Anxiety counselling London NW3, cognitive counselling, stress management, phobia treatments, depression, building self-confidence and more.
about.......our practitioners
Felix Economakis (Director) BA(hons), Dipl.Psych., MSc., PG.Dipl.Psychol., Dipl.Hyp., PG.Dipl.Hyp., SBST, BSCH, BPS.
Felix is a fully qualified Chartered Counselling Psychologist and hypnotherapist, having completed a 6 year full-time University training in London. During that time he also undertook a 2 year-long diploma and post-graduate diploma in clinical hypnosis. This lead to further training in Neurolinguistic Programming, of which he is a certified master practitioner, and diplomas in Brief Strategic Therapy from the Human Givens Institute and from the Brief Strategic Therapy Foundation (in which he also acts as a lecturer for hypnosis training). He has worked in NHS primary care in large Group Practices for over six years, as well as having worked in secondary care at the Maudsley Hospital for over two years.
Felix specialises in combining therapies to produce rapid and powerful change for a range of condtions, including self-confidence, traumas, depression and is acknowledged as one of the country's leading phobia practitioners. He has successfully treated hundreds of clients who have not benefitted from previous therapies (see testimonials). He is a recognised health care provider for BUPA (provider number 30022894), AXA PPP Healthcare (provider number FE00162), and WPA (provider number 920113263) as well as CIGNA, Pru Health and Standard Life Healthcare.
Media appearances:
Television & Radio:
Felix is currently working on the next series of 'Freaky Eaters' for BBC3 which is scheduled to be released in February 2009.
BBC 3's "Panic Room"(April-May 07) a 6-part series where he successfully treated 6 people with severe phobias. Felix was later challenged by a journalist from the Daily Mirror to treat her phobia of pigeons, which he did in one session (for more information click on the above links). In the Nov 2007 issue of Time Out, journalist Hannah Kane wrote about her equally successful single session to cure her phobia of surgical operations. Felix has also appeared on: BBC News (stress), Sky News (phobias; customer relations), Channel 5 (addictions), BBC Radio 1 (exam stress); BBC Radio London (phobias).
Journalist Articles
Metro newspaper (danger, loneliness), Sunday Telegraph (dopamine release & shopping), Sunday Express (relationships), Prediction magazine (releasing emotional baggage); Men's Health (relationships), Psychologies Magazine (bereavements & loss).
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Dr. Jenny Davids BSc (hons), MSc.,Clinical Psych , BPS, MACP
Jenny is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist and a child and adolescent psychotherapist (member of the Association for Child Psychotherapists). She has worked as a consultant in the NHS, the Anna Freud Centre and in private practice for many years. Jenny also works with adults. Her special interests are adoption, trauma and creativity.
Vanessa Schjelderup BSc, MSc., PG.Dipl.Psychol.,BPS.
Vanessa is a Chartered Counselling Psychologist and specialises in using Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. Vanessa uses CBT for a range of issues, with a particular interest in social anxiety, self-image and self-esteem, and individual and corporate stress management.
Jeni Ross BSc. MSc., PG.Dipl.Psychol. BPS
Jeni is a Chartered Counselling Psychologist and specialises in using Cognitive Behavioural and Systemic Therapy. She works primarily with OCD, body dysmorphia, depression and anxiety disorders. Jeni worked at the Priory Hospital in North London for several years where she continues to do sessional work. She has run workshops and lectures for the National Anxiety Disorders Conference and the Priory Hospital.
Julia Avnon BSc. MSc., PG.Dipl.Psychol. BPS
Julia is a Chartered Counselling Psychologist and specialises in Cognitive Behavioural. Julia uses CBT for a range of psychological difficulties and focuses on CBT and systemic therapy with children. She also conducts cognitive and educational assessments with children with a focus on mild learning difficulties, ADD ADHD and dyslexia. These assessments include standardised instruments, clinical interviews, school visits and liaison and are followed by extensive reports and clear recommendations for schools and families. Julia trained and worked for 5 years at Great Ormond Hospital in London where she worked within the Psychological Medicine department and the neuropsychology team. Julia’s work with adults focuses on depression, anxiety, OCD and ADHD.
Evelyn Cooney BACP., BASRT. UKCP
Evelyn is a Relate licensed counsellor offering relationship
counselling and sex therapy for couples and individuals to help resolve
problems and conflict. The counselling can help with communication,
commitment, sexual difficulties, affairs, depression, family issues,
separation, divorce and life stages. She offers long term and short term
work.
Fabien DeCodts BA.; Dip.Hyp
Fabien is a qualifed clinical hypnotherapist; hypnoanalyst and NLP Master Practitioner and Trainer. He also acts as a professional assitant to Paul Mckenna in his weight-loss training courses and seminars. Recently Fabien has started training in the Human Givens Diploma for brief therapy solutions. He treats a variety of conditions with hypnosis, NLP and TFT and enjoys great success with his stopping-smoking cessations in just one session.
Simone Cameron BA, Dipl (Personal Performance Coaching)
Simone specialises in career and life-work balance coaching. Relocating to San Francisco for five years offered her a unique perspective as she coached professionals from leading corporations who were looking to improve their lleadership skills, whilst adding meaning and balance to their life. She has a diploma in personal coaching from the most highly accredited coaching training course in the UK. Clients describe coaching as having 'a personal fitness instructor of the mind'. Simone helps people to find out what they really want from their lives and uses tools and techniques to keep them motivated and focused.
COLLABORATIVE PARTNERS
Emma James, Chartered & State Registered Physiotherapist. BSc (Hons), MCSP, SRP, APPI, AACP
Since qualifying as a chartered physiotherapist Emma has worked extensively in the public and private sector, treating muscular and skeletal injuries.
As an active and professional practitioner and through continued professional development offers the highest level of service utilising the latest medical research, Pilates techniques and acupuncture to treat injuries.
Working very closely with some of London's top private consultants and working in one of London's leading physiotherapy practices Emma has extensive experience working with all types of injuries and surgery.
THE HEATH also maintains extensive contacts with other practitioners and professionals.
Practitioners at THE HEATH Mind Body Therapies London NW3, we specialise in counselling for anxiety, counselling for depression, counselling for relationships, counselling for anger management, stopping smoking and many more conditions using psychological therapies, hypnotherapy, NLP and other interventions
