Andy Garland (he/him) is a highly experienced, senior accredited psychotherapist. Specialising in anxiety and depressive disorders. Along with being the Clinical Director at the practice his work also focuses on trauma cases, addictions, sexual offending and medical legal instructions. He has specialist clinical experience in sexual offending.
He works closely with gender and sexual diverse groups, gaining a thorough grounding in this area of mental health. Further areas of expertise include complex bereavement, grief and relational issues.
Andy is the author of the Fear Busting® group of learning packages which he's delivered throughout the UK, Europe, USA and Asia. He's also an associate lecturer at Cardiff University.
With over 26 years experience in human behavioural development, Andy continues to gain a wealth of knowledge and expertise in his field of study. He also advises national organisations on mental health and employee well-being best practices.
Described as a 'natural therapist', 'dynamic' and 'engaging' by the people he works with. Over 70% of Andy's patients come from personal and medical personnel referrals.
Andy's first degree was obtained from Cardiff University, where he graduated with a first class Bachelor of Education (BEd) with Honours in Adult Education and Developmental Psychology. His connection with Cardiff University remains with his post as associate lecturer in the School of Social Sciences. He studied for his combined Master's degree within the Medicine, Dentistry and Health faculty at The University of Sheffield, graduating with a Master of Science (MSc) in Psychotherapy.
As well as his academic qualifications, Andy continues to update his skills and knowledge in his field with on-going development in the area of mental health psychology and wellbeing.
He holds a host of post-graduate qualifications relevant to his study, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT), Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), Clinical Hypnotherapy, Solution Focused Therapy (SFT), Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) and Psycho-analytical therapy.
Andy has undergone specialist training in working with sex offenders, and those who have yet to act on their 'troubling thoughts'.
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