SYLVIE COLLINS B.Sc.(Hons.); Ph.D.; D.Clin.Psychol.; CertF.T.
Clinical Psychology
Sylvie practiced Family Therapy in Leeds from 1996-2002 and worked as a Clinical Psychologist in St. James Hospital in Leeds from 2002-2007, where she specialized in working with sick children and their families. Sylvie is particularly inspired by developments in positive psychology - identifying people's strengths and using these to buffer them against difficult times.
More about Clinical Psychology:
Clinical Psychology is a field of Psychology that focuses on understanding how and why people become distressed and how to relieve that distress.
Clinical Psychologists work with people of all ages from early childhood to older adulthood whose problems are getting in the way of their happiness, relationships and daily activities.
Issues addressed:
- worries about children - behaviour, mood, school
- concerns about work - stress, burn-out, harassment/bullying
- stress
- mood - anxiety and depression
- obsessions and compulsions, phobias, tics etc.
- feeding, eating and dieting
- physical health problems - adaptation, adherence to medication, mood etc