About

Psychological Services and Individual Psychotherapy In Devon

I offer a rage of psychotherapies online and on a one to one basis to address emotional and psychological distress. I specialise in Intensive Short Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP). ISTDP is a well researched, highly effective form of individual psychotherapy that is designed to help you get to the heart of the matter quickly, and resolve issues fast. ISTDP is an emotion focussed approach; a relational therapy that can address a wide range of ongoing problems or symptoms. ISTDP is particularly useful in attending to internal conflicts that can arise from interpersonal relationships. ISTDP can address a range of mental and physical health problems including treatment resistant depression, post traumatic stress, complex trauma, and has a particular focus on helping clients to regulate anxiety.

If you are interested in pursuing ISTDP for a difficulty you may have, please get in touch. I offer an initial brief telephone consultation free of charge. Alternative psychological therapies and psychological services that I provide can be found on the services page.

Some symptoms that ISTDP can address

Intensive Short Term Dynamic psychotherapy (ISTDP) is particularly effective in addressing and resolving symptoms such as generalised anxiety, social anxiety, health anxiety, panic attacks, stress, PTSD, dissociation, low self esteem, low mood, mood swings, emotional instability, irritability, isolation of affect, OCD, perfectionism, depression, grief, rage, anger, guilt, shame, fear, sadness, self criticism, inferiority, identity or self image, disassociation, depersonalisation, impulsivity, destructive acting out, self harm, insomnia, chronic fatigue, IBS, acid reflux, fibromyalgia, physical pain, trauma from childhood deprivation, neglect, or experiences of emotional, physical or sexual abuse.

Examples of the difficulties that I can help with

  • I need some help with my anger

  • I feel really low and have been feeling like this for too long

  • I just wish I could stop being so anxious

  • I am so stressed at work

  • I still feel so guilty about the termination

  • I bottle up all my feelings and sometimes end up hurting myself or others

  • I avoid people or places because of the feelings that come up in me.

  • I feel bad or struggle with intimacy in my romantic relationships

  • I find relationships and people difficult

  • I feel lonely, unloved and isolated

  • I need to get a handle on my mood swings before something bad happens

  • I feel emotionally flat and numb.

  • Why do I feel stuck, lost, irritable, or hopeless?

  • I have been impacted by COVID-19

  • I don’t deserve love or good things

  • Something is wrong that I cannot figure out

Also:

  • Will I ever get over this grief?

  • All my relationships tend to end disastrously. Is it me?

  • Why do I feel so sad?

  • I worry too much and put off doing important things

  • I keep thinking about horrible things that have happened

  • I still feel impacted by what happened to me when I was younger

  • I need to stop gambling before my partner leaves me

  • I can’t decide whether or not to end the relationship

  • Why am I never satisfied with things in life?

  • I can’t seem to get on with my life since the abuse

  • I keep doing things that are destructive and sabotage myself

  • I feel bad or guilty if I don’t do the things that are expected of me

 
“I am passionate about enabling you to get the best from therapy, in order to alleviate suffering and improve your health and well-being ”
— Dr Anthony Wharton
 

What If I Am Unsure?

It is not uncommon for people who are thinking about seeking psychotherapy to be apprehensive or unsure about problems they can be helped with, especially if things feel all mixed up. If this is the case, do not worry; I am able to offer a full assessment of your difficulties. We can think together about what might be contributing to your difficulties and why they may not be resolving.

We can also think about how psychotherapy can help you to find a way forward. If we decide that we want to work together, we will set some clear goals to work towards. I will identify and tailor your therapy to suit your individual needs, in order to best help you to achieve your goals. I can also offer a trial therapy to provide an experience of what therapy might be like. For more information about fees and how I practice psychotherapy, please click here.