Dr Wendy Turton

BABCP Accredited Cognitive Behavioural Therapist

Consultant Chartered Psychologist

Dr Wendy Turton

Consultant Chartered Psychologist, BABCP Accredited CBT therapist and Associate Fellow 

Whilst we would all wish it wouldn’t be, life can be challenging. Any of us can, at various times in life, feel stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure how to move forward. Psychological Therapy offers a space to begin making sense of such difficulties with support and compassion. I offer a safe, trusting space for reflection and understanding, and a move towards the changes you desire.

I can work with you if you are experiencing low mood or anxiety, if you’ve found yourself living with unhelpful patterns of reacting and being,  or find yourself with relationship difficulties. I can work with you if you have experienced traumatic events in your life  – especially when such experiences continue to affect your life in the present. 

I can also help you with specialist psychological therapy if you are living with Bipolar Disorder, in recovery from psychosis, or living with voice-hearing, aiming to help you understand and navigate these experiences more confidently.

In our sessions, we’ll talk, reflect, and agree on a therapeutic approach that suits your needs and is grounded in evidence. We’ll check in on progress and set helpful tasks between sessions to support your goals. Therapy is an active process, and I’ll be here to guide and support you throughout.

If what I’ve shared resonates with you, I’d be very happy to meet and talk more about working together.

I have particular expertise in the following areas:

• Childhood-related difficulties

• Emotional dysregulation and mood dysregulation

• Negative self-perceptions (including shame and high self-criticism)

• Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder (EUPD)

• Bipolar disorder

• Recovery in psychosis / Including Hearing voices

• Self-defeating behaviours

• Relational challenges

I offer extensive experience in working with:

• Anxiety - Stress

• Anxiety - Agoraphobia

• Anxiety - Generalised (GAD)

• Anxiety - Death

• Anxiety - Health

• Anxiety - Panic / Panic Attacks

• Anxiety - Performance

• Anxiety - Separation

• Anxiety - Fears of abandonment

• Anxiety - Social

• Anxiety - Phobias

• Alexithymia - difficulty identifying/ expressing  emotions

• Bi-Polar Disorder

• Depression - Low Mood

• Eating Disorders - Over Eating & Weight Loss

• Family Issues - Conflict

• Parenting Issues

• Menopause

• Carer Problems

• Grief / Bereavement / Loss

• Miscarriage

• Low Self-Esteem

• Loneliness

• Narcissistic personality disorder

• Personality Disorders

• Relationship - Attachment issues

• Relationship - Codependency

• Relationship - Communication difficulties

• Relationship - Doubt in relationship

• Relationship - Infidelity, affairs & betrayals

• Relationship - Intimacy

• Relationship - Separation & Divorce

• Life transitions

• Work - Bullying

• Work - General Problems

• Work - Redundancy

• Work - Stress

• Psychosis

• Trauma - Childhood Trauma

• Trauma - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

• Trauma - Complex PTSD

• Trauma - Dissasociation

• Trauma - Road Traffic Accidents

• Trauma - Rape / sexual assalt

• Trauma - Childhood sexual abuse

LGBTQI+ Competency

I have completed many mandatory training sessions, mostly annually, whilst working in the NHS and in Academia. I have experience in undertaking psychological therapy with LGBTQI+ clients, and have completed by choice a variety of workshops reflecting on and discussing issues for this client group and their access to, and inclusion in psychological therapy, by the BABCP and other training organisations.

Types of therapy Wendy is experienced in:

• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

• BABCP Accredited CBT Therapist

• Mindfulness

• Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT)

• Integrative Therapy

• Interpersonal therapy

• Person-centred therapy

• Schema Therapy

• Solution Focused Therapy

• Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)

• Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT)

• Exposure Response Prevention (ERP)

• Structural family therapy          

• Systemic Family therapy          

Feedback from Wendy’s clients

Reclaiming Life with Compassion and Clarity

“Wendy in essence has helped me reclaim my life! Wendy is a gentle skilled and professional therapist who has enabled me in collaboration to gain more awareness and control of my bipolar condition while guiding me towards a better more whole life. Among the many technique’s she used was a framework of thinking which put my difficult thoughts into context and provided a springboard for more positive choices and changes. All this has given me a better quality in my relationship with myself, my husband, family and friends, my initial goal at the start of therapy. Thanks Wendy, I couldn’t have done it without you!” Yvonne

Personalised, Empowering Support

“Wendy has been incredible to work with. She has been very sympathetic to my needs and tailored every session accordingly. Wendy offered as little or as much guidance as I wanted and was always very good at checking where I was at and how I was feeling before starting a session.

Wendy has given me invaluable tools to use to change my life moving forward in a way that no other professionals I have previously seen for mental health issues have been able to. I now feel confident that I have a better understanding of myself and Wendy has helped me to realise that there is always a choice in how I cope with certain situations.

Above all Wendy has taught me self-care and self compassion that I am embracing in a way completely new to me and crucial to achieve a much more stable experience of the world moving forward. I will always be incredibly grateful for the way Wendy has helped me to change my life for the better.” Vanessa

Deep Healing and Being Truly Understood

“Wendy has been the best therapist I've had so far. I've been in therapy before due to traumas and how it has been impacting my current life today and only after working with Wendy I feel I had a breakthrough and experienced some deep healing.

Its difficult to put in words as it affected me on different levels. I felt truly seen, heard and understood during the sessions , also I could feel genuine empathy and understanding, also lots of patience.

At the end of each session Wendy would come with the solution or what to practice during the week till the next session. I also liked her explanations and analysis of my feelings, and it worked for me very well.

During the course of therapy I started not just to see my situation and relationships in my life more clearly , I also started to feel much stronger in my life. Before I started the sessions with Wendy I used to go into deep depression and very low mood, my only solution was to dissociate from situations in life, now after working with Wendy I feel strong enough to deal with challenges and situations.

It was healing for me on many different levels and I can honestly say that sessions with Wendy impacted my life immensely for the better and I will be forever grateful for that. I would recommend Wendy 100% for anybody . Her therapist skills, ability to attune, to understand, perceive and transform are excellent and she has been a real support in my life for all this time. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.” Georgia

Thoughtful and Flexible Guidance

“Wendy has been amazing. She guided the sessions which such care and was incredibly flexible to my needs throughout. She tailored the sessions perfectly to my needs and has completely helped me to change my life moving forward in a way that no other professionals I have seen have been able to.” Vanessa

Clarity and Focus for the Way Forward

“Wendy was really great, tailored the sessions to exactly what I needed. It's given me perspective, clarified what I need to work on.” Patrick

Wendy’s Qualification & Training

• BABCP Accredited Cognitive Behavioural Therapist 

• BPS Chartered Psychologist and Associate Fellow 

• Doctorate in Clinical Practice (Psychology)