PSYCHOTHERAPY & EMDR
Healing, Growth & Wellbeing
PSYCHOTHERAPY & EMDR
Healing, Growth & Wellbeing
PSYCHOTHERAPY - EMDR - COUNSELLING - COACHING
The Trauma Practice
A private counselling and psychotherapy practice providing therapy for mental health difficulties and support for life.
We offer Psychotherapy, Eye movement desensitisation & reprocessing therapy (EMDR), Counselling, Body psychotherapy. We also offer coaching.
We have two physical locations. One in Paddington London and the other in Cuffley Hertfordshire. We also offer online therapy.
Matthew Alderton - Psychotherapist
MA, BSc, PgDip, PgDip Psych
I set up The Trauma Practice in 2018 with a vision and commitment to help people with trauma, PTSD and associated difficulties. Finding the right help from a trauma informed therapist can be difficult. I aim to help everyone I see in therapy or signpost them to someone I know, who might be more suitable. I work in a holistic way, taking into account the ecology of a person's life as well as their mind, body and soul. I work in an integrative way maintaining flexibility and taking the best from a broad range of psychotherapeutic approaches. I am personable, friendly and down to earth. I provide a safe, confidential, collaborative environment for you to work through your difficulty. I look forward to hearing from you.
Psychotherapy
Psychotherapy is an in depth talking therapy approach which provides support for mental health difficulties and fosters in-depth long lasting change. We work with the psyche and the unconscious to help you heal but also to grow.
EMDR Therapy
Eye movement desensitisation & reprocessing therapy is a somatic psychotherapy and is the leading evidence based treatment for trauma symptoms and post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Counselling
Counselling is a talking therapy which helps to provide support care for people experiencing life changes and difficult experiences. It takes place in a safe, confidential, non-judgemental space with a trained counsellor.
Body Psychotherapy
Body psychotherapy is a bottom up approach. The mind and body are intrinsically linked in relation mental and physical health. We use it to integrate the role of the body into more traditional psychotherapy to help with ptsd and trauma.
Psychotherapy
Psychotherapy is an in depth approach to mental health difficulty. It is a process that works at the client's pace. It helps promote sustainable long lasting changes. This is because the changes are suggested and worked on by the client themselves as opposed to the therapist. Psychotherapy might help with difficulties deep within the psyche, attachment problems or ego states. All of which help with the presenting symptoms of psychological malady.
EMDR Therapy
Eye movement desensitisation & reprocessing therapy is a somatic psychotherapy and is the leading evidence based treatment for trauma symptoms and post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. It can also be used for phobias, tinnitus and addiction. It might be considered as a mid term somatic psychotherapy and is best administered as part of a psychotherapeutic relationship in an adjunct way. This means it is used as and when needed as part of traditional psychotherapy.
Counselling
Our transpersonal counselling provides a safe way to get support for a mental health difficulty you might be struggling with. Having a safe container to share a problem and have that problem witnessed by another can be transformative. Counselling often helps with more common and less complex types of mental health problem. An example might be struggling with an addiction. A person might need support to make tangible behavioural changes post rehabilitation. A person might seek counselling to process how they feel about a recent bereavement or need additional support as they experience the different stages of grief.
Body Psychotherapy
Body psychotherapy is a way of integrating the body into more traditional types of therapy. We consider working on the mind without the body as missing out on a golden opportunity to influence the mind from a bottom up approach. The mind and body are linked in relation to the way we function. Body psychotherapy honours this link with simple practical interventions and insights into the way they influence each other.
Experiencing a mental health difficulty is not a choice but making a decision to get help for your recovery is.
― The Trauma Practice ―
Mental Health Difficulties We Help With
Nobody can go back and start a new beginning but anyone can start today and make a new ending.
― Maria Robinson ―
Trauma & PTSD Information
One of the first stages of healing is insight. It is difficult to heal from something that you don't understand. Trauma therapy involves an element of psycho-education so that you understand the situation you are in before moving to a specific trauma focused therapy. We utilise eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing therapy, body psychotherapy and psychotherapeutic interventions to help with trauma. These include: polyvagal theory, trauma release exercises and emotional freedom technique.
The below link will take you to a page which outlines some basic information about what trauma is and trauma symptoms. It also outlines what post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is and ptsd symptoms.
Trauma & PTSD Information
One of the first stages of healing is insight. It is difficult to heal from something that you don't understand. Trauma therapy involves an element of psycho-education so that you understand the situation you are in before moving to a specific trauma focused therapy. We utilise eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing therapy, body psychotherapy and psychotherapeutic interventions. Some of which include polyvagal theory, trauma release exercises and emotional freedom technique.
The below link will take you to a page which outlines some basis information about what trauma is and trauma symptoms. It also outlines what post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is and ptsd symptoms.
Coaching
We offer four different types of coaching for people wanting to develop themselves beyond therapy or as a stand alone service.
These are: wellness coaching, life coaching, performance coaching and business coaching. Coaching has a present and forward thinking focus with more of an emphasis on self development as opposed to healing from past trauma or life difficulties. If you would like to develop your skills or an aspect of yourself in a collaborative, trusted relaxed environment, coaching could be for you. Please see more information on the coaching we offer by clicking the link below.
Coaching
We offer four different types of coaching for people wanting to develop themselves beyond therapy or as a stand alone service.
These are: wellness coaching, life coaching, performance coaching and business coaching. Coaching has a present and forward thinking focus with more of an emphasis on self development as opposed to healing from past trauma or life difficulties. If you would like to develop your skills or an aspect of yourself in a collaborative, trusted relaxed environment, coaching could be for you. Please see more information on the coaching we offer by clicking the link below.
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