All of the people listed on this page are IFS-informed certified. They have demonstrated their skill and experience in blending these two therapies. Each person here has completed one of the EMDR Insight long courses; demonstrated use of H2 Protocol, and facilitated at least two EMDR Insight workshop series.
James Thomas is an EMDR Consultant & IFS Level 1 trained therapist who works in a specialist NHS Therapy service in Derbyshire and in private practice. Visit his website here. He completed his EMDR basic training in 2013 and was an early advocate of Attachment-Focused EMDR with Laurel Parnell. James has spent many years working as a Facilitator for EMDR Focus. He is passionate about combining IFS and EMDR as a kind and inclusive way to help people heal their wounded parts.
James is a Registered Mental Health Nurse, with a Master’s Degree in CBT. He’s a BABCP accredited Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist with a particular interest in incorporating Compassion and Acceptance based approaches.
James lives with his family in Derbyshire, in his spare time, he can be found playing the guitar, spending time outdoors, wild camping and riding bikes.
Allie Mackay is an EMDRAA-approved Consultant and IFS Level 2 trained therapist. She is a Sydney-based Psychologist and group practice Director. Her research interests in biofeedback and mindfulness for people living with chronic illness led her to a curiosity about what the body is trying to say, and what it attempts to solve, when in pain. Seeking evidence-based interventions that go beyond finding peace in the moment naturally led her to explore a variety of trauma-focused therapies. Since discovering EMDR and more recently, IFS, she combines these with compassion focussed therapy and mindfulness. Allie now works predominantly with people who have experienced recent as well as past trauma, and people whose lives have become disrupted by pain. In her spare time, Allie can be found chatting or reading in her favourite cafe or walking her dog along the beach. Allie’s webpage is here. Allie is also a Registered Psychologist, AHPRA. Assoc Member Australian Psychological Society; Board Approved Supervisor with the Australian Psychological Society; Accredited EMDRAA Consultant; Facilitator with EMDR Insight & EMDR Focus in the UK.
Kristina Sandstrom is a Chartered Counselling Psychologist; an EMDR Consultant and Supervisor; IFS Level 2 trained therapist; a certified Sensorimotor Psychotherapist, and a Lifespan Integration Advanced practitioner. You can view her webpage here.
Kristina trained with EMDR Focus and Laurel Parnell in attachment informed EMDR, incorporating Janina Fisher’s Working with Parts, and later established an IFS/attachment informed practice. She has been an EMDR Focus facilitator since 2017. Kristina has worked in an NHS tertiary specialist trauma clinic; the Ministry Of Defence, and two private outpatient and residential trauma clinics where she was a supervisor for the clinical team. On two separate occasions, Kristina moved to Kurdistan and worked with the Free Yezidi Foundation. She specialises in treating complex trauma and has a particular interest in early attachment.
John Mulhall is an EMDR Europe Accredited Consultant/Clinical Supervisor & IFS Level 1 trained therapist. He is also a UKCP registered Cognitive Analytic Psychotherapist (CAT), Trainer and Supervisor. He’s written several CAT academic articles and is a regular trainer on the St Thomas’ Hospital and CAT East professional trainings. John has worked within the NHS for almost 20 years where more recently he’s been developing staff support initiatives and projects promoting a Trauma Informed/Responsive Care agenda.
John has a keen interest in IFS and AI-EMDR plus he’s also trained in other trauma treatment models such as the Comprehensive Resources Model (CRM).
John also runs a small private practice offering therapy and clinical supervision. Outside of work, John enjoys sports, travelling, music, cycling and motorcycling.
Jacqueline Conroy is a Mental Health Social Worker in Private Practice in Kuranda Far North Queensland. She has developed family education programmes that focus on the traumatic and stressful experiences of caregivers of people with severe mental health and dual diagnosis. Jacqueline has worked with Indigenous health workers and families to develop a cultural understanding of trauma, intergenerational trauma, and addictive behaviours. She now specialises in working with those who’ve experienced recent trauma, survivors of childhood abuse and neglect; members of the defence forces, veterans, and their families.
Jacqueline is an EMDR Consultant in training. She has completed a Bachelor of Science, Counselling Diploma and Master of Social Work (Academic Medal). She is an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker, AASW member and supervisor, EMDRAA full member. For more on Jacqueline go here.
Ella Shannon is an Accredited EMDRAA Consultant & IFS Level 2 trained therapist. Ella’s private practice is in Cairns, Australia. She’s also a Clinical Sexologist and Relationship Counsellor. Ella holds several leadership roles and, until recently was the National Chair of the Society of Australian Sexologists. She is an ACA Level 4 Clinical Supervisor. Previously, Ella managed the Cairns Sexual Assault Service.
To read more about Ella go here. She is passionate about supporting people to have nourishing relationships. Since finding Annabel’s incredible melding of modalities in Attachment and Internal Family Systems Informed EMDR Ella has made this her main approach to working with individuals.
Flora Saxby is an Accredited EMDR practitioner, IFS Level 1 trained therapist and Accredited BACP therapist. She initially trained as a nurse, specialising in early pregnancy loss and gynaecology. After many fulfilling years as a nurse, she realised that talking with and supporting her patients emotionally was the best part of this job so she switched to psychotherapy.
Flora completed an Integrative, Relational Master’s in Counselling and Psychotherapy and currently works in private practice in London and online, helping survivors of both attachment and recent trauma. Read more about her here. With the charity Petals, she also helps those who have experienced pregnancy loss or the death of a child.
Blending Attachment-Informed EMDR with IFS has been life-changing personally and professionally and has given such clarity in her work. When not working Flora loves to spend time with her family and friends. She especially loves being by the sea, enjoys making a chocolate cake and is beginning to learn about gardening.
Nerida Dunkerley is an EMDRAA Accredited EMDR practitioner in private practice, Sydney, Australia. She is a PACFA registered clinical Supervisor with a Bachelor Degree and Masters of Psychotherapy and Counselling. Nerida has specialised in Addiction Recovery for over 30 years. She works in a private Psychiatric Clinic, facilitating group therapy for patients in recovery from Substance Use Disorder (SUD), both outpatient and inpatient programs. She also works in the Eating Disorder Unit and the Mood Disorders/Acute Care Unit, as well as facilitating Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) groups. To visit Nerida go here.
Nerida is passionate about assisting her clients to flourish and loves and believes in the IFS/ Attachment informed EMDR as her therapy approach. In her spare time, Nerida enjoys keeping fit at the gym and walking her dog. She also loves spending time with her grandchildren and watching them play sports.
Janine Fraser is an EMDR psychotherapist and psychologist based in the Blue Mountains, NSW, with a diverse background in holistic healing and psychology. She is IFS Level 1 trained therapist. Janine specializes in treating clients with complex histories and holds multiple qualifications in Holistic Counselling, NLP, Hypnosis, and Psychology. Janine is a Registered Psychologist, Hypnosis Practitioner, and EMDR Practitioner, also actively involved in training and education within the field. She currently runs a successful psychology and EMDR practice both online and in-person from her Blue Mountains residence.
Janine’s hobbies include spending time in her cottage garden, tending to her 50+ roses, and hanging out with resident thera-pooch, “Ace” (aka The Dogtor), and family at weekends. She has a passion for creating stunning spaces, adding her own quirky artistic flair, bringing beauty to her garden and to her life. To contact here go here.
Kirstin Bicknell is an experienced UKCP accredited Integrative Psychotherapist & IFS Level 1 trained therapist. She gained her MA in Integrative Psychotherapy and Counselling in 2015 from the Minster Centre, London and trained in EMDR in 2020. She works in private practice in Cambridgeshire. You can contact her via her website.
Kirstin presented her MA research on Laughter in Psychotherapy at both the UKCP and BACP research conferences and won the CPCAB BACP Research Award for her paper on the subject in 2020.
In her life before becoming a therapist, Kirstin gained a Geography degree from the University of Cambridge and a PGCE teaching qualification. She has also worked in community arts administration. She loves teaching and training and in her home life Kirstin enjoys dabbling in creative projects, running, camping and being on the water when she has the chance.
Dr Deb Worboys is a Brisbane-based clinical psychologist, neuropsychotherapy practitioner and Board accredited supervisor. She is undertaking IFS training Level 1 and has been a psychologist for over 15 years.
She has also completed the certification for Psychedelic Assisted Therapy and is studying Psychedelic assisted EMDR as well as becoming certified in Holotrophic Breathwork. She deeply appreciates mind and body connection for wellness and enjoys being part of the EMDR Insight team. In her personal life, Deb is currently studying upholstery and enjoys making her own furniture for her family’s house renovations with her partner.
Dee Cooper is an Accredited EMDRAA trainer, she’s a clinical psychologist based in Launceston, Tasmania, read more about her here. She is the director of Synapse Psychology, a group practice of experienced psychologists. Dee is an EMDRAA Accredited EMDR Consultant plus a Psychology Board-approved supervisor.
Dee originally hails from Zimbabwe and later South Africa working in the Military Hospital where she gained her experience in dealing with war-based trauma. She has subsequently developed a specific interest in working with first responders.
Dee also co-directs EMDR Integrative, a training company inviting leading EMDR researchers and practitioners to present their approaches for the benefit of the EMDR community. In her spare time, Dee likes either to play the tenor saxophone; to get absorbed in a painting or else take her dogs Sigmund Floyd and Kalulu for long walks along the Tamar River.
Priscilla Short is an accredited EMDR practitioner, a chartered counselling psychologist, and a relationship therapist. She is HCPC accredited and a member of the BPS, Association of Family Therapists and BACP and works with adults, young adults, couples, parents and families. Her specialisms include relationship issues (with individuals, couples and families), attachment trauma, complex trauma and anxiety disorders. Priscilla has also taken an IFS Part 1 training. Her webpage is here.
Priscilla’s hobbies include running and playing with her gorgeous little working cocker spaniel, spending time in France and voraciously reading.
Dr Dave Howsam is a GP based in Leichhardt, Sydney. He is an EMDR Consultant and IFS Level 3 trained.
He works with clients experiencing Trauma, Attachment & Developmental neglect, deprivation and abuse, Complex PTSD, Unexplained Medical Symptoms.
He is open to referrals on a case-by-case basis.
Specialities: EMDR, Hypnosis, EFT, EgoState Therapy, DNMS, NLP
MBBS: FSPsychMed