Hi, I’m Rocio .

I use a trauma-specialist lens to support people with depression, anxiety and stress, grief and loss, culture and migrant challenges, self-esteem and confidence worries and relationship difficulties , self-harm and suicidal thoughts, or life transitions. I also support individuals with trauma-related presentations such as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) , Complex Trauma and Vicarious Trauma.

My practice draws from attachment theory and I use a number of evidence- based modalities in session, Internal Family Systems (IFS) forms the foundation of how I understand the world around me. I also use Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) and some elements of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and of Narrative Therapy. I incorporate somatic and polyvagal techniques into my practice, stemming from Polyvagal Theory.

I am aware that therapy doesn’t occur in a vacuum and bring this awareness into my practice and consider it the baseline and foundation of any therapeutic work I do. I am passionate about challenging the stigma surrounding mental health issues, radical self-care and use a Health At Every Size (HAES) approach to health and wellbeing. I use a feminist framework for practice and my work is underpinned by ethics of social justice and advocacy, appreciation of intersectional oppression and the pursuit of dignity in a world where this is lacking for many.

In addition to my role in private practice, I am currently working as a trauma specialist counsellor in a non-government organisation.

I work with individuals 16 years and above internationally and provide psychotherapeutic services in English, Spanish and Galician.

QUALIFICATIONS

✿ Masters of Social Work Qualifying (Western Sydney University- Sydney, Australia) - 2 years

✿ Graduate Diploma in Psychological Guidance and Counselling (Marmara University- Istanbul, Turkey) - 1 year

✿ Bs Social Ed (University of Santiago de Compostela- Galicia, Spain) - 4 years

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

✿ Level 1 Internal Family Systems with Einat Bronstein (IFS INSTITUTE) - 2023

✿ "Internal Family Systems Model''- IFS Institute with Dr. Simon d’Orsogna - 2022

✿ ''Trauma Focused Acceptance and Commitment Therapy'' with Russ Harris - 2021

✿ ''Trauma, Attachment and Neuroscience’’ with Dr. Bessel Van Der Kolk - 2020

✿ "Working with adult male survivors of child sexual abuse” with SAMSN - 2019

✿ Comprehensive training in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (12 months) with Peter King- 2019