Dr. Tania Muthen, HCPC

Dr. Tania Muthen is a Chartered Consultant Psychologist registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). She has 16 years of experience providing therapeutic and assessment services across clinical and hospital settings in the UK and previously in South Africa.

She helps people who are dealing with depression, bipolar mood difficulties, anxiety and stress. Relationship strain, anger, guilt and shame are also areas she addresses. She also supports people coping with loss, adjustment after separation or illness, and panic or social phobia.

In session she uses a mix of approaches to meet the problem at hand. Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy is a common tool she uses to identify unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns. Dialectical Behaviour Therapy skills support emotional regulation and distress tolerance when intense emotions arise.

She also draws on person-centred ideas to listen for what matters most to each person. Narrative Therapy helps people examine the stories they tell about themselves and consider alternative perspectives. Together these approaches inform a practical treatment plan developed with the client.

Dr Muthen has worked in private practice and as a Consultant Psychologist in a private hospital, delivering in-patient mental health rehabilitation. Earlier she led a department in a government hospital in South Africa and provided therapy in medical and oncology settings, which informs her approach to health-related distress.

If someone is feeling overwhelmed and thinking about therapy, she asks for a short initial step to begin the process. The first meeting typically focuses on clear, manageable goals and simple techniques to reduce immediate distress.

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