About me
My name is Dr Anette Magnus, and I am an HCPC-registered Counselling Psychologist with over a decade of experience supporting people with a wide range of emotional and psychological difficulties. I have seen clients from all walks of life across a variety of settings, including NHS secondary care, mental health charities, and specialist services in gambling addiction and sexual health.
Training & Qualifications
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Professional Doctorate in Counselling Psychology (PsychD)
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Psychology & Counselling (BSc)
My professional training is integrative, meaning I have trained in multiple therapeutic approaches, including:
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Person-centred therapy
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Psychodynamic therapy
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Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
In addition to my doctoral training, I have completed professional training in Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy, accredited by EMDR Europe.
I am registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) as a Practitioner Psychologist, hold Chartered Membership with the British Psychological Society (BPS) and membership with the EMDR Association UK.
Areas of specialty
I specialise in helping people navigate distressing or traumatic relationship endings, including breakups, separation and divorce. Alongside this specialist area, I also have extensive experience supporting clients with anxiety, stress, trauma and a broad range of presenting difficulties.
My areas of specialty and experience include:
• Distressing or traumatic relationship endings, including breakups, separation and divorce.
• Trauma and difficult life experiences, including experiences that continue to affect your emotional and psychological wellbeing.
• Relationship and family difficulties, including relationship doubts, recurring relationship patterns, difficult family dynamics and understanding how earlier relationships continue to influence you today.
• Anxiety, including generalised anxiety, excessive worry and catastrophising.
• Low self-esteem and self-criticism, people-pleasing and difficulties setting healthy boundaries.
• Stress, including work-related stress, life transitions, navigating uncertainty and feeling "stuck".
How I work
When it comes to therapy, my approach is that there is no "one size fits all". Clients have different needs at different times, and I therefore see therapy as a collaborative process between therapist and client. As an integrative practitioner, I'll draw on different therapeutic approaches in order to tailor therapy to suit my client's aims and preferences for therapy.
Therapy is an investment in yourself, and I believe this investment deserves an approach that successfully makes use of clinical expertise while being informed by every client's unique context, presenting difficulties and individual preferences.
