My name is Matthew Thompson and I want to welcome you to The Life of Your Choosing. 

I am a Registered Mental Health Nurse with nearly twenty years in the field, with most of those in Psychological Medicine within the NHS. 

I am an experienced trauma therapist and I use EMDR as my primary modality. My work in the NHS has included specialist clinics for suicide/self-harm, complex trauma, Medically Unexplained Symptoms/FND and anxiety/depression. 

I have completed EMDR Europe Accredited Training (Parts 1-4), trainings in somatic approaches, attachments and working with Ego-states, which we can integrate with EMDR Therapy; Acceptance and Commitment Therapy trainings and we can use a number of other third-wave approaches which can be used within the stability and resourcing phase to help build distress tolerance and emotional regulation. 

I have also completed the V300 Independent Prescriber qualification. 

I have extensive experience in:

• Trauma recovery/PTSD/cPTSD
• Depression, Anxiety, OCD
• Complex case formulation and management
• Functional Physical Symptoms/FND
• ADHD
• Supporting people in severe mental health crisis/psychiatric emergency and distress.  

I take a systemic approach, focusing on you as a whole person.

I follow a model of recovery which includes helping you to stabilise, process and build the life you choose within a compassionate, non-judgmental and empathic space.