Hi there and thank you for visiting my website.

 

I'm Charlotte and I have a doctorate in Counselling Psychology from Regent’s University, London, a BSc in Applied Psychology and Sociology from the University of Surrey, am a chartered member of the British Psychological Society and an HCPC-registered Counselling Psychologist. I am also a qualifed EMDR therapist.

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Having worked in the health and fitness arena as a strength and conditioning coach for over a decade, I have a strong interest in the mind-body connection and particularly how this relates to our body image and relationship with food.  I consider our bodies to be a key tool in healing and approach therapy from a 'bottom up', sensorimotor perspective where we tap into the body's physiological and sensory wisdom, as well as a 'top down' perspective where we explore cognitive experience and emotional processing. 

 

When it comes to healing, talking and thinking about our difficulties (a top-down, intellectual approach) can be really helpful, but it often only gets us so far.  Many struggles, especially those around body image, self-esteem, or trauma, aren't just thoughts in our head.  They're stored in our nervous system and body as feelings, sensations, and automatic reactions.  

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That's why a more bottom-up, embodied and experiential approach to therapy can be so powerful.  It helps us to reconnect with our bodies, experience new ways of relating to ourselves, establish a sense of internal safety, and create lasting change by rewiring our brains through practice and experience rather than solely on insight.  ​

 

I have worked across both public and private sectors in pain management, physical rehabilitation, and eating disorder services.  I currently work in private practice, and have consulted for an array of organisations on health-related issues, including the BBC, Sky News, ITV, The Guardian, The Times and Tesco.

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