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Our Therapists
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Roxy
Birdsall
Chester
Roxy is a psychotherapist who works with adults, children, young people and families. She is trained in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), ACT based Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), Person-Centred Therapy and Theraplay Informed Practice, with Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) woven throughout.
Roxy’s approach is collaborative, flexible and tailored to you, offering therapy shaped around your life, values and goals.
Roxy offers ACT-Informed ERP for anxiety conditions including Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Panic Disorder, Social Anxiety and Phobias. This approach focuses on changing your relationship with anxiety, learning to make room for discomfort rather than fighting it, so that fear has less control over your choices. ERP is a structured, compassionate method for gradually reducing compulsions and avoidance. She has undertaken additional training in Trauma-Focused ACT and integrates this where relevant.
For adults, Roxy offers ACT, Person-Centred Therapy and CFT as standalone approaches or blended together, depending on what fits best. At the heart of every session is genuine warmth, curiosity and self-compassion.
For children, young people and families Roxy integrates ACT with creative activities for younger clients, making the work accessible and engaging. For families where relationship is the focus, she offers Theraplay-Informed sessions, a play-based approach to strengthening the parent-child relationship. Roxy also does ERP work with children and young people for anxiety conditions, using a blend of dyadic sessions and 1-2-1 sessions.
Roxy provides an affirming space for LGBTQ+ and Neurodivergent individuals/families and People of Colour. She is currently completing a Doctorate in Counselling and Psychotherapy Studies at the University of Chester, researching working-class identities within therapy.
Kerri
Crewe
Chester
Kerri is an accredited therapist with the BACP and the EMDR association (both adults and children) and has over 13 years therapy experience.
She is trained as a integrative therapist and uses Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT), EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) and Neurofeedback into her compassionate and collaborative approach.
Kerri has a special interest in Depression, Anxiety, Stress, Trauma and Neurodiversity (ADHD, Autism, OCD, ODD, Dyslexia etc). She also has lots of experience working with children/young people who find attending school difficult and clients with emotional regulation difficulties.
Kerri also works with small children/young people and adopts a whole family approach when it is necessary to do so. This means that other members of the family may also work with Kerri, to best help the child/young person heal.
Lyndsey
Jane
Chester
Lyndsey is an accredited therapist with the BACP, bringing over nine years of experience working with children, young people, adults, and families across a range of sectors, including education, forensic services, charities, stepped care, and occupational health.
She is a pluralistic therapist, trained in Person-Centred Therapy, Brief Solution-Focused Therapy, and counselling for children and young people. Her practice is also informed by Thought Field Therapy, Theraplay, Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP), and Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT).
Lyndsey works collaboratively with her clients, drawing on her diverse training and experience to adapt to each individual’s evolving needs. She tailors her approach to suit the person, whether through talking therapy, creative exploration—for those who find it difficult to express themselves verbally—or relational work. Her warm, authentic nature and genuine curiosity support the development of strong, trusting therapeutic relationships with clients from a wide range of ages and backgrounds.
She offers both face-to-face and online sessions, as well as clinical supervision for qualified and trainee counsellors. Lyndsey uses the Seven-Eyed Model of supervision to support reflective practice and deepen understanding of client work and the therapeutic process.
Gemma
Smith
Chester
Gemma is a DDP (Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy) informed and integrative Arts Psychotherapist grounded in the understanding of early attachment and relationships and how these are connected to people's present difficulties. She believes in the importance of the relationship between the therapist and the client. Finding the most appropriate and tailored way of working together for long lasting, meaningful results.
She is HCPC registered and has several years’ experience of working with adults and children in primary care, the charity sector and health and social care. Gemma also has extensive experience working with clients who have a history of trauma, anxiety & depression, low self-esteem, relationship issues, bereavement, loss & separation, social isolation & loneliness, domestic abuse & coercive control, OCD, identity, fostering & adoption, health issues, life transitions, feelings of sadness and dissatisfaction with life.
DDP can be a helpful approach to improve the family unit and relationships within it. Gemma can work with parents and children both jointly and separately, whilst also working with adults and couples. She uses Art therapy which is a useful approach to support and deepen the therapeutic process and can also help if clients struggle to verbalise their emotions and feelings (no art experience is needed). These approaches can be stand alone or used collaboratively. However, regardless of the approach she endeavours to offer a safe and open therapy space for clients to explore and process the struggles they may be facing.
Gemma offers face to face and online sessions, and can also provide supervision to both qualified and Art therapists in training.
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