Our team

Jo is a highly experienced CBT, DBT and EMDR online psychological therapist with experience privately and as part of the Priory Group. She uses evidence-based treatments and co-runs DBT group provision online.

✔ Anxiety  ✔ Depression  ✔ Personality Disorders  ✔ Trauma  ✔ Self-Harm

Juliet is the Psychology Manager to the clinic team, supporting the practitioners with triage, bookings and session planning.

The friendly face you often meet first when engaging with our service. How big or small your question is, Juliet can answer it!

Emma is our Team Lead, DBT therapist and psychological therapist. She works both online and from our Guildford clinic, helping clients with a wide range of issues. Emma has a special interest in trauma and BPD.

✔ Maternal Mental Health ✔ Relationship Challenges ✔ Bereavement ✔ Parenting ✔ EUPD/ BPD ✔ Anxiety ✔ OCD ✔ Trauma ✔ ADHD

Lucy is a psychodynamic therapist specialising in eating disorders. She has over 5 years experience working with a wide variety of issues including mood disorders, dependencies and personality disorders.

✔ Eating Disorders ✔ High-Masking Neurodivergence ✔ Neurodivergent Mental Health & Difficulties in Society

Mercedes is a pluralistic psychological therapist in Guildford. She utilises a range of modalities and training techniques that incorporate methods informed by research. She aims to give you a space to be truly ‘who you are’, without judgement.

✔ Anxiety ✔ Low Self-Esteem ✔ Personal Growth ✔ Depression & Low Mood ✔ Stress & Burnout

Louise works integratively as a psychotherapist, offering a range of interventions to treat anxiety, depression, addiction and mood disorders. She has a special interest in pregnancy and has received postnatal mental health training, which enables her to offer her specialist sessions for women in the first, second, third and fourth trimester.

✔ Perinatal Mental Health ✔ Anxiety ✔ Depression ✔ Grief ✔ Stress ✔ Burnout

Julia is a BI DBT trained DBT practitioner, who offers 1:1 sessions, DBT assessments and co-facilitates adult DBT groups. With experience working across various services, she now works with clients to help them develop confidence in themselves and their ability to live a fulfilled life.

✔ Dependencies ✔ Learning Disabilities ✔ Perinatal Mental Health

Matthew is a BACP-accredited integrative psychotherapist, blending psychological approaches supported by scientific evidence, including third wave CBT. He has a specialist interest working within the music industry, experienced in working with relational conflict, trauma and dependencies.

✔ Psychological Distress ✔ Trauma ✔ Grief ✔ Addiction ✔ OCD ✔ Neurodiversity

Paula is an experienced Counselling Psychologist with a DPhil in Psychology, registered with the HCPC and chartered by the BPS. She works with adolescents and adults, offering tailored, evidence-based therapy with a focus on CBT and trauma. Paula provides a safe, supportive, and culturally sensitive space for clients to achieve balance and lasting change.

✔ PTSD ✔ Trauma ✔ General Anxiety Disorder ✔ Social Anxiety ✔ Depression ✔ Self-Esteem ✔ Relationships (including between parents and children of any age)

Mai is a BABCP-accredited CBT therapist based in our Guildford clinic, treating a range of issues across diverse age groups. She has a specialist interest in working with individuals presenting with co-morbidities, long-term health conditions, and neurodevelopmental difficulties.

✔ Generalised Anxiety ✔ Health Anxiety ✔ Panic Disorder ✔ OCD ✔ Social Anxiety ✔ Phobias ✔ PTSD ✔ Depression ✔ Low Self-Esteem ✔ Body Dysmorphic Disorder

Tom uses an integrative approach, including CBT, ACT, Schema and mindfulness to help clients shift unhelpful patterns and unlock their potential. His experience and training has developed his evidence based practice in supporting people with a range of disorders to overcome suffering and embrace change.

✔ Emotional Issues ✔ Relationship Dynamics ✔ Behavioural Patterns ✔ Life Crisis ✔ Grief ✔ Human Potential ✔ OCD ✔ Coaching

Jenni is a Child and Adolescent Therapist with a compassionate, solution-focused approach. Specialising in childhood and complex trauma, she builds safe, trusting relationships with children and families. Trained in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Jenni helps young people develop emotional regulation, distress tolerance and interpersonal skills to feel seen and understood.

✔ Anxiety ✔ PTSD ✔ Depression ✔ Phobias ✔ School Refusal

Rya is an experienced therapist offering individual and group intervention in DBT and CBT, and with a specialist interest in working with eating disorders, having completed the NCFED diploma. She works with clients to successfully help them to retain, regain and develop confidence in independent living.

✔ Eating Disorders ✔ Anxiety ✔ Trauma ✔ Depression ✔ PTSD

Lizzie has worked with a variety of DBT teams over the last ten years and is intensively dual trained by BIDBT and an NHS service. Lizzie has an extensive history of working alongside people struggling with substance use and acute mental health difficulties, who have experienced multiple traumas.

✔ EUPD/ BPD ✔ Neurodiversity ✔ Trauma ✔ OCD

Mansee is a BACP-accredited psychotherapist with over 18 years’ experience in mental health. A trained DBT practitioner, she has worked across India, Norway and the UK, bringing a multilingual and multicultural perspective. Mansee specialises in CBT and DBT for anxiety, depression and EUPD, with extensive experience supporting young people with complex mental health difficulties through CAMHS.

✔ Anxiety ✔ Low Mood ✔ Depression ✔ Trauma ✔ OCD ✔ Disordered Eating ✔ Personality Disorders

Luiza is an integrative psychotherapist and CBT, EMDR and MBCT practitioner with over 15 years’ NHS and private experience. She offers inclusive, trauma-informed and evidence-based care with compassion and a holistic approach.

✔ Depression ✔ Anxiety Disorders ✔ OCD ✔ Phobias ✔ Grief ✔ PTSD & Trauma ✔ Low Self-Esteem & Confidence Issues ✔ Perinatal Distress ✔ Anger ✔ Couples & Relationship Challenges ✔ Work Stress & Burnout

Nic is a BACP and SfDBT-accredited therapist with a wealth of experience in supporting clients with a range of difficulties. He brings in a range of approaches such as CBT and DBT to support and change unhelpful thinking patterns. He offers individual sessions and facilitates DBT groups online.

✔ Anxiety ✔ Depression ✔ Panic Attacks ✔ Grief & Loss ✔ OCD ✔ EUPD ✔ Emotional Regulation Difficulties ✔ Low Self-Esteem

Leonora is trained in both Relationship Therapy and DBT with experience across the NHS, private and charitable sectors. She specialises in neurodiversity and is committed to making therapy accessible and offers tailored adjustments to meet each client’s needs.

✔ Relationship & Family Dynamics ✔ Neurodiversity ✔ Emotional Dysregulation & Impulsivity ✔ ADHD & Autism (including late identification in adults) ✔ Developmental & Relational Trauma ✔ Identity, Self-Esteem & Life Transitions ✔ Communication & Interpersonal Difficulties

Dilek is an integrative therapist who draws on CBT, mindfulness, Internal Family Systems, and psychodynamic therapy to create personalised treatment plans. With an interest in trauma, she focuses on assessment and formulation to identify effective treatments.

✔ Trauma ✔ Depression ✔ Anxiety ✔ Sexual Abuse ✔ Addiction ✔ Cross-Cultural Marital Issues ✔ Child-Parent Conflicts

Conor provides a warm, reflective space for clients to explore emotions and relationships in depth. He draws on person-centred and psychodynamic approaches to support self-understanding and personal growth. Conor also offers DBT-informed support to develop skills for managing emotional intensity and distress.

✔ Self-Criticism ✔ Relational Difficulties ✔ Struggles with Self-Worth & Identity

Joan manages our accounts and heads up our human recourses.

If you ever have a question about session costs, billing, insurance payments or more, Joan will be able to answer your query.

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