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Becca Gatrell Psychotherapy

I am a psychoanalytic psychotherapist working with individuals, couples and families in Cornwall.

About me and my work

I am a fully qualified psychoanalytic psychotherapist registered with the UKCP. I work from a quiet, secure room in my garden with individuals, couples and families from the surrounding areas of Truro, Newquay Falmouth and Penzance, as well as further afield online.

When something in our life becomes a struggle to live with, discovering more about it can bring deep relief. Perhaps something unexpected has happened? Or a more longstanding issue is weighing heavily on you? In either case, I will support you in speaking freely about your experience in the present, alongside an exploration of its context in your past.

Our sessions will create a space for internal reflection alongside a recognition of the challenges imposed by society. Gender, race, religion, class and sexual orientation are all important parts of my work.

A psychoanalytic approach is concerned with how unconscious thoughts and feelings can cause us to repeat patterns we are troubled by and want to change. If left unexplored, these buried ideas can leave us confused by what we want and struggling in our relationships and lives. This suffering can take many forms from anxiety and depression to physical symptoms and pain.*

I have worked as a psychotherapist in Cornwall for over five years, where I undertook a postgraduate psychoanalytic training with the SSCP (Society for Social and Critical Psychoanalysis), members of the accredited psychotherapy body UKCP.

I recently published a paper in the European Journal of Psychotherapy and Counselling entitled “Mum’s The Word: Contemporary Mothering in a time of social, environmental and mental collapse”.

I moved to Cornwall in 2016, previously living in London and working in the music and film industry.

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*This type of talking therapy is affective for a broad range of difficulties:

anxiety - panic attacks - depression - bereavement - addiction - eating disorders - self harm - trauma - hallucinations - OCD - suicidal thoughts - paranoia - relationship problems - affairs - body dysmorphia - psychosis - ADHD - unexplained physical symptoms - complex feelings around identity, gender and sexuality

Please get in touch if you want to ask more about whether I might be able to help you.

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I practice in a quiet, private cabin in the garden of my home surrounded by trees. The room offers a secure environment to talk about whatever is on your mind.

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