Martha Werthern
HCPC Registered Clinical Psychologist
About Martha
I am a Health and Care Professionals (HCPC) registered Clinical Psychologist and Systemic Practitioner (accredited by the Association for Family Therapy and Systemic Practice) offering either short or longer-term psychological therapies to adults (18+) and couples. I draw on various therapeutic approaches, combining a range of therapeutic thought and practice.
I have previously worked across various mental health settings within the NHS, where I have supported individuals who experience both lower level as well as complex and enduring mental health difficulties. I currently work within a human rights charity and provide different trauma- focused approaches to address the aftermath of trauma, including Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
Various different reasons bring people to therapy. These may include current distress (anxiety, depression, stress, past or recent trauma), a sense of dissatisfaction with life, and a wish to better understand yourself and/or your earlier life experiences.
I draw on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, as well as Narrative and Systemic practices to address the problems people come up against in their lives. CBT can be helpful when concentrating on a specific difficulty, whereas narrative and systemic lenses can help us think about how meaning is given to experiences, as well as draw on values and how these connect with past and current events in our lives. They also allows us to reflect on how we are in relationship with others and within the systems that surround us. For more specific memory processing work, I offer Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR), trauma-focused CBT and Narrative Exposure Therapy to help people move through and beyond their trauma.
We can discuss which approach best suits you in our initial assessment.
Whichever approach we agree on, my aim is to provide a space that feels safe, warm, open and transparent, within which we can start to explore and understand the things that are causing you pain and stopping you from living the life you want for yourself. I hope that we can co-create a space within which you feel heard, seen and understood.
Starting therapy is not always easy and I understand the anxiety and ambivalence coming into these spaces may bring. Therapeutic journeys can be difficult ones, and I aim to be there alongside you.
I offer a free initial telephone call during which we can discuss any questions you may have. Following this,, we would proceed to 1 or 2 assessment sessions for us to have a more in-depth conversation about what has brought you to therapy and the ways we could begin to address these. If we agree that we would like to work together after this, we can agree on a treatment plan incl. our regular session times.
I work on Friday mornings. Cost per 50min session £125 per individual session, and for £150 for couples sessions
I am a Health and Care Professionals (HCPC) registered Clinical Psychologist and Systemic Practitioner (accredited by the Association for Family Therapy and Systemic Practice) offering either short or longer-term psychological therapies to adults (18+) and couples. I draw on various therapeutic approaches, combining a range of therapeutic thought and practice.
I have previously worked across various mental health settings within the NHS, where I have supported individuals who experience both lower level as well as complex and enduring mental health difficulties. I currently work within a human rights charity and provide different trauma- focused approaches to address the aftermath of trauma, including Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
Various different reasons bring people to therapy. These may include current distress (anxiety, depression, stress, past or recent trauma), a sense of dissatisfaction with life, and a wish to better understand yourself and/or your earlier life experiences.
I draw on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, as well as Narrative and Systemic practices to address the problems people come up against in their lives. CBT can be helpful when concentrating on a specific difficulty, whereas narrative and systemic lenses can help us think about how meaning is given to experiences, as well as draw on values and how these connect with past and current events in our lives. They also allows us to reflect on how we are in relationship with others and within the systems that surround us. For more specific memory processing work, I offer Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR), trauma-focused CBT and Narrative Exposure Therapy to help people move through and beyond their trauma.
We can discuss which approach best suits you in our initial assessment.
Whichever approach we agree on, my aim is to provide a space that feels safe, warm, open and transparent, within which we can start to explore and understand the things that are causing you pain and stopping you from living the life you want for yourself. I hope that we can co-create a space within which you feel heard, seen and understood.
Starting therapy is not always easy and I understand the anxiety and ambivalence coming into these spaces may bring. Therapeutic journeys can be difficult ones, and I aim to be there alongside you.
I offer a free initial telephone call during which we can discuss any questions you may have. Following this,, we would proceed to 1 or 2 assessment sessions for us to have a more in-depth conversation about what has brought you to therapy and the ways we could begin to address these. If we agree that we would like to work together after this, we can agree on a treatment plan incl. our regular session times.
I work on Friday mornings. Cost per 50min session £125 per individual session, and for £150 for couples sessions
