
Art Psychotherapy is a psychotherapy that can support psychological, emotional, educational, social, physical and brain development. Offering a safe, non intrusive private space to express ,communicate and to work through experiences and to explore future goals. We all interact with, process and produce art differently .Every individual's work can be called an original!
Estelle offers an integrative, person centred, client-led therapy involving art, play, games, psychoeducation, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and psychotherapy interventions. The art process is seen from a neuroscience perspective. Sessions aim to be comfortable, relaxed and easy going. Creating art uses the senses and can support brain development and art can be a tool that helps links between mind and body. It is different to art teaching, you do not need to feel experienced in art techniques, to benefit from art therapy. People from all ages and backgrounds can benefit.
Please see www.art-psychotherapy-northumberland-and-cumbria.com for more information about the benefits of Art Therapy. Estelle offers one to one Art Psychotherapy at The Bodywork Centre, Hexham (sessions last for 50 minutes.) Please phone 07553 759668 or email Estelle direct to book in: estellemaria7@gmail.com.
Art Therapy | Children's Psychotherapy | Art Psychotherapy | CBT
