OCD therapists in Swansea, Wales
Browse OCD therapists in Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom. Compare credentials, specialties and therapeutic approach. Contact a therapist to learn more.
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Peter Dutton
Registered Psychotherapist, Psychotherapist, Life Coach, Sports Performance Psychologist. Registered BACP Member
OCD can be a very controlling part of your life, I help you to accept these parts of you allowing them to disperse
14 Years Experience
Online in Swansea, Wales
Leonie M Dippenaar
Life Coach, BWRT® Master Coach | Certified Hypnotherapist (CHT) | Ethno Psychology Practitioner (EPP)
OCD thinking can create a cycle of intrusive thoughts, anxiety, doubt, and overwhelm that feels difficult to switch off. Our work focuses on understanding the patterns behind the distress, reducing the emotional intensity attached to unwanted thoughts, and developing practical tools to respond differently so you can experience greater calm and control.
18 Years Experience
Online in Swansea, Wales (Online Only)
Dr Pointer | OCD Specialist
Psychologist, BSc (Hons), M.St. (Oxon), PsychD (Surrey), Dip CBH. C.Psychol AFBPsS HCPC reg.
I experienced OCD from an early age, & have since recovered. I would like to help you recover from OCD, too.
24 Years Experience
Online in Swansea, Wales (Online Only)
Empowered Wellbeing, Decolonizing Intersectional and Integrative Complex Trauma & Dissociation Recovery Support
Life Coach, view my credentials online at: www.recoveringfromwithin.com/credentialslongform
OCD is interesting in that it could have trauma based origins, physiological origins, including epigenetic, or could be an adaptive response to something that is currently challenging. First is to decipher where the origin is as best as one can, in general an integrative and functional approach may work well, as it could be based in metabolic deficiency, for example.
Shared with care: in certain cases, we have witnessed it might evolve in people or communities where power abuse is rampant -- these compulsions can set in as ways to adapt to holding maladaptive and abusive thinking and distracting a person from the inhumanity and incoherence of the abusive thinking they have been groomed to take on. This is not written about from a hegemonic perspective, however decolonizing theory will find these challenges of OCD and even paranoia heightened in people or communities that habituate enacting atrocities. This is not trauma it is an expression of intensive moral injury and benefits from interrupting the moral injury and moving the person into ethical recovery of their humanity.
Contrapositively, trauma impactees may show OCD traits as a way of the mind distracting from torture or other forms of recurring harm psychologically (e.g repeated and intensive gaslighting), physically, sexually...etc. Here we would apply a trauma based approach to care along with Havening, Brainspotting and other ways to soothe a nervous system and restore mental networks as best we can/
Please feel free to ask if you have more questions.
15 Years Experience
Online in Swansea, Wales (Online Only)
Georgie Gee
Registered Psychotherapist, Masters in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy
In my work with OCD I use mindfulness to help young people develop ways to lessens anxiety and detach from worry thoughts.
19 Years Experience
Online in Swansea, Wales
Swansea is Wales's second city and a coastal university town — home to Swansea University and University of Wales Trinity Saint David — generating significant student mental health demand and academic training pipelines that feed into the local therapy community. The city has a distinct Welsh identity, and a meaningful number of residents prefer Welsh-language therapy, particularly for emotionally complex work best expressed in their first language. Swansea Bay University Health Board provides NHS mental health services, with a private practice community concentrated in Sketty, Uplands, and the Marina. Swansea's post-industrial character — shaped by the decline of its copper smelting and coal industries — means therapists frequently work with intergenerational economic stress and community resilience themes.
OCD therapists in Swansea, Wales Statistics
OCD therapists in Swansea, Wales average 14 years of experience and charge around ¤133 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The top treatment approaches are Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) (59%), Integrative Therapy (56%), and Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) (44%).
Average years in practice
14 Years Experience
Average cost per session
¤133
Accept insurance
53%
Offer sliding scale
44%
Gender ID
| 54% |
Female |
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| 43% |
Male |
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| 3% |
Gender Fluid |
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Session Type
| 62% |
In Person and Online |
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| 38% |
Online Only |
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Top Treatment Approaches
| 59% | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) |
| 56% | Integrative Therapy |
| 44% | Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) |
| 41% | Behavioral Therapy |
| 34% | Psychodynamic Therapy |
| 31% | Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) |
| 31% | Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian) |
Ages Served
| 97% | Adult |
| 66% | Young Adult |
| 63% | Senior |
| 63% | Teen |
| 25% | Children |
Client Focus
| 56% | Women |
| 50% | LGBTQ+ |
| 41% | Men |
| 38% | Asian |
| 38% | Black / African American |