About Josie
Through compassion, empathy, and evidence-based practices, I offer a safe space where you can explore your innermost thoughts, feelings, and experiences without judgment, and in confidence.
I have always enjoyed science and using research evidence in an applied way as a clinical practitioner, seeing theory become meaningful and beneficial in the ‘real world’.
Being a Counselling Psychologist means that I get to listen to amazing stories from all sorts of different and incredible people. In return I can offer insights, challenges, teaching, and support, based on all the best knowledge and a wealth of experience.
I offer psychological therapy to individuals, couples and groups. I am a specialist in eating disorders, self-harm and suicide, domestic abuse and adolescent mental health, as well as psychedelic-integration psychotherapy. Alongside being well-versed in several different modalities of therapy (including humanistic models, CBT, DBT and ACT), I am trauma-informed, a trained mindfulness teacher and have published 2 books on mindfulness.
I am an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society and registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the HCPC (health and care professionals council). I am also a member of the Institute of Psychedelic Therapy https://instituteofpsychedelic...
My work is underpinned by Buddhist philosophy, ethics, and practices. I have practiced Buddhist meditation for nearly 40 years of my life and am a trained and very experienced mindfulness teacher having taught mindfulness in prisons, in-patient units and in the corporate sector.
Together we will co-create a unique space, safely held with compassion, empathy, and non-judgement. In this way, at your own pace, your story, your truth, and your own experience can be witnessed, and accepted. Acknowledging the past, you can then begin to review and re-frame outmoded beliefs, challenge unhelpful behaviours and develop new skills. Throughout the process I will assist you to find greater psychological resilience, flexibility, insight, and compassion to help you to live a life that is more rewarding, and full of possibilities.
As a client of mine you will typically be spending only 1 of your 168 hours of the week in therapy. This means it must really count, so I will give you the skills and understanding that you need to make progress outside the therapy room, as well as within it. This may entail homework, such as mindfulness practices, or specific activities such as recording thoughts or trying new behaviours, as well as taking time outside of sessions to reflect, practice new skills and to take committed actions (but always at your own discretion and pace).
This integration of approaches is developed from many years of training and experience working with people of all different backgrounds, including high-risk individuals convicted of violent crimes, refugees fleeing torture and war, survivors of domestic abuse, primary school children at risk of neglect, severely mentally ill adolescents and corporate high-flyers in London’s financial district. All my interventions are evidence-based and informed by the latest research and my commitment to continuing professional development.
Choosing online therapy is easy, convenient, comfortable, and has been found to be equally as effective as in-person therapy according to numerous studies 1 2 3 However, if you prefer to meet in-person then I also offer session to individuals and couple at my consulting rooms in Devon.
Together we will co-create a unique space, safely held with compassion, empathy, and non-judgement. In this way, at your own pace, your story, your truth, and your own experience can be witnessed, and accepted. Acknowledging the past, you can then begin to review and re-frame outmoded beliefs, challenge unhelpful behaviours and develop new skills. Throughout the process I will assist you to find greater psychological resilience, flexibility, insight, and compassion to help you to live a life that is more rewarding, and full of possibilities. Truly, I feel very blessed to offer you my time, experience, and skills, and look forward to meeting you. Please feel free to get in touch if you have any further questions, or would like a free 30 minute telephone chat, at: hello@josieseydel.com
Below is a quick reference chart listing my major academic and training achievements (This does not include additional short-term training events, retreats, and webinars which I frequently attend as part of my continuing professional development).
Year | Chronology of Academic and Vocational Acheivements: |
1999 | Graduated from University of Sussex with a degree in Social Psychology (BA) |
2000 | Graduated from City, University of London with Post Graduate Certificate in the Foundations of Psychological Counselling (PGCert) |
2001 | Awarded Level 1 and Level 2 certificates from University College London in Applied Hypnosis (BSECH) |
2001-2002 | Worked as Trainee Psychologist for North East London Mental Health Trust specialist eating disorders service (NHS) |
2001 -2002 | Worked as Volunteer Counsellor for Waltham Forest and Redbridge Primary Care Trust Community Health Project (NHS) |
2002 | Graduated from City, University London, with master’s Degree in Counselling Psychology (MSc with distinction) |
2002-2003 | Worked as Training Officer for the Eating Disorders Association |
2002-2003 | Worked as Sessional Counsellor for Waltham Forest and Redbridge Primary Care Trust Domestic Violence Service (NHS) |
2002 -2008 | Provider of freelance presentations, training workshops and consultations (including for Goodmayes Hospital and Harold Wood Hospital (Essex), Mind (Sevenoaks), Cygnet Hospitals (Sevenoaks and Stevenage). From 2005 also provided supervision to trainee Psychologists. |
2003 | Worked as Volunteer Counsellor with Place to Be, primary school service |
2003 | Worked as Trainee Psychologist at Orchards Health Centre, Barking and Dagenham Primary Care Trust (NHS) |
2003 | Worked as sessional Counsellor for Waltham Forest and Redbridge Primary Care Trust Community Health Project, specialist refugee and asylum seeker service (NHS) |
2003 | Worked as a Tutor for Barking College of Adult Education |
2003 | Awarded level A in Competence in Psychometric Testing from the British Psychological Society |
2003 | Graduated from City, University London, with Post-MSc Diploma in Counselling Psychology, achieving Chartered status (C.Psychol) |
2003 | Became a graduate member of The British Psychological Society |
2003 - 2004 | Worked as CBT Therapist/ Counselling Psychologist/ Manager Grade F for HMP/YOI Bullwood Hall |
2003 -2004 | Completion of parts I & II of Dialectical Behavioural Therapy Intensive training (British Isles DBT Training Team) |
2005-2006 | Worked as Lead Psychologist for Cygnet Healthcare Godden Green Young Person’s In-Patient Unit |
2005 -2007 | Worked as a Sessional Lecturer for Birkbeck University of London |
2007 -2008 | Worked as a behavioural consultant and supervisor for Cygnet Hospital Stevenage’s Young Person’s In-patient Unit (Forensic) |
2009 | Became an Associate Fellow of The British Psychological Society (AFBPsS) |
2009 | Registered with the HCPC (Health and Care Professions Council) as a Practitioner Psychologist |
2009 - 2013 | Worked as a Chartered Counselling Psychologist and Clinical Associate for City Psychology Group in London’s financial district |
2012 | Graduated from Bristol University with Postgraduate Diploma in Understanding Educational Research (PGDip) |
2012- 2013 | Co-Authored and published ‘Mindfulness for Busy People: Turning Frantic and Frazzled into Calm and Composed’ (First published by Pearson 2013 and achieving Business Section Bestseller for 2013) |
2013 | Completion of Professional Mindfulness Teacher Training with the Mindfulness Institute (accredited by the International Mindfulness Teacher’s Association) |
2013 -2016 | Working in independent private practice as Chartered Counselling Psychologist and Mindfulness Coach. Writing articles for numerous magazines and newspapers (Huffington Post, Financial Times, Psychologies Magazine, Daily Mail, London Evening Standard, etc.) |
2015-2016 | Co-authored and published ‘Working with Mindfulness: Keeping Calm and Focussed to Get the Job Done’ (published by Pearson, 2016). |
2017-2018 | Co-Authored and published ‘Mindfulness for Busy People: Turning Frantic and Frazzled into Calm and Composed’ (Second edition, published by Pearson, 2018) |
2020-2023 | Completion of Modules 1 & 2 Soul Coach (facilitator in plant medicine ceremonies, breathwork and tools for inner child work) training with Sacred Voyage (Netherlands) |
2023 | Completion of Mental Capacity Act Programme with Health Education England e-Learning for Healthcare (NHS) |
2023 | Completion of Level 2 Certificate in Understanding Domestic Abuse with CACHE (The Council for Awards in Care, Health and Education) |
2023 | Completion of Level 2 Certificate in ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) with The Association for Psychological Therapies (APT) |
2024 | Completion of Certificate in Psychedelic Practitioner Foundations Training Programme with Clerkenwell Health Training Academy |
2024 | (In progress) Post-graduate certificate in ‘Psychedelics: Mind, Medicine and Culture’ currently being studied at the University of Exeter |
Josie is a kind, compassionate and dedicated clinician. She applies intelligence and insight to understanding human adversity, helping to create new possibilities in place of limitations.
Dr Michael Sinclair, CPsychol. Csi. AFBPsS, Consultant Counselling Psychologist, Clinical Director at City Psychology Group
