COUNSELLING FIRST I have been a therapist for more than 8 years and have specialised in trauma, including sexual, emotional, and physical abuse as well as PTSD since 2005. Counselling First is my own private practice where I see clients during the evenings or weekends. I have been in private practice since first qualifying. All my work is fully supervised and I undertake regular CPD. I am a senior accredited therapist of the National Council of Psychotherapists and a member of the BACP. I am fully insured and adhere to a code of ethics. My theoretical orientation is an Integrative Counsellor with preferences towards Cognitive and Solution Focused approaches including Imagery therapies such as IRRT, PE and PICT. I am interested in working with trauma clients and continue to undertaken specialist training in Trauma and PTSD, learning the latest theory and practical interventions. Other areas of interest are emotional eating and support for those who have an unhealthy relationship with food. I take an individualistic approach and use the theories that best suit my client’s needs. Each client is assessed and a formulation and treatment plan is used to inform the therapeutic journey, after agreeing on goals for therapy with each client. I have also undertaken Deep Release training and use many of the creative interventions along with the evidence-based models that I work with. I am a qualified EMDR therapist and trained with EMDR Extra, EMDR is approved by NICE to treat trauma. This is a specialist treatment, please ensure that your choosen therapist has completed parts 1,2 & 3. I Look forward to working with you. Kay Choudary