We are committed to support old and new clients during this time with understandable heightened anxiety. This can show it self as more generalised anxiety about the world/future, health anxiety about becoming unwell, or social anxiety about contact with others. Do get...

Dr Abi Methley completed her EMDR standard accredited training with adults, congratulations Abi! 

EMDR is an advanced psychotherapy requiring a high level of skill. Training consists of three levels, regular supervision and a required number of cases to ensure...

The use of animals (especially Dogs) as therapy is not a new idea - dogs have been used in the care sector for over 40 years.  The benefits of Animal Assisted Therapies (AAT) have been extensively studied and the results range from improvement in general health and wel...

We are really pleased to announce that Dr Margot Kalmus, Clinical Psychologist, has joined the team at Dr Laura Keyes & Associates Ltd! 

Dr Kalmus brings with just shy of a decade of experience working with children and adolescents with mental health difficult...

Dr Laura Keyes recently passed her EMDR Practitioner Accreditation with EMDR Europe! 

This accreditation is a mark of competence and trustworthiness as an EMDR therapist, meaning that a significant level of experience using EMDR and receiving feedback on therapy se...

In May I was lucky enough to attend training by Ray Owen, an internationally acclaimed trainer on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).

ACT is a very practical model. It takes the view that life will always have positive and more difficult times, and that aiming to l...

Every year 70,000 children will be admitted to hospital with an acquired brain injury (ABI).

In any school class of 30 children 3 will have a brain injury, making this a very common condition in children.

There are many ways that children can acquire a brain injury inclu...

Dr Abi Methley has been doing some fantastic work with young people in Bedford to help them with emotional difficulties. Here is some of the recent feedback their parents:

Parents of daughter whom Abi helped with her anxiety difficulties:

“Therapy is new to us and we wer...

Often not talked about, trypophobia can be really challenging for those experiencing it.

I was recently asked to wrote this article to the BBC Good Food website around our current understanding and strategies for managing the difficulties associated with this issue.

If t...

Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) is increasingly in the media, helping people who might not have discovered this fantastic approach to therapy...

There is excellent research backing its effectiveness in helping people with PTSD, depression, anxi...