Amelia Presman

I value working collaboratively with my clients, so that we can arrive at a shared understanding of your difficulties and the circumstances that have contributed to these difficulties. I use an integrative and person-centred therapeutic approach to support my clients to reach their goals, drawing from therapeutic models including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Compassion Focussed Therapy, Dialectical Behavioural Therapy, Systemic Family Therapy, and Attachment Theory. I value the client-therapist relationship as a key component of therapy, and I work with my clients to create a warm, safe, and trusting environment where clients feel respected and heard.

Throughout my career I have worked in a wide range of NHS services, including adult mental health primary and secondary care services delivering both short-term and long-term therapy, early intervention in psychosis teams, child and adolescent mental health services, family psychology services, and physical health teams including services working with cancer, rheumatology, and neurological conditions. My therapeutic background has a strong basis in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). Throughout my training and career as a clinical psychologist, my approach has broadened into an integrative therapeutic style, incorporating elements from a range of different therapies, always tailored to the individual client and the problem we are working with. I completed my Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at the University of East London. I also have a Master’s degree in mental health from University College London. As well as my clinical work, I have conducted research into the biological underpinnings of depression; genetic contributions to psychosis and schizophrenia; and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on social relationships and mental health.