Faculty - The Centre for Trauma and Embodiment, Boston, USA
Certified to to facilitate Trauma Centre, Trauma Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY-F) as an adjunctive treatment for Developmental/Complex trauma
Supervision - David Emerson & Jenn Turner, Co-Directors for The Centre for Trauma and Embodiment, Boston, USA; Carmen Joanne Ablack, President of the European Association for Body Psychotherapy. As a TCTS
Y-F, Alex's practice must comply with the IA-TCTSY Guidelines on Ethical Practice
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Alex's client base includes individuals who identify as living with a range of experiences, including:
- depression
- insomnia
- anxiety
- complex & developmental trauma
- addictions & compulsions
- body dysmorphia and disorders of eating
- abusive and/or neglectful relationships
In both her individual and group work Alex's interests are in early sexual assault, neglect, body dysmorphia, fantasy and shame. She has a special interest in working with individuals with non-conforming identities of sex, gender and sexuality, and in developing a trauma informed group practice to work as an adjunct to psychodynamically informed group therapy. Alex has presented posters and delivered workshops on interoception, trauma & chronic stress to the London Speciality Schools of Psychiatry, of General Practitioners, the International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis UK and to the National Health Service Practitioner Health Programme. She is a founding member of the International Association of Trauma Center, Trauma Sensitive Yoga (IA-TCTSY), co-convenes the TCTSY Ethics Committee and initiated the TCTSY Reflective Practice Group. Alex is currently part of the research team developing TCTSY under the North Essex Partnership NHS Foundation.