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Speaks: English
Integrative | CBT | Mindfulness-based Therapy
Adults & Teens
Dr Isabelle Needham-Didsbury
Therapist | Mindfulness & Self-Compassion Specialist, PhD
About me
I have spent the last 7 years away from my native UK, supporting children, young people and their families, initially in India and for the last 4 years in Indonesia.
I work with anxiety, low self-esteem and behavioural challenges (among other issues), helping others to develop emotional awareness, insight and practical skills which cultivate more emotional balance and ease. As an expat, and mother to a ‘third-culture kid’ (or cross-cultural kid), I am passionate about supporting families to navigate the cross-cultural experience, maximising its opportunities and managing its challenges through awareness and care.
If you’re struggling as a parent or witnessing your child in distress, reach out for an initial consultation to see how we might work together.
Anxiety
Low Self-Esteem & Confidence
Adolescence
Parenting
I specialise in:
• Anxiety • Low Self-Esteem & Confidence • Adolescence • Parenting • Burnout • Compassion Fatigue • Expat Challenges • Third Culture & Cross-Cultural Identification & Transitions
My Approach
As an integrative and relational practitioner, I respond to and meet the individual in front of me, tailoring my work to their unique needs as they arise from moment to moment.
Therapy for me is a deep relationship, all about supporting others to develop skills and wisdom that lead to a balanced and meaningful life - making sense of difficult emotions and experiences, becoming friends with our shadow sides and unintegrated parts of ourselves to feel whole and healed.
In this work, I utilise tools from contemporary western psychology - evidence-based exercises from cognitive behavioural therapy for example, and ancient eastern practices such as mindfulness and self-compassion. Together, we may delve into unconscious motivations as a route to greater self-awareness and insight, oscillating between looking back and looking forward; we may explore personal meaning in life in hopes of finding more peace and purpose; we may dive into the body as a means of healing unresolved or trapped emotions and experiences, learning self-regulation tools and more.
To my clients I endeavour to bring great sensitivity, curiosity for your experience, warmth, openness and compassion. All are welcome.
Qualifications & Experience
Education
Postgraduate Diploma in Psychology of Education, University of Bristol
PhD Psychology & Language Sciences, UCL
Masters in Speech, Language & Cognition, UCL
BA Hons, Linguistics, UCL
Additional Training
Mindful Self-Compassion Teacher, Center for Mindful Self-Compassion
Cultivating Emotional Balance Teacher, Santa Barbara Institute for Consciousness Studies
Certified Positive Discipline Parent Educator, Positive Discipline Association
Trained to Teach the '.b Foundations' Programme for Educators, Mindfulness in Schools Project
Trained to Teach the '.b' Mindfulness Curriculum (for ages 11-18), Mindfulness in Schools Project
Dr Isabelle Needham-Didsbury
Therapist | Mindfulness & Self-Compassion Specialist, PhD
Speaks: English
Integrative | CBT | Mindfulness-based Therapy
US$144/ 50 minute session
Specialises in:
Anxiety
Low Self-Esteem & Confidence
Adolescence
Parenting
Burnout
Compassion Fatigue
Expat Challenges
Third Culture & Cross-Cultural Identification & Transitions
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