Rachel Clarke

Professional Profile

My name is Rachel, I am a specialist CBT therapist offering online CBT for PTSD, Anxiety, Depression and Eating Disorders. In adition to this I offer Couples Therapy for Depression.

During my training and beyond I have been fortunate to have been trained by people who wrote the treatments for PTSD, Anxiety, Depression and for Eating Disorders. This means I have indepth knowledge of the treatment and what might work best.

I have over 15 years experience working in the NHS/in private practice and in a Private Hospital. Within this time I have worked in community settings offering CBT for Anxiety Disorders and Depression as well as couples Therpay for Depression, I have also worked in an in patient Hospital for both adults and adolescents with Eating Disorder. More recenly I have been involved with the development and runing of a Post Graduate Diploma in CBT. 

In our sessions I aim for us to create a space where you feel able to speak openly so we can focus on what maters to you most in therapy. Some specific areas I can help with are:

PTSD

I work with Post Traumatic stress Disorder and can offer both Trauma Focused CBT (tCBT) and Eye Movement Desensitisation Reposcessing (EMDR) therapy.

You may have experience vivid memories of the past, difficulty sleeping and/or nightmares with high levels of being on guard or feelings of anger, shame and/or fear. We will aim to understand these experiences. I have also completed parts 1 and 2 of EMDR training. This means I am able to offer EMDR for people who have experienced a single traumatic event or events linked to a simular theme.

Depression

I also have a lot of experience in working with Low Self-Esteem, Perfectionism, Low mood and Depression offering both Individual and couple based therapy for this. 

Anxiety

I am able to offer Evidence based treatment for many anxiety disorders. I am particually skilled in working with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. 

Couples Therapy

I am a trained couples therapist for Depression having trained with Tavistock Relationships. You may be going through diffiuclties in your relationship, experiencing arguments and feeling distant from each other. This therpay is particually helpful if you are finding it diffiuct to communicate with each other and have noticed a lack of closeness/intimacy. 

Eating Disorders

I am trained and train and supervsie others in the treatment of various Eating Disorders including Anorexia Nervosa (AN), Bulimia Nervosa (BN), Binge Eating Disoder (BED) and Other Specificed Feading or Eating Disoders (OSFED). You may be experincing dififcuties with how you feel about your body/body image and/or with an Eating Disorder. With this I am able to offer both CBT-E and CBT-T. These therapies last between 10 and 40 session and we will consider which option is bast for you based on your current difficuties. 

In adition I am able to off treatment for Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder for both adults and adolsecents. 

Please get in touch if you wish to arrange an initial session with me to consider how we may work together towards a positive change in your life.