Grainne McHugh

Integrative psychotherapist and EMDR therapist

I am an Integrative Art Psychotherapist, and an EMDR practitioner, UKCP and HCPC registered.

I offer clients a space to be heard, to make sense of themselves, their past and their current struggles. I help people find ways to heal from painful experiences using talking therapies, EMDR and arts-based interventions.

I commonly work with:

  • Anxiety
  • Feeling down, flat, or depressed
  • Relationships issues
  • Life transitions
  • Identity problems
  • Low self-esteem
  • Loneliness
  • Work related stress
  • Mid-life changes
  • Loss and bereavement
  • Intimacy issues
  • Sexual problems
  • Fertility problems
  • Anger
  • Shame and guilt
  • Parental challenges
  • Abuse
  • (Childhood) trauma or neglect
  • Addiction
My Background:

I worked in the private sector for many years and have a strong interest in workplace dynamics and challenges. I have worked with individuals and groups in at Sussex Partnership Trust and charities including Terrence Higgins Trust. I currently work for the Clinic for Dissociative Studies offering therapy to people with diagnosed dissociative disorders. Dissociative disorders typically arise in response to extreme and repetitive trauma and/or abuse in early childhood

I read dissertations for master’s students and work as an academic assessor for the MA programme at The Institute for Arts in Therapy in Education.

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