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Estelle Maxwell BA(hons), MBACP accredited Integrative Psychotherapist

Integrative Psychotherapist

Estelle is a MBACP Accredited Integrative Counsellor, UKCP Registered Psychotherapist, CRUSE bereavement counsellor, Mindfulness based CBT therapist, National Council for Eating Disorders trained therapist with 15 years’ experience spanning the private medical sector, NHS primary care and a practice in Esher.

She blends approaches to create an individual client-focused treatment plan: mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, CBT, DBT, body psychotherapy (neuroscience), compassion focused therapy, and psychodynamic and psychoanalytic analysis. Estelle aims to move clients through a cycle of change in a safe empathetic way, to develop resilience, self-awareness and achieve greater self-efficacy.

She works with the range of human experiences: anxiety, separation and loss, relationship issues, abortion, bereavement, depression, anger, vulnerability, eating disorder, personality disorder, trauma and PTSD.

Amanda Jackson, MSc, Pg, Dip BSc Hons

Psychological Therapist

Amanda is a Registered Mental Health Nurse and Psychological Therapist with over 25 years’ experience working in mental health in a variety of settings, including both adolescent and adult counselling services and psychological services within the private, public and NHS sectors.

She has vast experience working with depression, anxiety and bipolar disorder. She specialises in trauma and PTSD.

She has a MSc in CBT an is an accredited CBT therapist and EMDR therapist.

She also has 10 years’ experience of working with some of the UK’s leading TV production companies; by combining all her skills she provides both assessments and psychological support for their participants.

Wendy O’Neill

Nutritionist

Wendy O’Neill is a Registered Nutritionist and member of The Nutrition Society and Association for Nutrition. She has many years’ experience in the NHS, private and corporate sectors and offers science-based solutions to a variety of diet-related health problems.

Wendy helps individuals and families improve their health and well-being, with personal,sustainable weight management and dietary programmes.

She can help with intolerances and allergies, diabetes, raised blood pressure, high cholesterol, heart disease, gastrointestinal conditions (coeliac, IBS, liver problems) and PCOS. She has extensive experience with eating disorders, working with individuals, families and schools.

Kalpesh Parekh BSc (Hons) HCPC CSP

Physiotherapist

Kalpesh trained as a Physiotherapist at Brunel University, which was successfully completed after the BSc Sport Rehabilitation degree he attained from Middlesex University in 2009.

During the extensive experience that Kalpesh has accumulated in healthcare, he has worked in a variety of settings which include private practice, NHS & Private Hospitals, semi-professional/professional sport and overseas. The varied environments have enabled Kalpesh to understand and work with individuals from a range of backgrounds such as the sedentary individual to the professional athlete and from children to the elderly.

Kalpesh’s approach to patient management integrates a holistic view of an individual, which not only involves identifying the presenting symptoms, but also the root cause as to why the issue occurred, especially in relation to chronic conditions. This gives the patient an insight and understanding into the anatomy of the problem, subsequent management and future prevention using a range of strategies which best align to each individual he treats.

Dr Afrosa Ahmed MBBS DCH DFFP MRCGP

Mindfulness Coach

Afrosa has been a G.P. for over 15 years, qualifying from Guy’s Kings’ and St. Thomas’s Medical School. Over this time, she developed a keen interest in mental health and became a Mindfulness Coach with the UK College of Mindfulness Meditation.

She has specific training in two main evidence-based programmes – Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), approved by the British Psychological Society. She is also an accredited teacher on the UK Mindfulness Teachers Register.

Unlike other mindfulness coaches, as a medical doctor she is able to fully understand a client’s medical history thus offering a unique, tailored mindfulness programme. Her holistic approach combines modern medicine and traditional mindfulness techniques.

In her spare time, she is part of the medical admissions team for several London Russell Group Universities. Her passion in promoting wellbeing means she delivers health talks to universities, schools and corporate organisations across the county and writing articles in the UK and USA. She has written a book on Interview Techniques, available on Amazon and Waterstones.

She loves baking, cooking and travelling but most of all spending time with her medic husband and three boys.

Marcie Ferros MSc DipCOT

Occupational and Psychological Therapist

Marcie is a Health and Care Professions Council registered Occupational Therapist, specialising in mental health and psychological therapies. She has an MSc in Mental Health Studies from King’s College London. Her further qualifications and experience are in psychodynamic psychotherapy, life coaching, sensory attachment interventions, EMDR and CBT. This enables her to use an integrative approach when providing assessment and therapy for people seeking support.

She provides evidence-based therapies for individuals whose life experiences have had an impact on their self-esteem and everyday functioning, causing stress and anxiety, hopelessness and low mood, disordered eating, and other unhelpful coping strategies. As well as this, she has established a career providing specialist psychological wellbeing services to TV production companies and global streaming networks.

Rameez Ali Msc REBT/PgDipCBT

REBT/CBT Therapist

Rameez Ali is a Rational Emotive & Cognitive Behaviour Therapist with over 30 years experience working in mental health in a variety of settings , including NHS primary care psychological services, private hospitals and NHS specialist addiction services.

He has a special interest in addictions and dual diagnosis.

He also works with mood disorders, anxiety disorders, personality disorders, binge eating disorders and ADHD.

He can provide aftercare and Relapse Prevention for addiction and substance misuse,