Léann Lavery
About Me
Léann is a Chartered Counselling Psychologist, UKCP-registered Integrative Psychotherapist, and accredited EMDR practitioner with a particular interest in attachment-informed approaches to trauma, relational depth work, and the ways early experience shapes how we feel, relate, and move through the world.
She works integratively, drawing on psychodynamic thinking, attachment theory, and an understanding of how the body and nervous system hold experience. She is interested in what sits underneath presenting difficulties, and in understanding the patterns and ways of relating that once made sense but may no longer be serving the person. The relationship between therapist and client is central to how she works, and sessions are warm and collaborative. Rather than applying a fixed framework, she adapts her approach to each person she works with.
Before retraining as a psychologist, Léann worked in PR and communications. She has a good understanding of the pressures that come with corporate environments and busy professional lives.
Qualifications & Experience
Léann holds a Doctorate in Counselling Psychology and is registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP). She is an accredited EMDR practitioner with EMDR UK.
Her clinical training integrates psychodynamic, person-centred, and body-based approaches, with specialist training in attachment-informed EMDR and an interest in relational and developmental trauma.
Léann also offers clinical supervision to qualified therapists, psychologists, and trainees.
Areas of Specialism
Complex and developmental trauma
Attachment difficulties and relational patterns
Anxiety, depression, and low self-worth
Burnout and work-related stress
Life transitions and identity
EMDR for trauma and distressing life experiences
Client Group
Adults, working individually.
Léann also offers supervision to qualified therapists, psychologists, and trainees.
Therapy Mode
Sessions are available in person at Clapham Junction and Croydon, and also online. Léann works with both shorter-term focused work and longer-term therapy, and takes time at the outset to understand what each person is looking for.
