Therapists & psychologists in Hexham matched to what you're actually going through

EMDR is a structured therapy for trauma. While you hold a memory in mind, the practitioner guides side-to-side eye movements, and over several sessions the memory becomes less distressing to recall.

Dr Caroline Murphy and Dr Clark Davison are both EMDR-trained at Hexham, and both work with post-traumatic stress and with the effects of abuse.

The clinic is in the town centre at Cattle Market. For people across Tynedale it saves the drive into Newcastle, and sessions can move online for any week that is harder.

CBT is a practical therapy, usually running for between five and twenty sessions, built around breaking the cycle between what you think and what you do.

Dr Clark Davison and Dr Hannah Makarski offer CBT at Hexham. Dr Davison also works with OCD, ADHD and autism, and Dr Makarski with eating difficulties, self-esteem and relationship problems, so between them the range is broader than two practitioners usually allows.

MBCT pairs mindfulness practice with ideas from CBT, and it is best known for lowering the chance of depression returning once you are well.

It is available at Hexham with Dr Caroline Murphy and Dr Clark Davison. Both also work with bipolar disorder and with people living with dementia, including families adjusting after a diagnosis.

Our child psychology work supports children and teenagers with emotional and behavioural difficulties, using approaches matched to their age and stage.

Dr Clark Davison works with children and young people at our Hexham clinic, including ADHD, autism and behaviour that has become difficult to manage at home. The first conversation is with a parent, so you can explain what has been happening before your child attends.

CAT is a collaborative therapy that looks at the roles people fall into with others, and at how earlier experiences set those roles up.

Dr Davison offers it at Hexham, over a number of sessions agreed before you start. The work with personality and dissociative difficulties sits alongside it, which is often where a CAT referral comes from.

DBT teaches concrete skills for the moments when emotions feel out of control, such as getting through a crisis without making things worse.

It is available at Hexham, again with Dr Davison, and this is the only clinic in Northumberland where we offer it.

Psychodynamic therapy is a reflective approach that gives you space to talk freely and understand what lies behind a difficulty, not only how to manage it.

Dr Hannah Makarski offers it at Hexham, alongside work with eating difficulties, grief and the effects of abuse. It is the longest-running of the approaches available at this clinic, with no fixed end point.