Dissociative disorders are the brains way of a coping with a situation or incident too upsetting for the conscious mind to process. A person with a dissociative disorder escapes reality in involuntary and pathological ways. There are several types of dissociative disorders (dissociative amnesia, dissociative identity disorder, dissociative fugue and depersonalization disorder), all of which are thought to be caused by experiencing a trauma or abuse.

Symptoms common to dissociative disorders include selective amnesia (of a specific time, person or event), depersonalization (a feeling of being detached from yourself), an indistinct or distorted sense of identity, and derealization (a feeling that something is off and the world and people around you are unreal). Individuals suffering from dissociative disorders often experience other mental health problems, like depression and anxiety. A mental health professional can help a person with a dissociative disorder to learn new ways of coping.

Therapists specialising in Dissociative Disorder (DD)

Kristina Burvill-Ridler

Psychotherapist

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Cathy Rowland

Integrative Psychotherapist

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Jonny Lindsay

Therapeutic Counsellor

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Paola St George Essaye

Intergrative Therapist and Supervisor

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Orla Blakelock

Relational Integrative Therapist

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Rebecca Devereux

Trauma Center, Trauma Sensitive Yoga Facilitator. Somatic Experiencing trainee.

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Steven Mason

Psychotherapist & Counsellor (UKCP Accredited)

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Chadia Marie

Psychodynamic Therapist

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Penny Mackay

Person-centred Humanistic Counsellor

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Deborah Hood

Craniosacral Therapist, Compassionate Inquiry & IFS Internal Family Systems

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Lisa Jones

Integrative Counsellor and Psychotherapist

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Sophie Sorensen

Psychotherapist

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Amanda Copeland

Cognitive analytic psychotherapist and ecotherapist

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Angharad Percy

Psychotherapeutic Humanistic Counsellor, MBACP

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Anna Ringqvist

Counsellor

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Alison Thorpe

Counselling and coaching

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Sophie Broadbent

Therapy with Nature

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Pippa Green

Pippa Green MBACP accred

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Alan Sparkes

Psychotherapist & Counsellor

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Tom Maxwell

Body Psychotherapist

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Paul Chantry

BACP registered Counsellor

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Christina Mills

Therapeutic Life Coach, NLP Master Coach Practitioner, Solution Focussed Therapist

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Steve Bonnelucq-Lane

Somatic Trauma Therapist

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Kate McGuire

Trauma and Psychosexual Therapist

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Soraya Kirsch

Integrative Counsellor

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Venetia Elphick

Counselling & Psychotherapy (MBACP)

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Christina Lavelle

Craniosacral Therapy & Somatic Trauma Release Therapist

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Stephanie Fortescue

Counsellor and Psychotherapist

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Clara Zapata

Counsellor

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Sarah Lock

Psychodynamic Integrative Therapist

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Zsuzsanna Purnell

BACP Counsellor/ Therapist

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Monika Madej-Torentz

Counsellor

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nathalie mineau

Humanistic counsellor

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Richard Allan

Psychotherapist

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Patricia Almohalla Alvarez

Counselling Psychologist

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Daniel Webster

Neurofeedback Specialist

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Simon Draycott

Chartered Counselling Psychologist

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Theo Scheiner

Integrative Psychotherapist

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Emma Russell

Humanistic Integrative Counsellor

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Larry Barnett

Psychotherapeutic Counsellor BSc (Hons) MBACP

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Sarah Jones

Humanistic Integrative Counsellor

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Amelia Presman

Dr Amelia Presman, Clinical Psychologist

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George Dickinson

Humanistic Integrative Therapist

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Naomi Rule

Integrative Arts Psychotherapist

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Jade Elizabeth

Hypnotherapist | NLP Practitioner | Therapeutic Coach

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