Dr Manuela Barona

I am a Psychologist and Cognitive Behavioural Therapist passionate about helping young people and families. I have experience delivering a range of evidence based therapies and specialise on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). I have over 10 years experience working with children, young people (up to young andulthood) and families, mainly in the NHS. In my most recent role in the NHS I worked with families, children and young people with significant chronic fatigue, alongside anxiety and depression.

 

Over the last decade, I have also worked on developing research that can help us understand mental health in children, including why someone develops a disorder, with an aim to help us develop informed treatments.

 

Currently, I am also a lecturer at Bath University, where I teach clinical psychology.

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Qualifications

• PhD Understanding Neural Risk Factors for Eating Disorders – UCL, London UK

• MSc in Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuropsychology – Birkbeck University, London, UK

• B.S.s in Clinical Psychology – Madrid, Spain

• Chartered Psychologist, member of the British Psychological Society 

• BABCP accredited Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapist

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Services

I work with children, adolescents and young adults (from age 7 to 25), as well as with families of younger children.

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I have extensive experience working with anxiety, depression, stress, low self-esteem, phobias, difficulties related to physical illness, pain, fatigue. I enjoy working with young people and finding a way to help them make sense of what is going on and working together to develop the skills to feel better. 

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I also work with younger children using a variety of methods, including toys and visuals. I work with a range of difficulties including anxieties, school refusal, low mood, behavioural issues. I can work with parents of children who are younger or of those children who struggle with therapy sessions.

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I have extensive experience working with children and young people who are nerodivergent and able to adapt therapy sessions with their needs in mind.

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I also deliver workshops and give talks to parents in schools.