Practitioner Profile

• Studied and worked in both the UK and US
• Awarded the 2018 Practice Prize for Innovation by the British Psychological Society for his ground-breaking work using EMDR Therapy with individuals in an acute mental health crisis
• Awarded the 2012 Practice Prize Award by the British Psychological Society’s Division of Counselling Psychology for Distinctive Contribution to Counselling Psychology for work in Solution Focused Therap
• Chartered Counselling Psychologist and Associate Fellow with the British Psychological Society (BPS)
• EMDR Europe Trainer, Consultant and Supervisor
• Consultant Psychologist for Berkshire Healthcare Foundation NHS Trust
• Registered as a Psychologist with the Health Professionals Council
• Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society

Qualifications

• MSc. Mental Health Counselling, University of Massachusetts, Boston,
  MA, US
• Postgraduate Diploma, psychology, Nottingham University, UK
• Registered Clinical Supervisor with the British Psychological Society
• BSc joint honours in science, economics and computer science, University of Salford, Manchester, UK
• Clinical psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
• Certificate in job development and marketing, awarded by University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA, US
• Certificate in counselling skills, awarded by City of Westminster College, London, UK

Additional Training

• Brief counselling therapy
• Distress and suicide – helping young people keep on an even keel
• Understanding eating disorders
• Understanding dreams – a phenomenological approach to dream counselling
• Working with individuals who self-harm
• Working with younger clients
• Supporting individuals with a personality disorder and complex needs
• Working with addictions (alcohol, drugs, gambling, sex, etc.)
• Systems therapy – working with couples and families
• Brief Anger Management Therapy
• Food Abuse – Supporting People who are over-weight
• Working with Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Body Dysmorphic Disorder
• Effective Strategies for the Assessment and Treatment of Anxiety Disorders
• Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) for Multi-Diagnostic Disorders
• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
• Interpersonal Therapy
• Skills for clinical and case supervision
• Teaching Mindfulness Skills to Clients
• Compassion Focused Therapy
• EMDR for Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse
• Medico-Legal Training
• Psychoanalytical Energy Psychotherapy (includes Thought Field Therapy and Emotional Freedom Therapy)
• Implementing NICE Guidelines for Psychosis
• Cognitive Therapy for Panic Disorder
• Using EMDR to work with chronic depression
• The Psychological Management of Pain
• PTSD with Borderline Personality Traits from an Attachment Perspective: Implications of Treatment
• Using EMDR to treat OCD
• EMDR Children and Adolescent Training Part 1
• EMDR for Borderline Personality Disorder – The Progressive Approach
• EMDR for Suicidal and Self-harming Patients
• ‘Looking Through the Eyes’ – EMDR and Ego State work for Dissociation
• EMDR for Insomnia
• Single Session CBT

Presentations & Conferences

• EMDR Europe Conference June 2016: Proudlock, S. & Hutchins, J – Using EMDR with individuals in an acute mental health crisis, The Hague, Netherlands.
• EMDR UK and Ireland Annual Conference March 2017: Proudlock, S., Hutchins, J. & Peris, J. – Using EMDR with individuals in an acute mental health crisis, London, UK
• British Psychological Society Annual Conference May 2017: Proudlock, S. and Peris, J. – Using EMDR Therapy with individuals in an acute mental health crisis, Brighton, UK
• EMDRIA Annual Conference August 2017: Proudlock, S. Using EMDR with individuals in an acute mental health crisis, Seattle, USA
• British Psychological Division of Clinical Psychology Annual Conference 2018: Proudlock, S. Using EMDR with individuals in an acute mental health crisis, Cardiff, UK
• EMDR Canada Annual Conference, 2019: Using EMDR with individuals in an acute mental health crisis, Vancouver, Canada

Areas of Expertise

• Previous experience of facilitating Reading’s Link Group supporting individuals with a personality disorder / complex needs for Berkshire Psychotherapy Services (NHS)
• Extensive experience of working with individuals with learning disabilities and mental health needs both in a residential and an employment / vocational setting in both the USA and UK
• Instrumental in setting up Tapestry for Resource for Mental Health, the UK’s first Social Relationships Project for individuals recovering from a mental illness
• Previous experience as recruitment consultant for Justice Resource Institute, a large Massachusetts based social service agency
• Solution Focused Brief Therapy
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
• Working with individuals with Body Dysmorphic Disorder
• Working with individuals with a personality disorder
• Working with couples
• Working with trauma
• Clinical Supervision
• EMDR