Adjustment difficulties
Alcohol misuse
Alexithymia
Anger Management
Anorexia nervosa (AN) - purging subtype
Anorexia nervosa (AN) - restrictive subtype
Anxiety
Anxious personality disorder
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Autism spectrum disorders (ASD)
Binge eating
Bipolar spectrum disorders
Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD)
Bulimia nervosa (BN)
Career development
Chronic fatigue
Chronic pain
Coaching
Complex PTSD
Compulsive sexual behaviour
Confidence
Coping with a long-term health condition
Coping with an acute health condition
Dependent personality disorder
Depression
Dissocial (antisocial) personality disorder
Emetophobia (vomit phobia)
Emotionally unstable personality disorder (EUPD)
End of relationship difficulties
Family difficulties
Gaming disorder
General wellness
Generalised anxiety disorder (GAD)
Grief
Health anxiety
Histrionic personality disorder
Identity concerns
Insomnia
Job challenges
Medically unexplained symptoms (MUS)
Narcissistic personality disorder
Obsessive compulsive (anankastic) personality disorder
Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
Opioid misuse
Other addiction
Other eating disorder
Other mental health concern
Other perinatal mental health condition
Other substance use disorder
Panic disorder
Paranoid personality disorder
Perfectionism
Perinatal OCD
Perinatal anxiety
Perinatal depression
Perinatal mood disorders
Personality disorder
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Prolonged grief
Psychosexual difficulties
Psychosis
Relationships
Schizoid personality disorder
Sedative or anxiolytic misuse
Self-esteem
Sexual health
Sleep difficulties
Social phobia
Stress
Stress management
Tic disorders
Tourette syndrome
Trauma (general)
Women's health
Dr

Justina Somal

 
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Counselling Psychologist

DCounsPsy; Bsc
liverpool

Everyone needs a helping hand at times, and therapy can be a place where our lives, and its challenges can be compassionately and safely explored.

Book a session

Insurers

Axa
BUPA Global
Vitality
WPA
Cigna
Zurich
Healix

Languages

English

About me

We may consider therapy due to difficult life events, reviewing our life purpose and when we are challenged by unhelpful thoughts and feelings. I am passionate about supporting and empowering people to live their life in the way they desire. It can be a difficult journey to explore and achieve this on our own, and I apply evidence-based approaches with my clients, working together as a team, to best support personal needs. I believe therapy is reliant on a good therapeutic relationship, and endeavour to build trust, respect and compassion, to collaboratively and sensitively work towards client' personal goals. I am a Chartered Counselling Psychologist, registered with the BPS and HCPC. I qualified as a Psychologist in 2016 (DPsych). I practiced as an Integrative Psychotherapist for 10 years prior to completing doctoral training. I have extended my training in many evidence-based psychotherapies including EMDR, DBT, ACT and other Trauma-specific approaches ,such as NET and TF-CBT, as well as other mindfulness-based approaches. I have over 17 years of extensive clinical experience working with adults, young people and children, individually and in groups, and worked with couples and families in brief interventions, to enhance the work for the primary client. I have practiced privately, for the NHS, Local Authority, Courts, and National Charities, and helped develop psychotherapy services for some services. I work with a wide range of presentations, and issues. I have specialism in areas such as Trauma, Relationship issues, Anxiety and Depression Disorders, Addiction, and Personality Disorders. My therapeutic modality is embedded with Humanistic, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Trauma Focused interventions, integrated with suitable evidence-based approaches to support clients' needs and goals, which remains client-led and collaborative. The pace and shape of therapy is guided by the client, as well as readiness and willingness to work towards desired change.

Area I can help with

Adjustment difficulties
Alcohol misuse
Alexithymia
Anger Management
Anorexia nervosa (AN) - purging subtype
Anorexia nervosa (AN) - restrictive subtype
Anxiety
Anxious personality disorder
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Autism spectrum disorders (ASD)
Binge eating
Bipolar spectrum disorders
Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD)
Bulimia nervosa (BN)
Career development
Chronic fatigue
Chronic pain
Coaching
Complex PTSD
Compulsive sexual behaviour
Confidence
Coping with a long-term health condition
Coping with an acute health condition
Dependent personality disorder
Depression
Dissocial (antisocial) personality disorder
Emetophobia (vomit phobia)
Emotionally unstable personality disorder (EUPD)
End of relationship difficulties
Family difficulties
Gaming disorder
General wellness
Generalised anxiety disorder (GAD)
Grief
Health anxiety
Histrionic personality disorder
Identity concerns
Insomnia
Job challenges
Medically unexplained symptoms (MUS)
Narcissistic personality disorder
Obsessive compulsive (anankastic) personality disorder
Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
Opioid misuse
Other addiction
Other eating disorder
Other mental health concern
Other perinatal mental health condition
Other substance use disorder
Panic disorder
Paranoid personality disorder
Perfectionism
Perinatal OCD
Perinatal anxiety
Perinatal depression
Perinatal mood disorders
Personality disorder
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Prolonged grief
Psychosexual difficulties
Psychosis
Relationships
Schizoid personality disorder
Sedative or anxiolytic misuse
Self-esteem
Sexual health
Sleep difficulties
Social phobia
Stress
Stress management
Tic disorders
Tourette syndrome
Trauma (general)
Women's health

Types of therapy I offer

Schema Therapy
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
Systemic Therapy
Narrative Therapy
Person Centred Therapy
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
Solution Focused Therapy
Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

Qualifications

Health & Care Professions Council
Membership
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2016 - present
British Psychological Society
Membership
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2014 - present
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Work experience

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Education

EMDR Extra - British Isles
Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing
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2016 - 2017
University of Wolverhampton
Practitioner Doctorate in Counselling Psychology
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2012 - 2015
Birmingham City University
Pg. Dip Integrative Psychotherapy
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2004 - 2006