Nicola Todd

Psychotherapist specialising in CBT

EMDR Therapist

I can help you break free from anxiety, stress and panic attacks and take back control of your life. I am a Psychotherapist specialising in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Clinical Hypnosis and Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR). I have worked within the NHS and Priory Hospital as a Psychotherapist as well as in private practice.  You will learn CBT problem solving skills so that you can become your own therapist and maintain healthy ways of thinking and behaving. I specialise in treating anxiety disorders and integrate CBT with other approaches such as Clinical Hypnosis, ACT and Mindfulness. I am also an EMDR practitioner which focuses on how past events affect us in the present and can be useful for processing trauma.

I have an MSc in CBT and REBT from Goldsmiths and am a full member of the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society and the British Society of Clinical Hypnosis.

I have over 25 years’ experience working as a therapist with adults. I have worked within the NHS and Priory as a CBT and EMDR Therapist. I offer a structured approach to enable you to make lasting changes to your life.  

Nicola is a specialist in the treatment of anxiety disorders.

Nicola is highly experienced in the treatment of the following problems:

  • Anger

  • Anxiety - Stress

  • Anxiety - Agoraphobia

  • Anxiety - Generalised (GAD)

  • Anxiety - Health

  • Panic / Panic Attacks

  • Anxiety - Performance

  • Anxiety - Separation

  • Anxiety - Fears of abandonment

  • Anxiety - Social

  • Anxiety - Phobias

  • Emetophobia (Specific Fear of Vomit)

  • Chronic Fatigue / ME

  • Depression - Low Mood

  • Perinatal Anxiety

  • Depression - Seasonal Affective Disorder

  • Eating Disorders - Over Eating & Weight Loss

  • Grief / Bereavement / Loss

  • Hoarding

  • Infertility

  • Low Self-Esteem

  • Miscarriage

  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

  • Pain management

  • Perfectionism

  • Relationship - Infidelity, affairs & betrayals

  • Relationship - Separation & Divorce

  • Skin/Hair picking (tricotillomania / dermatillomania)

  • Sleep - Problems

  • Sleep - Insomnia

  • Stopping smoking

  • Trauma - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

  • Trauma - Road Traffic Accidents

  • Work - General

  • Work - Bullying

  • Work - Redundancy

Models of Practice Nicola is trained in:

  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

  • Coaching (Career / Life)

  • Eye Movement Desensitisation & Reprocessing (EMDR)

  • Clinical hypnosis

  • Exposure Response Prevention (ERP)

    Integrative Therapy

    Mindfulness

  • Schema

  • Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Nicola works with:

  • All adults, across the whole age range from 18 years + 

Qualifications & Professional Memberships

  • MSc in REBT

  • CBT Professional Accreditation with NCPS NCS21-00475

What is CBT?

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is an evidenced based & well researched talking therapy. It is recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) for many mental health problems.

It is most commonly used to treat anxiety and depression, but can be useful for many other mental and physical health problems.

CBT focuses upon how your thoughts and behaviours impact upon your emotions and physical symptoms.

CBT is collaborative treatment and typically involves doing homework tasks between appointments.

It aims to teach you to become your own therapist, teaching you tools so you can keep using the strategies and techniques you have learned after you have finished therapy.

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 Organisation (WHO) has also acknowledged EMDR as being an effective treatment approach to psychological trauma and trauma-related disorders.

 

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