Dr Becky Lee is an experienced Clinical Psychologist, specialising in anxiety, mood and eating disorders.
Becky is passionate about helping people build lives where they feel they are thriving rather than surviving.
Survival mode is when your body is responding to a sense of fear. Signs of this include having trouble sleeping, finding it difficult to sit still or fully unwind; you may feel stressed or anxious. At other times you may feel unable to summon the motivation or energy to do the things you typically enjoy. This may be a lifelong experience for you or recently triggered by a significant experience or series of difficult events. Fear is an important emotion as it very quickly changes our biology to protect us from harm. This is great when we see a toddler running after a ball into a street as it allows us to swing into action. When we experience those feelings sitting at our desk or going to watch our children in a sports match we begin to struggle. Surges of adrenaline in everyday life, where there is little risk of harm, can create anxiety. Distress and difficulties arise when our threat response is activated most of the time. This is a very common experience in modern life and can underly many mental health problems. A constant state of threat can lead to many difficulties including over-thinking, worry, low mood, shame, self-criticism, relationship difficulties and problems in socialising and working.
Becky is passionate about empowering people through increased knowledge of themselves - how these difficulties have come about and what keeps them going. She draws on numerous psychological theories and models to help you make sense of your experiences and then works uses several therapies to build a treatment plan tailored to your individual needs. The aim is to support people to thrive and feel safe and at ease in the world; to be able to relax and to feel creative; to be interested and be able to connect and communicate more easily with others.
Eating Disorders
Becky spent several years working in specialist NHS eating disorder services and is trained to deliver evidence-based therapies for individuals struggling with food restriction, binge eating and purging behaviours.
Becky also has a special interest in obesity, overeating and yo-yo dieting.
About Becky
Becky began her private practice in 2019 to allow individuals to have more choice about what their therapy looks like. She enjoys working flexibly to meet a person’s needs.
Becky worked as a psychologist in the NHS for 18 years, working with individuals of all ages struggling with a wide range of mental health problems. This has provided Becky with a breadth and depth of experience of working with people from all backgrounds with all sorts of challenges.
Becky is a Clinical Psychologist, which means she is trained to a doctoral level involving 7 years of study at University. She is registered and regulated by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and a Chartered member of the British Psychological Society (BPS).
Alongside the qualifications and experience, Becky has also personally experienced mental health difficulties. She therefore intimately knows what it is like to struggle and what the road to recovery can feel like. This makes working with Becky less like expert to patient and more peer to peer.
What To Expect
Your initial appointments with Becky will be utilised to complete a thorough psychological assessment.
The assessment aims to build and understanding of why your difficulties have come about and what keeps them going. This is achieved by asking detailed questions around your current difficulties, family background, life events and relationship history. As you tell your story, Becky will begin sketching out the patterns that she sees emerging, ultimately reaching a final map of the problem. This is known as a ‘formulation’ and it is this that will serve as a guide in how therapy is used to meet your needs. The duration of the assessment often depends on the length of the story you have to tell about what has happened to you. It usually takes between two and four sessions to develop a formulation and plan for therapy.
Becky draws upon a number of different therapies including Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Compassion Focussed Therapy (CFT), Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT) and skills-based family work. Becky is particularly interested in the developing science around the relationship between the mind and body and will often bring knowledge of the nervous system into sessions.
Testimonials
"I found Dr. Lee to be an excellent listener who immediately put me at ease. What followed were sessions that would look at what was happening, both mentally and physically - and how the two are inextricably linked - along with the much needed reassurance of a plan that we worked towards to help improve my well-being. Thanks to Dr. Lee, I am now in a much better place".
"In my layman’s terms, the best way I can describe her is, ‘she just gets it'"
"From the moment I spoke to Becky, her kind manner and words gave me some confidence that whatever was going on in my head could be sorted. She enabled me to talk openly about the guilt and shame I had felt for many years. I will be forever grateful for your support in my recovery and helping me out of a very dark place"
Fees
50 minute appointment - £120
Payment
I have the facility for card payments if required.
Health Insurance
I can provide services to those insured by the following insurance companies:
AVIVA - AXA - BUPA - CIGNA - HEALIX - WPA
Please get in touch
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