Clara Herrent Integrative Psychotherapist London

Clara Herrent Integrative Psychotherapist London provides expert mental health support and compassionate care. Clara helps people with a wide range of mental health difficulties and emotional challenges. She treats clients with warmth, kindness and empathy. Furthermore, she uses her extensive knowledge to heal trauma, relationship abuse, and eating disorders. She has clinical experience working across the private, NHS, and charity sectors.

Clara Herrent Integrative Psychotherapist London Offers Expert Care

Clara is fluent in both English and French. Therefore, she connects easily with adults from many different cultures and backgrounds. She supports clients struggling with issues such as anxiety, depression, abuse, trauma, complex trauma, chronic nightmares, relationship issues, low selfesteem, loneliness, addiction, work related stress, burnout, among many others. Her main areas of expertise are relationship abuse, intimate partner violence, narcissistic abuse, personality disorders, gender-based violence, coercive control, legal abuse, psychiatric abuse, harassment and stalking, PTSD, Complex-PTSD, and eating disorders. She always adapts her approach to fit your unique needs.

An Integrative and Evidence-Based Approach to Therapy

Clara uses an integrative and trauma-informed approach. Thus, she respects every client deeply. She combines evidence-based therapy models perfectly. She uses a wide range of therapeutic approaches including Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Person-Centred Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Transactional Analysis (TA), Existential Therapy, Gestalt Therapy, Humanistic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Informed Approaches and Mindfulness-based approaches.

Clara Herrent Integrative Psychotherapist London Understands Narcissistic Abuse

Clara specializes in narcissistic abuse, domestic abuse, trauma, and violence against women. She has both personal and professional experience of intimate partner violence. Consequently, she understands how relationship abuse and the resulting long-lasting trauma can isolate victims and devastate their lives by shattering their sense of safety, self-worth, health, and dignity. As an expert in narcissistic personality disorder, she knows the exact tactics abusers use. These include emotional manipulation, abuse of power, grooming, love bombing, false promises, intermittent reinforcement, coercive control, exploitation, intimidation, harassment, DARVO (Deny, Attack, and Reverse Victim and Offender), false accusations, legal abuse, financial abuse, driving victims to suicide, smear campaigns, among a wide range of other tactics. Alongside her therapeutic work with clients, Clara also provides mental health education and advocates for women’s rights. She speaks publicly about violence and abuse against women and supports UK charities.

Clara Herrent Integrative Psychotherapist London Treats Eating Disorders

Clara is a Master Practitioner in eating disorders accredited by The British Psychological Society (BPS). She holds a Master Practitioner Award and multiple diplomas in eating disorders. Specifically, she treats anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder. She also helps with disordered eating, restrictive behaviors, excessive exercise, and body image issues. Clara focuses heavily on severe, enduring, purging and restricting anorexia. She survived severe anorexia herself. Therefore, she offers deep compassion and understanding. Clara happily works alongside GPs, psychiatrists, psychologists, and dietitians with your permission.

Qualifications and Professional Memberships

Clara holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Integrative Counselling and Coaching from the University of East London. She also holds a Master Practitioner in eating disorders among other credentials. Her practice is informed by the latest research, and she is committed to ongoing supervision and continuing professional development. Clara is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). Additionally, she is an accredited member of the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society (NCPS). She strictly follows their ethical rules, and is bound by their Ethical Framework for Good Practice in Counselling and Psychotherapy. Clients often describe Clara as very compassionate, warm and genuine. She builds a safe space to empower you toward a fulfilling life.