Accreditation:

• BABCP Accredited

Qualifications: 

• Postgraduate Diploma in Psychological Therapy, Buckinghamshire New University.

• Qualified EMDR Therapist (parts 1 to 4), EMDR Academy.

• BA (Psych Hons), MSc Psychology

Charu is a BABCP accredited CBT Therapist and EMDR Therapist, with more than 15 years extensive experience in NHS Talking Therapy Services, helping clients manage a variety of psychological disorders.  She is trained and experienced in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Compassion Focussed Therapy (CFT), Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT), and Narrative Exposure Therapy.

She has over 10 years of experience in treating OCD, including sub-types like Harm OCD, POCD, Existential OCD, Relationship OCD, Sexual orientation OCD, Health OCD, Postnatal OCD, Sensorimotor OCD and Hyperawareness OCD along with the other more well known OCD subtypes such as contamination OCD, Checking OCD or ‘just right' OCD.

Charu brings her knowledge and experience of using CBT skills like ERP and is also trained in ACT and CFT and uses these modalities interactively in her client work to support all different subtypes of OCD.  She is also expanding her knowledge and currently learning about ICBT to further enhance her skills in treating OCD. She also uses a trauma informed perspective in her clinical work and offers space to understand the links one has to the past experiences with the current beliefs one may hold and allows the process of healing to take place.

Charu is also enthusiastic about the impact of cultural and diversity related beliefs impacting on mental health and would make space to explore that in the sessions if relevant.

Charu is also fluent in Hindi and Punjabi and has had experience of delivering therapy in these languages for different conditions, including OCD and PTSD.