Dr Ellie | Psychologist

Online Therapy Liverpool

--- I currently only work online using Zoom ---

Hello!

I’m Dr Ellie. Thank you for visiting my profile!

I help people to understand who they are and how their brains work so they can live free from anxiety and never have to rely on medication or traditional talking therapies again. 

If you’re ready to get started on this journey then please hit the “send a message” button and let’s go! I’m excited to hear from you.

Are you fed up of living your life plagued by anxiety? Finding it hard to focus, afraid to step into tense situations, getting stuck in your own head, turning to unhealthy coping mechanisms, negatively impacting your relationships, preventing you from achieving your goals and dreams, and living your best life?

I’ve been there. Despite my many years of training in psychology and experience of helping hundreds of clients with their mental health problems, six years ago I hit rock bottom. I was severely depressed, anxious and experiencing panic attacks. I went to see my GP. They prescribed me medication and put me on a waiting list for cognitive behavioural therapy. 

In my heart, I knew that neither of these options was the help that I needed. 

I’m not against people taking medication or doing CBT but from my years of experience I had seen how these interventions could help address the symptoms of anxiety but not the root causes, oftentimes providing people with short term gains, only to find themselves battling anxiety again further down the line. 

I knew that I was missing something. I knew that psychology was missing something. I knew that there must be a better way of helping people.

In that moment, I made a vow to myself that I would find the truth and figure out how to help people to the point that they never needed to rely on medication or traditional talking therapies again. 

And do you know what? I only went and found it! Or perhaps I should say that the truth found me. Through a bizarre yet wonderful chain of events I found the only non-contradictory model for the mind and brain in the world. A model that has understanding a person’s uniqueness and thought process at its core. 

I quickly realised that this is what we had been missing. Now, rather than focusing on the problem (anxiety) as a first step, I focus on the causes of the problem. 

That’s why I start with two things:

Who a person is - this is your uniqueness. It’s who you are as a mind or soul. It’s the key to growing your self-esteem, unlocking an unlimited source of energy in your life and how you naturally connect with others. 

How you are running your brain - this is your thought process. There are four thought processes that we can be in at any one time and this relates to whether you as a unique human are taking control of the steering wheel and driving your brain intentionally, or whether you are allowing a different part of your brain to run things for you!

When we allow our brains to run things for us, we crash. This is when we experience anxiety and its debilitating effects. 

In order to live free from anxiety, we need to know how to repair damage in three areas:

Your amygdalae - This is the fight or flight centre of your brain. EMDR is generally looking to fix issues in your amygdalae. 

Your unconscious brain - Psychodynamic therapy is generally looking to fix issues in your unconscious brain. 

Your conscious brain - CBT is generally looking to fix issues in your conscious brain. 

If you don’t repair damage in all of these areas, your anxiety is going to continue to be a problem. Let’s not fix part of the problem. Let’s dissolve the whole problem! 

Since learning this information and applying it in my own life, I have been free of the stranglehold that anxiety had on my life. No more panic attacks. No more dread. No more catastrophising. When I experience anxious thoughts and feelings I know how to handle them with acceptance and grace, and get back on track quickly. 

I’ve helped many clients to achieve the same level of freedom from anxiety who are now living with true purpose, fulfilment and joy. 

If you’re ready to live free from anxiety, what are you waiting for? Send me a message via the“send a message” button!

I can’t wait to hear from you.