Professional Background and Experience

Hi I’m Sheena,

I am a Chartered Clinical Psychologist with 25 years of clinical experience, 17 years of which were spent working in the NHS- initially in Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMHS) Services, and then across various hospitals in London, supporting people living with chronic health conditions and life limiting illness.

In private practice, I work with a range of emotional difficulties including anxiety, grief and trauma.

Over my long career, I have trained in and applied a range of therapeutic approaches to support individuals and groups of people in managing the significant emotional impact of a wide range of life challenges.

My practice pays attention to:

-The social and political context in which we live and have lived. This includes experiences of racism, oppression and stigmatization. And patriarchal legacy, which harms both women and men.

-How trauma lives in the body and therefore how working with the body is an essential part of healing. That is, we need to move beyond simply intellectualising our pain.

-How developing self-compassion helps us to settle in to our bodies; accept, understand and befriend the emotions that arise within, and choose actions which soothe and nurture and move us towards more authentic ways of being.

I have extensive clinical experience in using a range of therapeutic approaches and I will always offer an integrative and holistic approach to therapy - to work with a client’s specific psychological need.