Judith Jamieson Registered Member (MBACP) (COSRT)

For many years I lived in Asia, where I worked with couples and families in the expatriate and local populations, after completing a BSc (Hons) in Psychology and a Masters degree in Counselling.  While living abroad, I was struck by how much a strong relationships can improve the quality of our lives and our general functioning and when I returned to the UK, I undertook further specialist training at Tavistock Relationships, a well-known centre of excellence for relationship counselling and couple psychotherapy.

I also have a Post Graduate Diploma in Individual and Couple Psychodynamic Counselling and Psychotherapy, as well as an MSc in Psychosexual and Relationship Therapy, and a Diploma in Supervision from the Institute of Group Analysis. In addition to working in private practice, I am Joint Head of Clinical Services at Tavistock Relationships, and have worked as a tutor and supervisor on two Masters level courses as well as a clinical lecturer.  At TR, with a colleague, I also run the workshop for Mentalization-based Therapy for Couples (MBT-CT). Additionally, I have also worked in the Divorce and Separation Service at TR .

Through TR, I also worked on an IAPT project, Couple Therapy for Depression, training and supervising therapists to deliver a 20-session model of couple therapy (see here for more details about the project) and have worked on a DfE-funded Adopting Together project.  In the past, I have also worked in the NHS as a Psychosexual Therapist (Chelsea and Westminster Hospital) in a very busy sexual health clinic (56 Dean Street).

As a result of my experience, I have a particular interest and experience in working with diversity and cultural sensitivity, especially:

  • Cross-cultural relationships

  • Same-sex relationships

  • Depression and anxiety and their effects on couple relationships

  • Sexual problems in relationships

  • Communication difficulties

  • Effects of expatriation on relationships

  • Effects of trauma and abuse on relationships

  • Infidelity

  • Bereavement

 

Memberships of Professional Bodies

  • British Association of Counselling & Psychotherapy (MBACP)

  • College of Sexual and Relationship Therapists (RegCOSRT)

  • British Society for Sexual Medicine (BSSM)