Adult Team
Dr Luca Palmili
Clinical Psychologist
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Dr Luca Palmili is an experienced Clinical Psychologist specialising in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), working in the NHS and in private practice.
Luca trained in Clinical Psychology at the University of Bologna (Italy), before completing his doctorate at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London, and furthering his specialist CBT training at the University of Oxford.
He is fully accredited with the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies, registered with the Health and Care Professions Council and holds chartered status (CPsychol) with the British Psychological Society.
In his clinical work, Luca is passionate about delivering evidence-based interventions to adults experiencing depression and anxiety, with a special interest in PTSD and trauma.
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Luca is available Saturday's 9am-2:30pm
Natalie Hawkins
Psychotherapist (Children & Adults)
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Natalie is a Person-Centred Psychotherapist and is intensively trained in Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT). She is registered with the United Kingdom Council of Psychotherapy (UKCP) and is an accredited member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). Natalie is also a clinical member of the European Society for Trauma and Dissociation (ESTD) and the Society for Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (SfDBT).
Natalie has been practicing as a psychotherapist for the past twelve years, supporting adults, children, and families in a variety of settings and from diverse backgrounds. Currently, Natalie is a principal psychotherapist at West London NHS Trust, where she works within acute inpatient care with adults experiencing severe and enduring mental health issues. She also works as an associate psychotherapist for a specialist trauma service providing nationwide treatment for NHS patients with dissociative disorders. Prior to this, Natalie was the inpatient Psychology and Psychotherapy Lead for adult acute mental health at the Bethlem Royal Hospital, and a parent psychotherapist for a children’s mental health.
Creating a therapeutic relationship where her clients feel heard and understood is at the heart of Natalie’s relational therapeutic approach. As a person-centred psychotherapist, she believes that we all have the capacity for change and growth and aims to facilitate this by providing a safe place for her clients to acknowledge and explore their feelings and experiences openly and honestly. Influenced by attachment theory and how our sense of self is informed by our earliest relationships and environments, Natalie hopes to support her clients in better understanding their early life experiences and how they may be impacting them in the here and now. She trusts that growing self-awareness offers relief from distress and enables a greater understanding and acceptance of self, which creates opportunity for positive change.
Natalie works with individuals from diverse backgrounds and is experienced in working with wide-ranging challenges and issues. Her specialisms include working with those experiencing severe states of psychological distress, including complex trauma and dissociation, personality difficulties, self-harming behaviours, and suicidality.
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Natalie is available Monday's 2pm-8pm
Alena Torriani
Counselling Psychologist
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16+
Dr Alena Torriani is a Counselling Psychologist registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), and a Chartered Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society (CPsychol AFBPsS). Since 2012 she has been working therapeutically with adults and young people whose problems range from severe and enduring conditions to more easily treatable issues, including: Depression, anxiety and panic disorders, family and relationship problems (including high conflict divorce), burnout and stress, trauma, and personality disorders.
Having had clinical experience within the NHS and in private organisations, Dr Torriani is skilled at providing specialised assessments, developing custom treatment plans, and offering shortand long-term psychological therapy. Her clinical interests include attachment-based relationship dysfunctions and interpersonal trauma.
During her doctorate degree at Regent’s University London, she received core training in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, and Existential Analysis. She was further educated at the Anna Freud Centre in Mentalization-Based Treatment (MBT), an evidence-based therapy for personality difficulties, and she has undergone BPS-approved training in supervision. Drawing upon her integrative clinical experience, Dr Torriani offers a bespoke approach that is grounded in a compassionate and process-focused therapeutic style.
She is passionate about helping people build emotional resilience, to empower them to release negative patterns, to feel a greater sense of purpose, and to have more fulfilling connections. She is further an advocate of holistic wellbeing by taking into account how our lifestyle affects our stress levels, which is intrinsically linked to both our physical and psychological health. It is therefore beneficial to acknowledge the importance of sleep, movement, nutrition, and mindfulness when addressing mental health concerns. The combination of improving our physical wellbeing while simultaneously uncovering the deeper causes of emotional distress can greatly improve psychotherapy results.
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Alena is available Monday's 3:15 pm-8pm
Yasmin Rahemtulla
Psychotherapist
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Yasmin has over 20 years’ experience working as a Mental Health Nurse as well as Couples Psychotherapist experience for the past 12 years.
Working in the NHS, Yasmin has worked in CAMHS offering assessment and treatment to young people/teenagers with a wide range of mental health issues such as, but not limited to, anxiety/depression, self-harm, school refusal, family issues and challenges within friendships.
Yasmin has also worked at the Tavistock clinic on a specialist team that was set up to provide support to young people who were at risk of placement breakdown in foster care. She provided confidential one to one sessions for those at risk within that service.
Yasmin works with a person-centred approach, incorporating other therapeutic styles where appropriate.
Having had management positions over the years, supervised other mental health professionals and provided training, her passion is working directly with young people, in particular the teenage years.
As well as working with young people, Yasmin has been working as couple’s counsellor with Relate since 2018.
Yasmin completed an MSc in Psychotherapy at Surrey University in 2005. Yasmin qualified at a couples counsellor in 2014 and is a member of BACP as well as The National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society.
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Yasmin is available Wednesday's 3:30 pm-6:50 pm
Shanay Dougan
CBT Practitioner
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Over 5s
Shanay is an experienced Mental Health Nurse and CBT Practitioner. She has worked both in the NHS and private sector with adults and adolescents and currently works in an NHS specialist child and adolescent outpatient service in South London.
Shanay has experience in delivering CBT for Generalised anxiety, OCD, self-harm, social anxiety, depression and eating disorders. She also sees young people who have high perfectionism traits and Autism.
Shanay sees adults and children over the age of 5. She is also trained in family therapy for eating disorders and does physical health monitoring for anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and ARFID.
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Shanay is available Monday & Tuesday 5pm-8pm
Rebecca Gregan
CBT Therapist
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Rebecca is a BABCP accredited cognitive behavioural therapist who passionate about supporting adults and adolescents.
She has spent the last six years in the NHS in specialist services, delivering group and individual interventions. She has also worked within the Maudsley Centre for Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders.
Rebecca uses evidence-based therapeutic approaches, such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy-Enhanced (CBT-E) and uses her knowledge of other therapeutic approaches to tailor treatment to the individual. She aims to create an environment, without judgement, in which individuals can understand their difficulties and learn invaluable skills.
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Rebecca is available Tuesday's 5pm-8pm & Thursday's 5:30pm-7:40pm