Ellie is an accredited member of the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) and a graduate member of the British Psychological Association (BPS). She is also a member of the Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (ACAMH)
Ellie has gained insight into the value of Contextual Behavioural Science (ACBS) in theory and practice, both professionally and personally. This is a perspective that she continues to explore, develop, and encourage with clients if it may be helpful.
You can be assured of Ellie’s competency and character. As an enthusiastic and empathic therapist, she maintains a warm, kind, and sensitive nature when discussing your difficulties; essential for effective, collaborative teamwork.
She can provide a safe space to explore your problems, in which she encourages and enables you to facilitate the necessary changes in your life to achieve your personal goals.
Dedicated to delivering high-quality, evidence-based care, Ellie has strong values for learning. She thoroughly enjoys an opportunity to develop her clinical interests, knowledge, and skillset with continued professional development, clinical supervision, and ‘passion projects’. This enables Ellie to keep up-to-date with research and practice, and keep her interests alive.
Helping people overcome their unique challenges is something that Ellie really values, and she feels very privileged to share in her client’s journeys at what is often a vulnerable time in their lives. Ellie ensures that she doesn’t take this for granted, or underestimate how difficult it can be to open up about your difficulties.
BSc (Hons). Psychology
MSc. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
“I found my CBT sessions great, life changing in fact! … my physical symptoms have improved … CBT has given me the tools to generally improve my confidence, which had been really knocked when I was ill. It has helped me to able to cope much better with my day to day stresses and worries, and I generally feel allot happier. My CBT sessions helped me to change how I think, and become much more positive and far less negative and irrational. Now I am able to enjoy things like I used to.“
– Emma (Client)
Ellie has a passion for person-centred care and believe that therapy can be helpful when it is tailored to the individual. She takes an integrative approach to her work, drawing on models from ‘third-wave’ CBT approaches (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy/ACT , Compassion-Focussed Therapy/CFT, and Dialectical Behavioural Therapy/DBT Skills) where appropriate for a client’s clinical needs and goals. Ellie has received advanced training in CBT for insomnia (CBTi), and motivational interviewing. These techniques compliment her work across a range of mental health difficulties.
Ellie enjoys working with children and adolescents (age 11+) and adults. She is experienced in working with a wide variety of clients and presenting difficulties, not limited to depression, anxiety disorders, low self-esteem, self-harm, adjustment difficulties and long-term health conditions. Ellie understands that a young person is part of many systems, such as family, friendship circles, and school/college, amongst others. Working collaboratively with these systems where possible is recommended to ensure that a young person is supported and change is maintained.
“Ellie has been extremely professional throughout the process. She built a relationship with my teenage daughter which was crucial to the success of the therapy and has worked throughout with my daughter’s interests at the very heart of her service. I’d highly recommend Ellie to anyone looking for a knowledgeable and professional therapist“
– D.A. (Parent)
Ellie has experience working with clients with Neurological conditions, having worked closely with Headway groups both as a clinician and Trustee in the past.
Ellie has previous work experience supporting NHS IAPT services and further education mental health services across the UK. Since this time, she has worked in the private healthcare sector in Oxford and Reading. She currently sees private clients in Theale. Ellie understands that it is not always possible to attend sessions in person, so also offers remote online sessions using a secure telehealth platform.
Inspire Others
Ellie keeps her clinical interest in Neurological conditions (including acquired and traumatic brain injury) alive through her work on an innovative, collaborative project called ‘Inspire Others’ with colleagues in the field.
Psychology Doctorate
Ellie is working towards her Psychology PhD at Reading University School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences. Ellie is interested in the cognitive functioning and mental health of patients receiving Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN).
Shama is a Cognitive Behavioural therapist (BABCP accredited) and Interpersonal Psychotherapist (IPT UK certified). She also has a MSc in Cognitive Rehabilitation, giving her the knowledge and understanding of the neuroscience underpinning many neuropsychological conditions and encourage cognitive rehabilitation through various cognitive techniques. She has a lot of experience working with the NHS as well as privately.
Shama believes in empowering people with knowledge and skills to enable them to change their reality and improve their psychological and emotional wellbeing. She uses a person-centred approach to help people develop helpful techniques to overcome or manage symptoms related to Anxiety such as OCD, PTSD, general anxiety, health anxiety body dysmorphia, perfectionism, social anxiety, panic disorder, agoraphobia, and specific phobia. She also uses CBT techniques for depression and low self-esteem, and can help you with anxiety or depression related to long term conditions such as Long Covid, Irritable Bowl Syndrome, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Functional Neurological Disorders, and Diabetes.
Using IPT techniques, She can help with processing complicated grief, relationship difficulties, or difficulties with adjusting to any life changes.
Shama has a lot of experience treating clients with neurodiversity to help manage difficulties related to anxiety and relationships.
BSc (Hons). Psychology
PGDip. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
MSc. Cognitive Rehabilitation