Drawing on thirteen years of experience in NHS consulting rooms, private specialist clinics, international projects, and academic research in maximum secure settings, Carolynne's special interest is longer, greener healing. 

I am an attachment-based integrative psychotherapist in Edinburgh. 

My work is dedicated to trauma survivors' care, treatment, and recovery. Therapy aids self-development and recycles movement, just like the natural world does. Surviving early abuse, neglect, or abandonment - otherwise known as developmental trauma - can leave you stuck holding the hand of hurt.

Healing the hand of long-held hurt takes sensitivity, creativity, and curiosity.

Abuse thrives in darkness and shrinks in natural light. To heal your hurt I aim to understand your pain and work in confidence to protect your recovery. My registrations include the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP), Health Care Professions Council (HCPC), International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation, and Institute for Arts in Therapy and Education. 

Helping you requires me to harmonise your life history and current life situation. 

My clinical assessment is deep and detailed. It has two parts.  

First, your introductory consultation. It lasts 50 minutes. 

Second, your psychotherapeutic consultation and diagnostic interview use trauma tools.  

Psychotherapy draws on your true nature and naturally sustainable resourcefulness. Assessing symptoms is in itself healing and calming and guiding. My assessment conclusions and recommendations are guided by international guidelines and use a phased treatment plan of care.