Hannah Raine-Smith

I am a psychotherapist and clinical supervisor with over 10 years experience of working in private practice in the UK. I am a published academic author with Routledge, New York.

Early in my career, I worked with domestic abuse survivors presenting with complex PTSD. This experience drove me to deepen my expertise in trauma integration. I went on to pursue postgraduate studies in neuroscience, focusing on the neurobiology of psychedelics and EMDR therapy. Realising that EMDR had similar neurobiological mechanisms to psychedelics, I decided to do an MSc in EMDR therapy, where I was taught by Derek Farrell MBE and Ad de Jong (EMDR 2.0) to treat complex presentations. 

I work psychodynamically to address the impact of early experiences on the way we manage stress in the present. My postgraduate training in neuroscience means I understand how the brain structure is formed through person-to-person interactions throughout our lives. I have developed my practice to facilitate the healing of relational wounds in the most efficient way possible. On average, I work with people for 6 to 20 sessions, and I can generally tailor the work to your budget.? 

MSc EMDR Therapy, University of Worcester

Postgraduate Diploma in Neuroimaging, Cardiff University

PG Cert Clinical Supervision, University of Derby 

Attachment focused EMDR training - Laurel Parnell

Levels 1-4 EMDR training, University of Worcester - Derek Farrell

EMDR with complex clinical populations 

EMDR wider scripted protocols 

BSc Hons Integrative Counselling, Middlesex University

BA Music and Visual Art, University of Brighton

Current issues in EMDR practice and research (Distinction)

G-TEP- Group trauma intervention

R-TEP- Recent traumatic events protocol

Working with Ego States- Dr. Micheal Patterson

Safe-guarding training

Psychedelic-assisted therapy training- Integrative Psychiatry Institute, Colorado

Foundation in Medical Herbalism- Heartwood Institute

EMDR therapy- what is this?

EMDR is a powerful therapy that was originally designed to treat PTSD, but over the past 40 years it has been adapted to treat a wide range of psychological issues. It is based on neuroscientific research showing that when our brains get stressed, they encode memories in a fragmented format that can be re-activated in the present, causing unwanted reactions and behaviours. As well as big “T” trauma, this also applies to lower level small “t” trauma, such as not having needs met in childhood. We can use EMDR to identify and then process these memories to free you from your symptoms.

See my website for more info:

www.traumatology.co.uk

I have published a number of articles about EMDR that can be found here:

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Hannah-Raine-Smith-2