Mandy Atkinson

I provide psychotherapy in both an online and face-to-face environments on Tuesdays and Thursdays only. Appointments are available on Tuesdays from 1pm to 8pm and Thursdays from 9am to 6pm.

My name is Mandy Atkinson and I live and work in South Walsham near Norwich in Norfolk. I am an experienced UKCP accredited psychotherapist and supervisor and my face-to-face clinical practice is based in South Walsham in Norfolk where I provide counselling and psychotherapy for people individually, plus for couples, families and groups. I provide psychotherapy both face-to- face and also online via the medium of Zoom.  I enjoy working with people from all different cultures and backgrounds and of all ages for shorter and longer term work. I describe myself as an integrative psychotherapist. My specialism is Transactional Analysis. 

I work specialise in working with trauma, anxiety and grief therapy.  

I have a special interest in working therapeutically with eating disorders and eating, weight and the body related issues.

I run a psychotherapy practice both online and locally in South Walsham in Norfolk  providing counselling & psychotherapy for individuals, couples, families and groups. 

Finding someone you feel comfortable talking to

Coming for therapy for the first time is an important step and can be daunting and I believe that the most important thing about coming for therapy, is to find someone who you can talk to and feel that there is the potential for a professional therapeutic relationship to build over time.

What can I expect?

In terms of what to expect during that first session, my aim will be to connect with you and give you the space to relax and share a little of why you got in touch and what you are hoping for from therapy. It is my policy to speak to all new clients briefly on the phone in a phone assessment before coming to see me at the practice for their first session. So, we will have already had an initial conversation and have been in contact. I will have sent you a copy of my welcome letter and agreement, so that you can read more about how I work in my practice before we meet for your first session.

Sometimes people come to therapy because they know they don’t feel right, but are unsure what they want form therapy. This is OK, sometimes what you really need to talk about will emerge in the work as you gain more confidence in attending your therapy.

I provide one to one and group clinical supervision both online and face to face from my clinical practice in South Walsham, Norfolk on Wednesdays and Fridays between 8.30am and 6pm.

I am an experienced supervisor who supports psychotherapists and counsellors across modalities. 

I also have a special interest in working with eating, weight and body related issues and eating disorders. 

For further information, here is a link to my website:

www.matttersofthemind.org.uk/supervision

I am a experienced qualified clinical UKCP and BACP accredited supervisor providing individual and group supervision to qualified counsellors and psychotherapists and counsellors across modalities. I also provide supervision to counsellors and psychotherapists completing their professional training  and accreditation.  In addition, I provide supervision to the wider helping professions such as pastors and social workers. 

My aim is to provide a warm collaborative environment for supervision so that supervisees at whatever stage of their professional development, can seek the support they need for their clinical work and share their experiences openly and honestly.  In this way,empowering personal development and growth as clinical experience grows. 

I would describe myself as an integrative psychotherapist with a relational approach. 

You can find out more about me and the supervision I provide on the following link.

https://www.mattersofthemind.org.uk/supervision/

I  run a full clinical supervision practice and provide supervision both online and locally in South Walsham in Norfolk.  Supervision is available two days a week on both Wednesdays and Fridays on a one-to-one basis and in group settings.  

For counsellors and psychotherapists interested in having clinical supervision with me, I provide a 10/15 minute introductory meeting usually on Zoom for new supervisees to 'meet' me and explore the opportunity of working together as supervisor and supervisee. There is no charge for this initial meeting. 

At this stage we can decide together whether to book an initial supervision session. 

I am  a UKCP registered transactional analyst psychotherapist, supervisor and educator and my clinical practice involves the provision of psychotherapy, supervision and bespoke training in various aspects of psychotherapy. 

Recent bespoke courses have included: 

• Eating and Weight Through the Kalediscope - an introduction to working with eating and weight and the current landscape
  
• Working Therapeutically with Obesity
  
• Therapy for Weight Loss Surgery
  
• Working Therapeutically with Bulimia
  
• Working with Shame, Eating and Weight
  
• TA101 Eating and Weight
  
• Therapy for Anxiety 
  
• An Introduction to working with couples using Transactional Analysis
  
• An Introduction to working with couples in bereavement context using Transactional Analysis 
• Mental Health Familiarisation course - an introduction to psychiatry and the routes and origins of mental health, medication, and NHS mental health provision.
  

I am a qualified and experienced teacher with over 25 years experience of teaching and training in a variety of different settings. 

I am a qualified and experienced teacher and trainer with many years experience of developing and delivering teaching and training to meet the different requirements of the organisations that I work with.  Training can be delivered to small or larger groups depending on what is required. 

I am able to develop face to face training or online training provision, and supporting materials such as workbooks to support the needs of the group I am training.