Welcome to Comfort Shields Psychotherapy
Harley Street Medical District, London, and Online

"It is important to me that the therapy room becomes an unrestricted space in my client's life to speak, to be heard, and to explore his or her emotional, symbolic, and inner world."

My approach is comprehensive and in depth. My aim is to honour the complexity and experience of each person as I support each client and couple in a process that leads to lasting and meaningful change. This means helping my clients know themselves more fully, allowing them to move forward in their lives with a greater sense of inner freedom, self-belief, and optimism. I enjoy working with couples and individuals who are willing to delve deeply into discovering what moves and motivates them, ultimately to be able to build closer connections with themselves and the world around them. With many years of experience working with complex cases such as human trafficking, abuse, and PTSD as well as seeing high profile clients, including performers, artists, and business executives, I can ensure a highly sensitive, private, and discreet experience.

Comfort Shields, CPsychol, AFBPsS, MBACP (Accred), PhD & MA (ClinPsy), MPhil & MSt (Oxon), FRAI

"Feeling real is more than existing; it is finding a way to exist as oneself... and to have a self into which to retreat for relaxation."
-Donald Winnicott

In addition to specialising in EMDR for PTSD and C-PTSD, I most frequently follow a humanistic and psychodynamic therapy approach, which encourages curiosity in both the client and the therapist. It is an approach most concerned with experiences and feelings that interfere with our ability to make sense of, and meaningfully experience, ourselves and the world around us. It encourages us to ask questions like how does life come to feel real? Significant? Novel? Meaningful? How does one develop a vital and authentic sense of self? The answers to these questions are different for every individual. It is not helpful for me to give you the answers in advance, but rather to provide an environment and process that supports you in answering these sorts of questions, and others, all the while exploring and expanding your life possibilities and dreams.

I am registered with Aviva, Bupa-Global, Cigna, and WPA insurance.

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