Trauma and PTSD therapists in Paisley, Scotland
Find experienced trauma and PTSD therapists in Paisley, Scotland, United Kingdom who provide testing, evidence-based treatment for trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder, and related challenges such as anxiety, depression, and stress. Compare detailed therapist profiles and connect with a provider that’s right for you.
PTSD/Trauma
Nic Tovey
Counsellor/Therapist, Counsellor,Psychotherapist
In the words of Dr Gabor Mate, "trauma is not what happens to us, it is how we respond to what happens to us." Trauma can look like many things and so it is important that we don't undermine our own experiences and our response to our experience. As someone who has experienced violent trauma in my early life and subsequently healed from PTSD, I acutely understand the grip it can have over your life.
16 Years Experience
Online in Paisley, Scotland (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Tayo, Owosina
Registered Psychotherapist, Registered Professional Counsellor
"But that happened years ago, you should be over it now" So what? The fact that you feel the way you feel right now is valid. Through our Trauma Informed Care, you know evidently that you are safe now. You would be right on your way to living life fully, freely and more fulfilled.
16 Years Experience
Online in Paisley, Scotland
PTSD/Trauma
Joel Cantor, Weybridge Hypnotherapy & Mindfulness
Therapist, MCH, BSc(hons), SQHP
Specialising in the treatment of PTSD. Offering relief from traumatic memory using a combination of Hypnosis, Mindfulness Meditation, TIR as well as the latest Psycho-sensory techniques.
14 Years Experience
Online in Paisley, Scotland
PTSD/Trauma
Julie Cochrane - Rapid Transformational Therapy (RTT) Therapist
Hypnotherapist, Clinical Hypnotherapist, RTT-T, Rewind Therapy Practitioner, Integration Coaching
Trauma sits in the body and the subconscious, not in the rational mind. For working with traumatic memories, I use the Rewind Technique, an evidence-informed, content-free approach that allows the nervous system to discharge the residue of a traumatic event without requiring you to relive it in detail. This pairs well with RTT for updating the beliefs that formed inside or after the event. If you have a formal PTSD diagnosis or are in active crisis, please work with a trauma-trained clinician as your primary support. I work alongside other providers and am happy to coordinate where appropriate.
6 Years Experience
Online in Paisley, Scotland (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Sara Aicart-Pendlebury
Art Therapist, Human Givens Practitioner (HG.Dip.P), Member of Human Givens Institute, IFS therapist Levels 1&2, Narm Practitioner
PHOBIAS, PANIC ATTACKS AND POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS
The brain has an emotional alarm system designed to keep us safe. When people suffer from panic attacks, phobias or post-traumatic stress, it is because the system has gone into overdrive.
What happens is this. There is a small, structure in the brain, known as the amygdala (Greek for almond, which is its shape), that has access to our emotional memories and learned responses. It evolved in the distant past and its job is to match new circumstances to what is already in the store and alert us to anything that previously represented a risk and might do so again. In the distant past, this might have been a movement or flash of colour that could have signified an approaching predator. The amygdala would then have triggered changes to help the body get ready to fight or flee the danger – pounding heart, racing pulse, quick, shallow breathing, etc.
Now imagine this. A young woman, who has had a highly stressful day, is waiting in a long supermarket queue, worrying whether she’ll be out of the shop in time to catch the bus to school to collect her little girl. It is one pressure too many. The amygdala responds as if she is under threat and she starts to feel her heart pounding strangely and her breathing quickens. She becomes terrified that she is having a heart attack and that makes the symptoms escalate – her palms sweat; her chest feels as if it is bursting and she struggles to breathe. Soon she feels overwhelmed and may collapse or run out of the shop. The amygdala, fearful that this could happen again, files away the fact that there were bright lights and lots of people queuing when the ‘threat’ occurred. Then, when the woman is queuing in the post office the next day, the bright lights and queue may be sufficient for the over-vigilant amygdala to trigger another panic attack to deal with the new ‘threat’.
Phobias start the same way – the amygdala makes associations with what was going on when a person first felt threatened, not all of which may be relevant. So, while it is understandable that someone who is attacked by a vicious dog may well develop a fear of dogs generally, it could equally be the case that someone develops a fear of broken glass because, on a previous occasion, when they had had a panic attack, there was broken glass lying near to where they collapsed. Agoraphobia develops when someone is too frightened of panic attacks even to leave the house.
In the case of post-traumatic stress, someone who was in the back seat of a car when a collision occurred may find it frightening to travel in the back seat again but there may be other, unconscious, connections with the accident too, such as the smell of petrol. So the person may experience seemingly inexplicable panic when filling up their own car with petrol.
Fortunately, human givens practitioners are taught a simple and effective way to deal with all these circumstances. If a traumatic memory is causing panic attacks, phobias or post-traumatic stress, they can use a powerful, painless visualisation procedure, known as the rewind technique, to take the emotion out of the memory and enable the memory of the event to be stored away as history, instead of as one that continues to intrude on the present. The memory remains, and always will remain, a deeply unpleasant one but no longer is it emotionally arousing. This method can work swiftly and reliably even in the most extreme of cases.
17 Years Experience
Online in Paisley, Scotland
Trauma and PTSD therapists in Paisley, Scotland Statistics
Trauma and PTSD therapists in Paisley, Scotland average 15 years of experience and charge around ¤136 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The top treatment approaches are Integrative Therapy (56%), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) (51%), and Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian) (49%).
Average years in practice
15 Years Experience
Average cost per session
¤136
Accept insurance
39%
Offer sliding scale
47%
Gender ID
| 70% |
Female |
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| 26% |
Male |
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| 2% |
Gender Fluid |
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| 2% |
Non-Binary |
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Session Type
| 66% |
In Person and Online |
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| 34% |
Online Only |
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Top Treatment Approaches
| 56% | Integrative Therapy |
| 51% | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) |
| 49% | Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian) |
| 38% | Somatic Therapy |
| 34% | Behavioral Therapy |
| 34% | Existential / Humanistic Therapy |
| 32% | Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) |
Ages Served
| 99% | Adult |
| 65% | Young Adult |
| 54% | Teen |
| 52% | Senior |
| 23% | Children |
Client Focus
| 67% | Women |
| 52% | Men |
| 48% | LGBTQ+ |
| 37% | Persons with Disabilities |
| 33% | Christian |