Dr Sejal Patel
Clinical Psychologist
Dr. Sejal Patel (she/her) is a highly experienced Clinical Psychologist with a specialism in working with the interface between emotional health and the physical body. This includes helping people to overcome problems associated with trauma, low mood, anxiety, chronic pain, grief and long-term physical health conditions or adjustment to a new diagnosis. She is experienced in supporting NHS staff, with many years working within medical MDTs. She is also experienced in working with people who have different gender and sexuality presentations, and working with sex and relationship difficulties.
Sejal works with individual adults (18+), couples and adult family members together, and is trained to carefully consider which type of therapy to use after assessment. This may include working with a more cognitive focus (CBT), compassion and mindfulness focus (CFT, ACT), with a more relational focus (Systemic therapy, Narrative therapy) or more of a psychodynamic/ attachment-based approach to the therapy. Usually, she will integrate different aspects of these evidence-based talking treatments to the problems identified as therapy progresses.
Sejal has 23 years of NHS experience, is registered with the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC), registration number PYL19265 and with the Association of Clinical Psychologists UK (ACP-UK), member ID 1129. She can see you for face-to-face or video-call sessions for one-off assessment/ advice or ongoing therapy. She is registered with several health insurance companies.