Dr Alice Kennedy
Online Chartered Clinical Psychologist
Dr Alice Kennedy
Chartered Clinical Psychologist
Dr Alice Kennedy is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). She has worked clinically with young people and adults since 2006 in the NHS, universities, third sector and private practice.
Alice holds a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology and completed further training in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Eye Movement and Desensitisation therapy (EMDR). In addition to clinical work, Alice has taught across a number of Universities, including as a Senior Lecturer teaching trainee psychologists.
Alice has extensive experience working with a number of concerns including:
Traumatic life experiences (including PTSD)
Anxiety (including worry, social anxiety, health anxiety OCD and panic attacks)
Stress (including work stress)
Low Self Esteem
Relationship problems
Interpersonal difficulties
Health problems
Complex Grief
Alice will work with you to understand the difficulties causing your distress, how and where these have originated from, and why they continue to affect you. She draws on her extensive training and experience to help her client’s make sense of their experiences and find ways forward.
Alice will tailor her approach to suit your individual needs and engage you with compassion, warmth and respect. She aims to create a sense of safety where you are free to express and explore the difficulties you are facing. Together, you will generate a plan to tackle these difficulties. You can decide whether you want just a few sessions or wish to work together over several months.
Therapeutic models & approaches Alice is trained in:
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing (EMDR)
Alice’s Qualifications & Training
Chartered Clinical Psychologist
Health Care Professionals Council Registered (PYL31768)
Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society
Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, University of Exeter
Postgraduate Certificate in Psychological Therapies, University of Sheffield
BSc (Hons) in Psychology (First), The Open University
Supervisor Training
EMDR Training Parts 1-4
What is EMDR?
EMDR Stands for Eye Movement Desensitisation & Reprocessing.
When a person experiences psychological trauma or highly stressful events, they are not always able to process the relevant information (i.e. thoughts, emotions, bodily sensations). As a result, they can end up getting “stuck” inside of them and can resurface later on, as if the person was still reliving the traumatic or stressful event.
EMDR aims to ‘process’ negative experiences or events which can subsequently improve emotional well-being and help to significantly reduce, but more often eliminate distressing symptoms and bodily sensations associated with the trauma.
In 2013, the World Health Organization (WHO) has also acknowledged EMDR as being an effective treatment approach to psychological trauma and trauma-related disorders.