Dr Anouk Houdijk – Clinical Psychologist

Dr Anouk Houdijk – DClinPsych, BSc (Hons) – Clinical Psychologist for adults, teens and children in Marlow, Beaconsfield & across South Bucks & Berks.

T: 01628 290196 / E: dseedost@gmail.com

I am a Clinical Psychologist with over 20 years of experience working with teenagers, families and adults across anxiety, trauma and emotional regulation.

I trained at the Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London and have worked across some of the most specialised NHS services in the country, including adolescent trauma, eating disorders, psychosis, addictions and veteran mental health. I currently work with OpCourage, the NHS service for veterans, and run a private practice at the Newtown Clinic in Marlow, which operates on word of mouth alone and carries a waiting list.

I am also a qualified yoga teacher with specialist training in trauma-sensitive yoga, and I draw on body-based practices alongside evidence-based psychological therapies including Compassion Focused Therapy, EMDR, CBT, ACT and Mentalisation Based Therapy.

What sits underneath all of it is a single belief: most of what people struggle with makes complete sense when you understand the nervous system, the impact of early experiences and the way our minds and bodies respond to stress and threat. I am not here to tell you what is wrong with you. I am here to help you understand why you feel the way you do, and what you can do about it.

I consider it a genuine privilege when people share with me the things they would not ordinarily share with anyone else. Real change, in my experience, can only happen in the context of an authentic human connection, one that is professional and warm in equal measure. From those connections, shifts in how we think, feel and experience ourselves become possible. Those moments bring me great meaning in my work.

WHO I WORK WITH

Teenagers and Young People

• Anxiety presentations, including generalised anxiety, social anxiety, panic and specific phobias
• Trauma, PTSD and Complex PTSD
• Difficulties arising from distressing or adverse life experiences
• Obsessive Compulsive difficulties
• Sleep difficulties
• Low mood and self-esteem

Adults

• Anxiety disorders
• Post-traumatic stress and adjustment difficulties
• Trauma and PTSD, including Complex PTSD
• Long-term impact of difficult early experiences on relationships and self-perception

TWO WAYS TO WORK WITH ME

Find out more about Dr Anouk Houdijk www.thenewtownclinic.co.uk

Find out more about Psychology & Psychotherapy