Jenny Smallwood

• MBACP (Accred).
• M.A. Gestalt Psychotherapy.
• B.A. Honours—Philosophy.
• BACP Accredited Diploma in Counselling.
• Postgraduate Diploma in CBT
• Levels 1, 2 and 3 EMDR Training

I have worked in private practice since 2004. I also worked in Primary Care settings for the NHS in the past but I currently work for an Eating Disorders Charity in Worksop (as both a senior psychotherapist and acting Clinical Manager) as well as my own private practice.

My previous career was in Banking and Finance but I found therapy so helpful with my own personal problems that I decided to retrain as a psychotherapist.

I believe therapy helps people in many ways:

• talking through personal issues can be cathartic and stress-relieving
• the quality of the therapeutic relationship can help people understand why they repeat unhelpful patterns of behaviour, have unsupportive relationships, feel depressed, anxious or have low self-esteem
• therapy safely experiments with how people work through their issues and feel better about themselves
• therapy helps in many practical ways too e.g. psycho-education, reframing perspectives or simply developing new skills with which to combat life's problems

EMDR is a different form of therapy which helps people who suffer from PTSD, Dissociation, trauma, complex grief, phobias and much more. EMDR works on the neural processes of the mind helping to alleviate thoughts, memories and feelings which a person may find difficult to move past.

My availability:
Wednesday to Fridays 9.30am to 2.30pm

My fees:
£45 per psychotherapy session