Ruth Hannah Maw
Counselling, Psychotherapy and EMDR
Clinical Supervisor
* Psychological Trauma Therapist
* Psychotherapist
* Accredited Counsellor
* Accredited EMDR Practitioner
* Clinical Supervisor
* Life Coach
Her approach is holistic – achieving mind and body integration and repair.
Ruth is bound by the code of ethics from the professional bodies she belongs to. BACP, UKPTS, EMDR Europe, ETSS.
Ruth Hannah Maw
Ruth has worked in mental health for 18 years. Her attunement to the psycholigcal needs of her clients and subsequent strong therapeutic alliances, are created from her knowledge and understanding of the psychological repair clients deserve. The respect and non-judgmental space offered demonstrates her commitment to healing using compassion, sensitivity and with respect to the emotional challenges for the client and the work.
Ruth has always been committed to her private practice. Alongside this she has worked with child protection teams, supporting families whose children were in care. She was trauma lead in her local Primary Care NHS service and a psycholigcal trauma therapist in homicidal bereavement. More recently her role as senior counsellor with the London Fire Brigade gave her firsthand knowledge of the emotional support needed for emergency first responders. She has also worked with military personnel.
Having met a variety of therapeutic needs within a large organisation, Ruth is able to provide counselling for work related issues individually or as a group and can identify and treat the symptoms of workplace burnout.
Foremost Ruth is an integrative, relational psychotherapist using a variety of therapeutic modalities. Throughout her career she has developed a specialism in working with PTSD, complex PTSD, psycholigcal trauma, early disrupted attachment and personality challenges.
Surviving or Thriving?
Ruth’s intention is to offer you the chance to thrive and not just survive. She has learnt that symptoms of emotional injury can appear in the form of stress, anxiety, self-harm, depression, addiction, compulsions, anger, burnout, personality challenges and many other dysfunctional behaviours. The cause of these disruptive thoughts, feeling and behaviours can come from an emotional injury sustained in the present or during our formative years.
She will help you identify unhealthy coping strategies you have adopted. If you have compulsions to behave in ways you don’t want to, use avoidance to deal with problems, feel overwhelmed and then withdraw, use anger to defend yourself or sometimes feel paralysed and do nothing – your ability to function is being compromised.
Ruth understands that emotional injury is present in us all, and can span a lifetime, but it is how we manage it that keeps us mentally healthy. The relationship with yourself does not always provide a supportive and reparative way out of hurt, emotional pain and confusion, but the therapeutic relationship with Ruth can offer you the opportunity to thrive.
Ruth’s message to you.
“If you are carrying someone else’s baggage, are a victim of life challenges, past or present, big or small,
in your personal life or at work, remember – it did not start with you. It is not your baggage to carry.”