Dr Vicki Creanor - Psychological Therapies

07/03/2025

Something new for Spring 2025!

Alongside psychological therapies, I am now offering psychology-informed COACHING for those wishing to move towards their goals more effectively.

This is a shorter-term piece of work, informed by EMDR therapy, to help people identify and reduce the barriers standing in the way of achieving their goals.

For more info, feel free to get in touch at drcreanor@gmail.com

16/06/2022

Always lovely to be part of the Rainbow Valley courses 🌈 thanks for having me yesterday - such a lovely group ⭐️

15/06/2022

I could not agree more - language around birth can lead to postnatal PTSD - we need to do more about this. I have recently worked with several mothers who have experienced this - so glad to have this highlighted in the media.

A midwives' report into language used during labour and childbirth finds it should be changed.

10/06/2022

Spot on…

Graphic credit: Bessel van der Kolk

01/06/2022

Such a good explanation…

Trauma is a highly activated incomplete biological response to threat, frozen in time. For example, when we prepare to fight or to flee, muscles throughout our entire body are tensed in specific patterns of high energy readiness.

When we are unable to complete the appropriate actions, we fail to discharge the tremendous energy generated by our survival preparations. This energy becomes fixed in specific patterns of neuromuscular readiness. The person then stays in a state of acute and then chronic arousal and dysfunction in the central nervous system.

Traumatized people re not suffering from a disease in the nomal sense of the word- they have become stuck in an aroused state. It is difficult if not impossible to function normally under these circumstances.

12/05/2022

Well done to East Renfrewshire‘s Educational Psychology team for this excellent resource aimed to help parents with their children’s mental health. In mental health awareness week, it’s good to share…

10/05/2022

Seeing Jodie Comer’s acceptance speech at the BAFTAs is another reminder about how human anxiety is. It’s often just because something matters….

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18/03/2022

Today is World Sleep Day 😴

If you’re struggling to sleep, like many of us do at some point in our lives, feel free to get in touch with me about the various forms of therapy that have helped many people sleep well again 💤

04/03/2022

With everything going on in the world just now, it can feel overwhelming at times. The helplessness we are feeling is very normal but not easy. And there is a lot of fear, too.

Here is a link to a document written by Dr Russ Harris, a specialist in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and published by the World Health Organisation, for dealing with stressful events outwith our control.

https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240003927?fbclid=IwAR1JWClAP4ENnB69HyBunAxZt44onKijzDKxbC2M7flQEGWOXJZmZ2hf6_k

An Illustrated Guide

10/02/2022

Heard a wonderful story today that is very fitting for Children’s Mental Health Week…

I was talking to someone who was recalling that there was a boy in her class in upper primary school who told people he did ballet. When the other pupils heard, he started to be ridiculed for his hobby.

The teachers explored this, discovered this super talented kid was due to appear in the Nutcracker…so the school bought tickets for all the pupils and celebrated his success with him, which helped to reframe his talents in the other pupils‘ eyes.

A reminder that children’s mental health starts with all of us adults. We all have a responsibility to spot when something may be harmful and do something about it ❤️✨

19/01/2022

Lovely day in Edinburgh at the Dalmahoy Hotel working with Rainbow 🌈 Valley and talking about how to cope with anxiety ❤️