Naomi Twigden

I am available throughout the week for therapy via zoom or at my practice on Brick lane in Shoreditch. I am currently taking on new clients to start from November. 

I'm Naomi. I identify as part of the LGBTQIA + community and use she/they pronouns. I trained as a therapist in Melbourne, Australia. Themes I have trained in and work with include grief, anxiety, depression, alcohol & drugs, cross-culture counselling, neurodiversity, trauma, family and relationships.

I aim to create a friendly, warm space where clients feel safe and able to open up in their own time. I'm aware that therapy can be a daunting prospect, so I will ease you into the process as much as I can. I won't probe you with questions, nor will I sit silently making notes, instead we will collaborate to find our own rhythm and way of working.

I hope to provide clients with tools to allow them to deal with the challenges that life can bring. This may be learning how to manage a diagnosis of adhd, dealing with challenging interpersonal relationships, alleviating social anxiety, or coping with feelings of low mood. The therapy space can also be used to process past experiences or as a sounding board to explore a new identity or a different direction in life. 

I have extensive training and experience in working with young adults (18 - 35) and GSRD (gender, sexual and relationship diverse) clients. My experience includes working as a freelance psychotherapist for MIND, a university campus counsellor and as a LGBTQIA+ crisis line telephone counsellor.

I'm an integrative therapist, which means I draw on several modalities. This is likely to include person-centred, compassion-focussed, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), psychodynamic, attachment, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and existential approaches. Where appropriate, I use my experience as a meditation and breathwork teacher to work somatically with the body.

Before becoming a therapist, I worked in the food industry as a start-up founder and then as a marketing and branding manager and consultant for other start-ups. I have also written a cookbook.

TRAINING

​Graduate Diploma in Counselling, Australian College of Applied Psychology, Melbourne (Distinction)

British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists Member (MBACP, 00971893)

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Certified Trauma Therapist (Level 7 Distinction); Emphasis on creating a sense of safety and emotional stabilisation & practical tools for addressing intrusive imagery and triggers. Evidence-based therapies, somatic focussed, PTSD, Complex-PTSD, EFT (tapping), cognitive processing, trauma-focussed CBT, disassociation, avoidance, mind-body awareness, psycho-education.

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Certified Psychosexual Therapist (Level 5); Kink, BDSM, sexual compulsivity, sexual trauma, disassociation & shame, physical issues, relationships and desire, sexuality and relationship diverse client affirming. I believe in sex-positivity and avoid assumptions of normativity.

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Certified Mindfulness Meditation Teacher, Dream Haus

Breathwork Training, Breathwork Mastery 

Usually I will help you figure out if there are certain goals you would like us to focus on, and start to get to know you. Alternatively, we can jump straight into an issue if there is something on your mind. It is your space so we can use it in a way that works for you. You will always be in charge of what we discuss but I will help you if it feels overwhelming or daunting at all.