Psychological Therapeutic Solutions Ltd

24/07/2025

Spotlight on Dr Le-Sharn Parker: Trauma-Informed Therapy with EMDR, CFT, and More

At Psychological Therapeutic Solutions, we’re proud to work with clinicians who bring both clinical excellence and deep compassion to their practice. One of those exceptional therapists is Dr Le-Sharn Parker, whose work is grounded in trauma-informed care and shaped by her expertise across multiple evidence-based therapies including EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing), Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET).

Le-Sharn’s approach is integrative, thoughtful, and deeply attuned to the needs of each individual she supports. She works within adult mental health services, helping clients navigate the impact of trauma, anxiety, and emotional distress with sensitivity and skill.

Specialist Areas: Le-Sharn is particularly skilled in working therapeutically with people who have experienced both single-incident and complex trauma, and who may be living with PTSD or Complex PTSD as a result. Le-Sharn has extensive experience in perinatal mental health and bereavement, and can also offer therapy for individuals navigating challenges related to sexual health and HIV.

Trauma Therapy: In addition to EMDR, she draws on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET) as alternatives for trauma processing, offering clients a tailored approach that meets them where they are. She also incorporates and Commitment Therapy (ACT), supporting emotional resilience and values-driven living.

Compassion-Focused-Therapy: CFT brings a rich understanding of shame, self-criticism, and emotional regulation, helping clients develop a more compassionate relationship with themselves and others.

Her work is not only clinically robust—it’s profoundly human. Le-Sharn creates a safe, non-judgmental space where clients feel seen, heard, and empowered to move forward.

We’re incredibly proud to have Le-Sharn as part of our team. Her dedication to ethical, trauma-informed care and her ability to hold space for transformation make her an invaluable asset to Psychological Therapeutic Solutions.

Get in Touch If you’d like to learn more about working with Dr Le-Sharn Parker or explore how trauma-informed therapy could support you or a family member, then we’d love to hear from you.

Visit us at:

www.ptsolutionsltd.com

24/07/2025

🌟 Expanding Our Trauma-Informed Therapy Team 🌱

At Psychological Therapeutic Solutions, we’re proud to be growing a team that’s as clinically skilled as it is deeply compassionate. Each associate brings a unique lens to trauma-informed care—creating safe, empowering spaces for healing, growth, and transformation.

We’re thrilled to welcome Lorna, Tine, and Danila to our expanding team! Danila brings a powerful narrative therapy approach, helping clients re-author their stories with agency and meaning. Lorna will add further depth in the delivery of EMDR and warmth to our already exceptional group.

Tine is an excellent clinical psychologist and EMDR therapist skilled with working with children and adolescents.

Alongside Deborah, Zoe, Le-Sharn, Megan, Liz, and Emma, our associates offer a wide range of evidence-based therapies including EMDR, ACT, CFT, narrative therapy, systemic work, and neurodiversity-informed practice. Together, we support adults, children, families, and professionals in our private practice.

To this incredible team: thank you for your integrity, your heart, and your unwavering commitment to trauma-informed psychological therapy. You make healing possible—and profoundly human.

19/07/2025

Saw this on LinkedIn and felt it was so important that I wanted to share it.

Also it’s so important to realise this isn’t just a risk to girls but for all teenagers and vulnerable young people.

SEXTING: ONCE IT'S OUT THERE, YOU CAN’T TAKE IT BACK

Teenagers are sharing explicit images without fully understanding the serious, long-term risks from sextortion and blackmail to bullying, emotional distress, and even criminal charges.
🚨 50% of teens have received sexually explicit images and 1 in 3 have sent them, often under pressure or without considering how easily these images can be saved, shared, or used against them.
This is not just about curiosity, it’s about online predators, manipulation, and lifelong consequences.
✅ We must equip young people with the knowledge and confidence to protect themselves online.
✅ Parents, schools, and communities need to have open, honest conversations about sexting and online safety before it’s too late.
🔗 Explore more at: www.nneca.org.uk

18/07/2025

🚗💥 Supporting RTC Clients with PTSD | Trauma-Informed Recovery That Makes a Difference 🧠

Working with clients recovering from road traffic collisions, I’ve seen firsthand how complex PTSD can be — not only for the individual, but also for the case managers, solicitors, and rehab teams supporting them.

At PT Solutions Ltd, we provide:
✅ Evidence-based therapy for PTSD following RTCs
✅ Structured psychological assessments and outcome tracking
✅ Flexible post-discharge or community-based support
✅ Collaboration with case managers to streamline rehab journeys

I’m proud to be working with Bush & Co and Independance Work and other partners who understand the value of early psychological intervention in trauma recovery.

If you’re a case manager, personal injury professional, or part of a rehab MDT — I’d love to connect. Let’s chat about how we can support your clients’ mental health recovery.

📩 Drop me a message or visit https://www.ptsolutionsltd.com

Find expert online EMDR & trauma therapy with PT Solutions. We help you understand symptoms, reduce distress, and achieve lasting recovery.

16/07/2025

EMDR can work for neurodivergent clients—when we adapt it thoughtfully.
But adaptation doesn’t mean abandoning the model.

Join Dr Jonathan Hutchins and me for a one-day CPD on EMDR with Neurodivergent Clients. We’ll show you how to stay faithful to the 8-phase protocol while flexing your clinical approach for ADHD, dyslexia, dyspraxia, and sensory differences.

✨ It’s not about doing something different. It’s about doing EMDR better—for minds that process differently.

🔗 Book here: https://cademy.io/dr-jonathan-hutchins/emdr-with-neurodivergent-clients-26th-of-september-2025

A workshop on EMDR with clients who are Neurodivergent on 13th of May 2025.

07/07/2025

Out of Office in On! That’s us on holiday. See you when we get back 15th July.

05/07/2025

Exciting milestone!
Today, I officially completed my Facilitator in Training with Simon Proudlock, Director of EMDR Consultancy.

My EMDR journey began back in 2013, and it’s been an incredible privilege to grow within this field. One of the most rewarding parts has been supporting new EMDR therapists as they take their first steps into this transformative way of working.

Working alongside Simon has been a real joy — his passion, clarity, and generosity as a trainer have made this experience deeply enriching. I’m so grateful for his support and for the opportunity to be part of such a dedicated and skilled team.

If you’re considering training in EMDR, I’d highly recommend checking out EMDR Consultancy https://emdrconsultancy.com it’s an excellent place to start your journey.

Also here is to Dr Carol A. Ireland who has been a very supportive team mate and to all the facilitators who have supported me. Gayle Sturrock Margo Brock van der Zanden Fish dudman and for all the other facilitators I’ve meet along the way Ciara O'Gorman Dr Raquel Correia

Can you tell I’m just a bit pleased and what to tell the world (ok maybe just you lot on LinkedIn/facebook)

Here’s to continuing the work and helping others discover the power of EMDR! 🌱✨

04/07/2025

13/06/2025

🧠 EMDR: A New Way of Working
Brief. Flexible. Client-Led.

I’m looking forward to co-facilitating a half-day online workshop with Dr Jonathan Hutchins that explores how EMDR is evolving beyond the traditional weekly model.

📅 Friday 28th November 2025
🕤 09:30–12:30 (UK time)
💻 Online via Zoom
💷 £60
📜 CPD points applied for with EMDR UK

This workshop offers a space to reflect on emerging ways of working with EMDR—supporting clinicians to think creatively, collaboratively, and flexibly in response to client need.

We’ll explore:
✅ Why intensive or brief EMDR?
✅ Alternatives to weekly scheduling
✅ Flexible use of time and phases
✅ Containment, boundaries, and safety
✅ Clinical examples from practice

Ideal for EMDR therapists looking to refresh their approach and feel more confident working outside rigid models.

This event will be recorded and available for three months

🔗 Book here:
https://dr-jonathan-hutchins.cademy.io/intensive-emdr-i-emdr-a-new-way-of-working

Let’s reimagine what EMDR can look like—together.

Dr Jonathan Hutchins and Dr Deborah Kingston will be presenting on the 28th November 2025 a 3 hour workshop on EMDR Intensives (I-EMDR). 3 CPD credits have been applied for from the EMDR UK Association for this workshop. Intensive EMDR: A workshop for EMDR Therapists on how we an implement this in o...

12/06/2025

Download Festival starts this weekend. In previous years, due to wearable tech issues, we saw a rise of nearly 700 extra 999 calls in a weekend.

The tech assumed that people in mosh pits had been in a collision, causing 999 contacts and abandoned 999 calls.

All those calls had to be assessed, with three outbound call attempts completed to ensure there is no threat, risk or harm, taking our contact handlers away from answering true emergency calls.

by answering our callbacks from hidden numbers to let us know you are safe. We also recommend switching on ‘airplane mode’ or disabling emergency alerts on your wearable tech.

Report online : https://leicspolice.link/pDhbJ

12/06/2025

This is such an important message that Dr Naomi Fisher is talking about and so many neurodivergent people are put off therapy due to misinformation that is spread online.

More than half the top TikToks contain misinformation about mental health, says a new study. It’s not just TikTok. It’s LinkedIn, Facebook and Insta too. I’m going to address some of the claims I’ve seen recently which concern me most.

Claim: CBT doesn’t work for neurodivergent people.

I’ve seen lots of variations of this one. The argument goes like this. CBT was developed for neurotypical brains and focuses on ‘correcting’ distorted thoughts. For ND people, these apparently distorted thoughts aren’t distorted, they reflect the reality of living in a neurotypical world and so CBT is gaslighting and invalidating.

Many people who say this seem to have a limited understanding of CBT. I’m a trained CBT therapist and clinical psychologist and I work with neurodivergent people. I have over 25 years of clinical experience. I use CBT, along with EMDR, ACT and other approaches.

What’s the problem? CBT is about a lot more than changing distorted thoughts and it doesn’t assume that all disturbing thoughts are distorted. It’s always been acknowledged in CBT that some disturbing thoughts are realistic and that many different strategies are needed (for example, someone suffering from terminal cancer might have the distressing thought ‘I’m going to die’. No CBT therapist is going to try and convince them that this isn’t true, but it doesn’t mean CBT can’t help them). CBT includes specific approaches for trauma, OCD, anxiety, panic and depression, all of which are different.

It’s not true that ND people don’t sometimes need help to challenge and change their thoughts. Not all thoughts are true. Everyone, whether they are ND or not, has some thoughts which aren’t helpful to them, which don’t reflect reality and which make life hard. For example, after a car accident many people will be terrified of driving. They will have thoughts like ‘I’m not safe’ when they get in a car. They overestimate risk. This is a common response to trauma.

CBT helps people get that back into perspective. Yes, cars can be dangerous. No, that doesn’t mean that you inevitably have to avoid roads for the rest of your life nor have a panic attack each time you see a car. Even if right now you believe that you do.

What’s the reality? CBT doesn’t work for everyone, but being neurodivergent doesn’t predict that it won’t work for you. There is no research which shows this. No therapy works for everyone. CBT is widely available and is often the first type of therapy offered by a GP. CBT can be flexible and adapted to the individual. If you turn it down just because it’s called ‘CBT’ you will seriously limit your opportunity to get support.

Take home message? If you’re looking for therapy, find someone you feel comfortable with and who you trust. Don’t rule an evidence-based therapy out because of things you’ve read online. Research shows that most important factor in success in therapy is the relationship between the therapist and client, rather than the type of therapy.