WELCOME
As an accredited Mental Health Counsellor, I'm deeply committed to helping you break down the barriers that trouble you to help you live a brighter and more fulfilling life. I specialize in relational trauma and anxiety. See below to learn more about me.
Become the best version of yourself with Claire Quinn Therapy
Are you feeling stuck, confused, alone and wondering how on earth things ended up this way? Are you unsure of which way to turn or where to even begin to start turning things around? You're definitely not alone. I have worked with hundreds of clients just like you.
Clients who transformed their lives through our work together in counselling.
A Bit About Me
My name is Claire and I'm a Person Centred Counsellor and Psychotherapist. I have over 8 years experience working in the mental health sector both for the NHS and in private practice. I have a Masters degree in Person Centred Psychotherpay, a post graduate certificate in CBT and an academic background in Psychology. I also offer EMDR therapy. So you see, you'll be in good hands with me given my wealth of knowledge, expertise and experience in the field of mental health and personal growth.
Services
I offer one to one counselling and EMDR sessions in person, via web-cam and via telephone to suit your needs.
Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing
£70 per session
What is EMDR?
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EMDR stands for Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing. It is a therapy used to help people recover from distressing events that include emotional, physical or sexual abuse, abandonment, neglect, criticism, teasing, bullying etcetera.
EMDR alleviates the problems these distressing events have caused, like flashbacks, upsetting thoughts or images, depression or anxiety, low self-esteem, negative inner chatter.
EMDR is recognised by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) as a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
How does EMDR work?
When a person is involved in a traumatic event, including relational trauma, they may feel overwhelmed and their brain may be unable to fully process what is going on. The memory of the event seems to become “stuck” so that it remains very intense and vivid. The person can re-experience what they saw, heard and smelt and the full force of the distress they felt whenever the memory comes to mind.
EMDR aims to help the brain “unstick” and reprocess the memory properly so that it is no longer so intense. It also helps to desensitise the person to the emotional impact of the memory, so that they can think about the event without experiencing such strong feelings.
It does this by asking the person to recall in their mind the traumatic event while they also move their eyes from side to side, hear a sound in each ear alternately, or feel a tap on each hand alternately. These side-to-side sensations seem to effectively stimulate the “stuck” processing system in the brain so that it can reprocess the information more like an ordinary memory, reducing its intensity.
The effect may be similar to what occurs naturally during REM (Rapid Eye Movement) sleep when your eyes move rapidly from side to side as the brain processes the events of the day. Some research suggests that EMDR is effective because concentrating on another task whilst processing a distressing memory gives the brain more work to do*. When the brain is not giving its full attention to processing the memory, it starts to become less vivid. This allows the person to distance themselves from it and begin to remember the event in a more helpful and manageable way.
EMDR is a complex therapeutic process that should always be delivered by properly trained therapists.
Person Centred Counselling
£50 per session
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Brain Working Recursive Therapy and Rewind Technique
£50 per session
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"Growth occurs when individuals confront problems, struggle to master them, and through that struggle develop new aspects of their skills, capacities, views about life."
Carl Rogers
Schedule a Session
I work from a private office in Conisbrough, Doncaster, within easy reach of Rotherham, Sheffield, Barnsley and Nottinghamshire. I also offer telephone and online counselling sessions
07794485364