A practice built on clinical evidence
/ Work Experience
Galia brings over 8,000 clinical hours of experience across one-to-one and group psychotherapy settings within the NHS, the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC), non-governmental organisations (NGOs), Community Mental Health Teams (CMHTs), private clinics, and rehabilitation centres.
Her areas of specialism include stress- and anxiety-related difficulties, adverse life experiences, PTSD, sexual abuse and exploitation, depression, dissociative disorders, substance use and behavioural addictions, relationship challenges, and personality-related difficulties.
Her work is integrative in nature, informed by psychodynamic, humanistic, and cognitive-behavioural frameworks, and focused on depth, meaning, and psychological change rather than symptom management alone.
Galia is trained in the safeguarding of vulnerable adults, young people, and children. She has worked with clients from a wide range of ethnic, religious, and cultural backgrounds and has formal training in equality and diversity. She has experience working therapeutically with LGBTQ+ individuals and neurodivergent clients (Autism, ADHD)
She is psychopathology-informed and holds certifications in the Mental Capacity Act and PREVENT awareness, enabling her to work ethically and confidently within complex clinical, safeguarding, and institutional contexts.
Galia works psychotherapeutically with adults, young people, and children.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS. DIPLOMAS. PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATES
MSc in Legal Psychology
MSc in Child and Adolescent Mental Health
BSc in Psychology
Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (Level 4)
Diploma in Children’s Therapy
Diploma in Depression Counselling
Diploma in Neuroplasticity
Diploma in Jungian Psychotherapy
Diploma in Secondary Education (Humanities) — Psychology, History, and Philosophy
MENTAL HEALTH
Certificate in Integrative Psychotherapeutic Counselling
Certificate in Working with Anxiety
Certificate in Trauma, Anxiety and Mental Health
Certificate in Working with Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse
Certificate in Human Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom
Certificate in Mental Health Awareness: hearing voices, psychotic episodes, hallucinations, treatments, Mental Health Act 1983 (amended 2007), personality disorders, bipolar disorder, depression, counselling
Certificate in Autism Awareness
Certificate in Awareness of Mental Health, Dementia, and Learning Disabilities
Certificate in Working with Challenging Behaviour
ATTACHMENT AND DEVELOPMENT
Certificate in Attachment Therapy
Certificate in Play Therapy (Children)
Certificate in Family and Couple Relationships
Certificate in Working with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Hypnotherapy with Children and Adolescents
ADDICTION, SUBSTANCE USE AND RECOVERY
Certificate in Addiction: Neuroscience and Recovery Therapy
Certificate in Addiction: From Heroin to Workaholism — A Biopsychosocial Perspective
Certificate in Alcohol Misuse: diagnosis and dual diagnosis, abstinence and harm reduction, relapse and recovery, individual and group support
Certificate in Drug Misuse:
GHB, benzodiazepines, hallucinogens (LSD, psilocybin), inhalants, opioids, heroin, methadone, steroids, stimulants (amphetamines, ecstasy), cocaine and crack cocaine, nicotine, anaesthetics, PCP, ketamine, cannabinoid substances; caring for drug users; treatment, intervention, detoxification, diagnosis, and dual diagnosisCertificate in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) for Changing Addictive Behaviour
SAFEGUARDING AND DUTY OF CARE
Certificate in Safeguarding and Protection of Adults
Certificate in Children Safeguarding
Certificate in Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults: abuse and neglect, criminal offences, rights violations, emotional and psychological abuse, physical abuse, sexual abuse, financial and material abuse, institutional abuse, domestic abuse, modern slavery
Certificate in Risk Assessment and Risk Management
Certificate in Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS)
Certificate in Mental Capacity, Court of Protection, Advance Decisions, and IMCA Advocacy
Certificate in Anti-Radicalisation and PREVENT Awareness (Schools)
CLINICAL PRACTICE, COMMUNICATION AND PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
Certificate in Care Planning and Assessment: assessing care plans, continuity of care, promoting best interests
Certificate in Assessing Needs
Certificate in Safe Administration of Medicines
Certificate in First Aid Training
Certificate in Equality and Diversity
Certificate in Confidentiality and Information Governance
Certificate in Documentation and Record Keeping
Certificate in Data Protection, including GDPR
Certificate in Effective Communication: verbal and non-verbal communication, effective listening
Certificate in Conflict Management
SPECIALIST MODULES
Psychopathology (British Psychological Society accredited)
Psychopathology (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy accredited)
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Psychology
Psychology Across Time and Cultures
Mechanisms of the Mind: emotion, perception and vision, thinking and reasoning, attention, social cognition
Cognitive and Biological Explanations of Behaviour: neuronal communication, basic genetics and evolution, ADHD
Psychological Interventions: families and parenting, psychology of education, psychosexual relationship therapy, counselling for depression
Individual Differences: intelligence, emotional intelligence, psychometric scales, theories of personality, psychopathy, narcissism, Machiavellianism, trait theories, cognitive and motivational factors
Humanistic and Person-Centred Therapy
Psychodynamic Therapy
Gestalt Therapy
Transactional Analysis Therapy
Forensic Sciences
Legal Psychology
Family Law and Child Mediation
Criminal Law, Crime Psychology and Criminology
Understanding Violence (Forms, Types and Reasons)
Organisation of Human Rights Bodies
Court-Appointed Expert Reports and Forensic Expert Evidence
Rhetoric and Advocacy Skills
Penal Enforcement
Political and Legal Doctrines
/ Qualifications
Before you decide
Conversation, not a commitment.
The initial session is an opportunity to ask questions, describe what you are carrying, and assess whether this practice feels like the right fit. There is no obligation beyond that.