Professional Standards & Qualifications

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I have more than 15 years of experience across mental health, healthcare, higher education and independent psychological practice.

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My background includes work across primary, secondary and tertiary NHS services, acute and crisis care, community mental health, specialist eating-disorder services, university wellbeing and private practice.

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Professional registration and accreditation

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I work within recognised professional, ethical and legal frameworks and maintain appropriate registration, clinical supervision, continuing professional development and professional indemnity insurance.

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My current professional registrations and status include:

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• British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP): Accredited Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist

• Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC): Registered Mental Health Nurse

• EMDR: Accredited EMDR training completed through an EMDR Association UK recognised training provider; currently working towards practitioner accreditation

• Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO): Registered as a data controller

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Core professional qualifications

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Postgraduate Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy

King’s College London, 2021–2022

Postgraduate Level 7 professional training leading to BABCP accreditation as a Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist.

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EMDR Therapy Training

Richman EMDR, 2024

Parts 1, 2 and 3 completed through an EMDR Association UK recognised training provider. I am currently working towards EMDR practitioner accreditation.

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BSc Mental Health Nursing

Birmingham City University, 2013–2016

Professional nursing training leading to registration as a Mental Health Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.

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BSc (Hons) Biological Sciences

University of East Anglia, 2003–2006

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Additional clinical training

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My additional clinical training and development includes:

• Enhanced Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Eating Disorders (CBT-E)

• Exposure and Response Prevention for OCD

• Inference-Based CBT

• trauma- and attachment-informed approaches

• attachment-focused EMDR

• compassion-focused approaches

• somatic and body-based regulation

• parts-informed therapeutic work

• neurodivergence-informed and sensory-aware practice

• risk assessment, safeguarding and clinical decision-making

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These approaches are used according to an individual psychological formulation rather than applied as a fixed collection of techniques.

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NHS clinical experience

Between 2013 and 2023, I worked across a variety of NHS mental health services at primary, secondary and tertiary levels.

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This included experience within:

• NHS Talking Therapies services, including a London-based service

• community mental health services

• acute and crisis mental health services

• specialist and tertiary services

• Cambridge NHS Eating Disorder Services

• services supporting people with severe and enduring mental illness

• services working with both adults and young people

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Working across different levels of NHS provision gave me experience of a broad range of presentations, from common mental health difficulties to complex, enduring and higher-risk clinical needs.

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It also developed my ability to consider the wider clinical picture, including risk, physical health, safeguarding, medication, social circumstances and the involvement of other professionals.

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This experience informs my judgement about when independent outpatient psychological therapy is appropriate and when somebody may require medical monitoring, multidisciplinary care, crisis provision or a more intensive specialist service.

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Higher education mental health and wellbeing

I subsequently worked within the University of East Anglia’s wellbeing service for 4 years.

This role involved supporting students experiencing mental health difficulties, neurodivergence, disability and barriers to learning or participation.

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It strengthened my understanding of how mental health can interact with:

• ADHD, autism and executive functioning

• sensory needs and environmental demands

• academic pressure and perfectionism

• identity and life transitions

• masking and burnout

• accessibility and reasonable adjustments

• the wider systems surrounding an individual

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Independent psychological practice

My current independent practice brings together my backgrounds in mental health nursing, CBT, EMDR, eating-disorder work, neurodivergence and complex clinical assessment.

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I work particularly with thoughtful, highly responsible adults experiencing:

• trauma and attachment-related difficulties

• OCD, obsessive doubt and over-responsibility

• perfectionism, shame and chronic self-criticism

• burnout and emotional exhaustion

• eating disorders and complicated relationships with food

• neurodivergence, masking and sensory needs

• complex or overlapping presentations that do not fit neatly into one diagnostic category

• patterns associated with The Good Person Trap®

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Many of the people I work with are therapists, healthcare professionals, leaders, helpers or others who are accustomed to being capable and responsible for those around them.

My experience across primary, secondary, tertiary, acute, crisis, community, specialist and university settings allows me to consider the whole person rather than approaching somebody through a single symptom, diagnosis or therapeutic technique.

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Clinical supervision

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I undertake regular clinical supervision appropriate to the different areas of my work.

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Supervision supports:

• safe and ethical clinical decision-making

• psychological formulation and treatment planning

• EMDR practice and progression towards accreditation

• work with trauma and attachment

• OCD and anxiety-related presentations

• eating disorders and physical-health considerations

• neurodivergence-informed practice

• risk, safeguarding and professional boundaries

• ongoing reflection on my own practice

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I also maintain reflective practice in accordance with BABCP and NMC professional requirements.

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Continuing professional development

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My current and forthcoming professional development includes:

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• moral injury and its relationship with trauma, identity, responsibility and shame

• Perimenopause, menopause, metabolic syndrome in midlife women

• attachment-informed EMDR workshops with Mark Brayne

• ongoing EMDR development through EMDR Association UK workshops and professional events

• ongoing CBT development through BABCP workshops and professional events

• trauma, attachment and complex presentations

• OCD, including Exposure and Response Prevention and Inference-Based CBT

• eating disorders and complicated relationships with food

• neurodivergence-informed and sensory-aware practice

• risk, safeguarding and ethical decision-making

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I select continuing professional development according to the needs and complexity of the people I work with, supporting an integrative but clinically grounded approach.

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Ethical practice

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My work is guided by:

• the BABCP Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics

• the NMC Code

• UK data-protection legislation

• safeguarding responsibilities

• clear informed consent

• appropriate clinical record-keeping

• regular supervision and reflective practice

• working within the boundaries of my competence

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I hold professional indemnity insurance (Balens) appropriate to the services I provide.

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Confidentiality and data protection

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Personal and clinical information is handled in accordance with UK GDPR, relevant legislation and my professional responsibilities.

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Before working together, you will receive information explaining:

• how your records are stored

• how long clinical records are retained

• the usual boundaries of confidentiality

• circumstances in which information may need to be shared

• how liaison with other professionals is managed

• your rights regarding your personal information

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Any use of AI-supported transcription or documentation is subject to separate, explicit consent. It is optional and will not be used if consent has not been provided.

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Concerns and complaints

I encourage clients to raise any concern with me directly wherever possible so that it can be understood and addressed promptly.

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My therapy agreement and complaints procedure explain how to raise a formal complaint and provide details of relevant professional routes, including BABCP and the NMC where applicable.

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Contact and practice information

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Becky Grace Therapy
125 Ber Street
Norwich
NR1 3EY

Email: hello@beckygracetherapy.co.uk

WhatsApp only: 07466 472294

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