About Christina
Accredited CBT therapist and EMDR practitioner with over twenty years of experience working with children and young people.
Hi! I'm Christina
I have spent over twenty years working with children, young people and families, first as a Children and Families Social Worker, and then retraining as a therapist. The move felt like a natural progression. Social work gave me a deep understanding of the challenges young people face, but the constraints of the role meant I was rarely able to offer the kind of sustained, therapeutic support I knew made a real difference. Retraining as a therapist gave me the opportunity to do exactly that.
I spent seven years working as a CAMHS therapist, supporting children and young people with a wide range of mental health difficulties. I set up Sulis Therapies because I wanted to be able to offer timely, specialist support to young people who need it, without the waiting lists and constraints of the NHS system.
I specialise exclusively in children and young people, and have done throughout my career. I find the work genuinely exciting. There is so much more room for creativity, humour and play in therapy with young people, and building a trusting relationship with a child or teenager who was anxious about coming to therapy in the first place is one of the most rewarding things I do. As a mother of five myself, I understand family life from the inside.
Outside of work I love yoga, clay work and jewellery making.
Qualifications & Training
Qualifications
- BSc (Hons) Social Work and Applied Social Studies
- Postgraduate Diploma in CBT for Children and Young People
- EMDR Parts 1-4 (EMDR Academy)
- Child and Adolescent EMDR (Child Trauma Therapy Centre)
Additional Training
I am committed to ongoing professional development and regularly undertake specialist training to broaden and deepen my practice. Additional areas of specialist training include:
- Chairwork in CBT
- Trauma-Focused CBT
- Dialectical Behavioural Therapy Skills
- Comprehensive Behavioural Intervention for Tics (CBIT)
- CBT for ARFID
Memberships & Associations
