Therapeutic approach

Hello! I’m Dr Jennifer Mbanu, and I am an accredited Clinical Psychologist with experience in the NHS, non profit and private sectors.

I offer compassionate, trauma-informed and culturally competent therapy for personal growth and healing. I have often found that understanding people’s diagnoses and symptoms as responses to what they have lived through is valuable in helping them shed the self-blame they may carry. Simply put, we are who we are because of the things that have happened to us. These might be one-off traumatic events or repeated relational traumas that have affected the ways in which we have learned to relate to ourselves and other people. Often, people find themselves stuck in cycles of behaviour that no longer serve them, yet feel at a loss for how to make meaningful change. This is not unusual; it is often difficult to be any different when how we are currently is all we’ve ever known!

Using a range of evidence-based psychological models such as Cognitive Analytic Therapy, Compassion Focussed Therapy, Internal Family Systems, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, we will work together to understand how your current behaviours came about, the purpose they might have previously served, and the ways in which they’re now keeping you from reaching your full potential. From there, we’ll work together to identify more helpful ways to relate to yourself and others, supporting you as you move forward.