Adult Team
Dr Luca Palmili
Clinical Psychologist and EMDR Practitioner
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Dr Luca Palmili is an experienced Clinical Psychologist specialising in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) for adolescents and adults. He has worked in the NHS since 2011 in a range of clinical settings with clients across the entire lifespan, and currently works as a Senior Clinician, Supervisor and Trauma Lead in an NHS Talking Therapy service as well as in private practice.
Luca trained in Clinical Psychology at the University of Bologna (Italy), before completing his doctorate at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, Kings College London, and furthering his specialist CBT training at the University of Oxford. He is fully accredited with the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies, registered with the Health and Care Professions Council and holds chartered status (CPsychol) with the British Psychological Society. He is also an EMDR Accredited Practitioner, having completed the training with EMDR Europe and fulfilled the requirements for accreditation.
In his clinical work, Luca is a warm, client-centred psychologist who is passionate about delivering evidence-based psychological therapy to adolescents and adults experiencing depression and anxiety in its different forms (such as obsessive-compulsive disorder, agoraphobia, panic, social phobia, health anxiety, and generalised anxiety), with a special interest and expertise in treating PTSD and trauma. As a bilingual therapist, Luca offers therapy in English and Italian.
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Luca is available Saturday's 9am-2:30pm
Alena Torriani
Counselling Psychologist
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16+
Dr Alena Torriani is a Counselling Psychologist registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), and a Chartered Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society (CPsychol AFBPsS). Since 2012 she has been working therapeutically with adults and young people whose problems range from severe and enduring conditions to more easily treatable issues, including: Depression, anxiety and panic disorders, family and relationship problems (including high conflict divorce), burnout and stress, trauma, and personality disorders.
Having had clinical experience within the NHS and in private organisations, Dr Torriani is skilled at providing specialised assessments, developing custom treatment plans, and offering shortand long-term psychological therapy. Her clinical interests include attachment-based relationship dysfunctions and interpersonal trauma.
During her doctorate degree at Regent’s University London, she received core training in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, and Existential Analysis. She was further educated at the Anna Freud Centre in Mentalization-Based Treatment (MBT), an evidence-based therapy for personality difficulties, and she has undergone BPS-approved training in supervision. Drawing upon her integrative clinical experience, Dr Torriani offers a bespoke approach that is grounded in a compassionate and process-focused therapeutic style.
She is passionate about helping people build emotional resilience, to empower them to release negative patterns, to feel a greater sense of purpose, and to have more fulfilling connections. She is further an advocate of holistic wellbeing by taking into account how our lifestyle affects our stress levels, which is intrinsically linked to both our physical and psychological health. It is therefore beneficial to acknowledge the importance of sleep, movement, nutrition, and mindfulness when addressing mental health concerns. The combination of improving our physical wellbeing while simultaneously uncovering the deeper causes of emotional distress can greatly improve psychotherapy results.
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Alena is available Monday's 3:15 pm-8pm
Yasmin Rahemtulla
Psychotherapist
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Yasmin has over 20 years’ experience working as a Mental Health Nurse as well as Couples Psychotherapist experience for the past 12 years.
Working in the NHS, Yasmin has worked in CAMHS offering assessment and treatment to young people/teenagers with a wide range of mental health issues such as, but not limited to, anxiety/depression, self-harm, school refusal, family issues and challenges within friendships.
Yasmin has also worked at the Tavistock clinic on a specialist team that was set up to provide support to young people who were at risk of placement breakdown in foster care. She provided confidential one to one sessions for those at risk within that service.
Yasmin works with a person-centred approach, incorporating other therapeutic styles where appropriate.
Having had management positions over the years, supervised other mental health professionals and provided training, her passion is working directly with young people, in particular the teenage years.
As well as working with young people, Yasmin has been working as couple’s counsellor with Relate since 2018.
Yasmin completed an MSc in Psychotherapy at Surrey University in 2005. Yasmin qualified at a couples counsellor in 2014 and is a member of BACP as well as The National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society.
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Yasmin is available Wednesday's 3:30 pm-6:50 pm
Shanay Dougan
CBT Practitioner
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Over 5s
Shanay is an experienced Mental Health Nurse and CBT Practitioner. She has worked both in the NHS and private sector with adults and adolescents and currently works in an NHS specialist child and adolescent outpatient service in South London.
Shanay has experience in delivering CBT for Generalised anxiety, OCD, self-harm, social anxiety, depression and eating disorders. She also sees young people who have high perfectionism traits and Autism.
Shanay sees adults and children over the age of 5. She is also trained in family therapy for eating disorders and does physical health monitoring for anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and ARFID.
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Shanay is available Monday & Tuesday 5pm-8pm
Rebecca Gregan
CBT Therapist
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Rebecca is a BABCP accredited cognitive behavioural therapist who passionate about supporting adults and adolescents.
She has spent the last six years in the NHS in specialist services, delivering group and individual interventions. She has also worked within the Maudsley Centre for Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders.
Rebecca uses evidence-based therapeutic approaches, such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy-Enhanced (CBT-E) and uses her knowledge of other therapeutic approaches to tailor treatment to the individual. She aims to create an environment, without judgement, in which individuals can understand their difficulties and learn invaluable skills.
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Rebecca is available Tuesday's 5pm-8pm & Thursday's 5:30pm-7:40pm
Dr Adam Flintoff
Clinical Psychologist & Psychodynamic Psychotherapist
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Dr Adam Flintoff is a Clinical Psychologist and Psychodynamic Psychotherapist. He has over 10 years’ experience working in the NHS in a range of therapeutic settings, and currently works as a senior psychotherapist in a specialist NHS trauma service at the Tavistock Centre. Adam is a member of Camden and Islington’s Trauma-Informed network and an honorary lecturer on the Clinical Psychology doctoral programme at University College London.
Adam has worked in several specialist settings within the NHS including providing psychotherapy for adolescents, parental mental health work within CAMHS and working with people experiencing medically unexplained symptoms and relational difficulties. He is experienced in working with people across the lifespan and from many different cultural backgrounds. He sees people with a wide range of problem areas including people struggling to understand and manage their emotional experience, problems with relationships, coping with loss, challenges in adjusting to significant changes in life and more enduring mental health difficulties.
Adam has extensive expertise in the area of trauma including supporting individuals who have been involved in isolated traumatic events and working with people who have experienced more complex or repeated episodes of trauma. He regularly runs workshops and psychoeducational sessions for people who have experienced trauma and for people in their support network, such as family members, friends or professionals. Adam is trained in Mentalization Based Therapy (MBT) and currently runs a Trauma Focused and phase-based MBT group in the NHS. Adam is available to work with adolescents, adults and parents.
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