Accreditation:

• HCPC - Clinical Psychologist

Qualifications: 

• Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, King’s College London

• MA in Psychology at the New School, New York

Tehani is a Clinical Psychologist registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), with experience in the NHS and charity sector. 


She offers therapy to adults who experience a range of emotional challenges including OCD, anxiety, depression, and relationship difficulties. She also has experience working with complex mental health and co-morbid difficulties, including trauma and childhood abuse.

Tehani works collaboratively with clients to help them understand how the past informs the present, develop coping skills to process difficult feelings, and build on their inner strengths and resources to work through challenges in the here and now.

Tehani also has specialist training in OCD and extensive experience of working with clients who experience a wide range of intrusive and obsessive thoughts. As a therapist who struggled with OCD herself, she knows how all-consuming it can feel and is passionate about helping clients understand their OCD and develop skills to cope with anxiety. 


She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and incorporates Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy (ERP). Often, this therapeutical approach helps clients connect with their values and goals (who and what matters in their lives), which in turn creates a sense of purpose for challenging OCD-related fears. 


Tehani has extensive clinical training and worked in a specialised residential treatment centre for OCD within the NHS. In addition, she has undergone training and supervision in therapy for OCD from the Integrative Centre for OCD Therapy. She has been trained in exposure and response prevention (ERP) therapy and has learned the centre's approach to integrating ACT into ERP.


Tehani also has experience of working with clients who have complex co-morbid challenges, including Trauma and OCD. She’s also worked alongside survivors of sexual assault, childhood abuse, and with clients seeking asylum after experiencing torture and structural violence. Working in an integrative way, Tehani draws on a range of therapeutical approaches (e.g. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Compassion-Focused Therapy for Trauma and Narrative Exposure Therapy). At the heart of her work, she seeks to offer a warm, accepting and compassionate space for clients from all walks of life. As an LGBTQIA+ clinician from the Pacific Island of Tahiti and France, she is passionate about providing therapy that is culturally sensitive and empowers everyone to lead more fulfilling, vibrant and authentic lives.