Iris Kay

I am Consultant EMDR Trauma Therapist and NHS Experience Trauma Therapist with over 20 years NHS Mental Health Experience, accredited Counsellor and Psychotherapist that I am 

I work using the latest psychological therapies involved Brain and Body interaction and within the NICE and World Health Organisation Guidelines  My experience of online working is considerable since the onset of Covid Pandemic and I discovered it works really well with advantages for both parties, no parking, time saving and as efficient as person to person therapy. I am flexible regarding appointments that suit both parties.

I am a Consultant EMDR Trauma Therapist and accredited BACP counsellor and psychotherapist. I am an experienced NHS therapist and work with Government organisations including NHS, Police, Fire Service and Emergency Service Personnel.

I use the latest neuroscience led psychological therapies for working with clients who have experienced stressful events, for example PTSD, trauma, panic attacks, anxiety, low mood etc. 

I can help people with Long Covid  Symptoms such as tinnitus, body pain, phantom limb pain, bad smells etc   an immediate  physical change can be noticed I am pleased to say. 

I now work online (Zoom/WhatsApp) due to Covid and have found from working this way over two years, therapy online is as effective as face to face therapy. This information was gained by positive feed back from clients. 

I am a Consultant EMDR Trauma Practitioner and NHS Practitioner I use EMDR, CBT and other practical therapeutic  interventions  to engage the sensory flight, fight and freeze responses of the the brain and body. Therapy enables the person  to identify the triggers to this defence system ie the fear that triggers the response of fight, fight and freeze that are activated when there is no immediate threat, ie panic, anxiety, anger etc   This can often result in ongoing low mood and repetitive anxious thoughts and feelings, that can be helped by an experienced therapist such as myself.. 

• I am currently working effectively on line using Zoom, WhatsApp to keep clients and myself safe from Covid Infections. Offering therapy this way is not detrimental to the process of therapy fro m my experience over two years delivering therapy in this way. 

• My initial session involves providing psycho education about how the brain and body the works in relation to trauma and how this affects our daily life.  To provide knowledge and understanding of how the human system manages trauma and how the Brain and Body interact when facing distressing events to protect ourselves as a mammal species by using sophisticated  neuro network systems within brain and body to protect us from harm. I taking a a life history of upsetting events and how these events relate to our human survival system.

•  Introducing practical techniques to lower distress using self administered proven stabilisation  techniques that are helpful also helpful for ongoing Covid Symptoms.

• Education about Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing (EMDR) Treatment as recommended by NHS Nice Guidelines and the World Health Organisation as an effective treatment for PTSD and used for other psychological effects of trauma, such as panic, depression, flashbacks etc. 

• Sessions can take up to 90 minutes to give you a sense of the time it takes to reprocess information and enable transformational change in which problem emotional learnings are dissolved and symptoms do not reoccur. 
  

Please call me for any additional information and or to book an appointment  call 07775581719.  Regards Iris