Lilly Wickham

A highly skilled multi-disciplined psychotherapist & M.I.S.T. Practitioner with expertise in psychotherapy, EMDR, an NLP Master, CBT practitioner, and is a Senior qualified Hypnotherapist. SQHP, CNHC, GHR, NCHP, BACP Lilly has been providing integrated patient-led psychotherapy in Hampshire since 2001, in which time she has focused her clinical time and research on how trauma and stress influence our behaviour, mood, bodily systems and belief structures. Over a period of more than 20 years she has helped, supported and worked with thousands of people who lives have been affected by childhood, family or relational upset, grief and traumatic events. Life Right has clinical hubs in Odiham, Weymouth and Bristol, which holistically view the way emotional and physical issues and complaints of the human brain and body can manifest in times of stress. Lilly continues to improve her knowledge and experience on a daily basis due to the diversity of clients and the concerns that she works with. Lilly is a voracious reader and enjoys constantly learning, challenging and researching contemporary approaches that push the boundaries of her integrated psychotherapeutic approach Her research topics have studied childhood adversity influences on adult long-term health conditions, regarding psychosomatic and hard to treat conditions. Currently Lilly is researching how trauma, lifestyle, nutrition and relationships (with self and others), influence epigenetic changes and the expression of disease. This is with a view to implementing her MIST approach to ameliorate disease progression. The M.I.S.T. model of intervention, (‘metaphor informed somatic therapy‘) has been developed through clinical and residential studies. It is specific to how long term and resistant health conditions can affect the sub-structures that have been enlisted by the brain to cope with such trauma to overcome and relinquish unhelpful or harmful habits and behaviours – some of which will be unconscious. (i.e you will not be aware of why you do certain things or why you react in certain ways to people and situations) It can also break-through where other therapies have failed, and change reactions to stress and upsetting stimuli, which ultimately improves, cardiac, gastric, endocrine and mood disorders. Symptoms of which can be manifested in your body by depression, anxiety, addictions, high blood pressure/irregular heart rate, poor bowel function, thyroid (hyper or hypo), cognitive issues, dry skin/rashes and medically unexplained symptoms. In 2012 Lilly identified the positive impact intensive holistic therapy can offer, creating our integrated mind/body health retreats. On these, she enjoys spending time with each ‘retreater’ individually and in the classes and workshops she holds. She ‘walks the talk’ and loves the components of wellbeing, dovetailing them as a philosophy into, not only her life, but the lives of those she is privileged to share time with. She has experienced her own fair share of trauma, upset and childhood difficulties and believes that this (with her own regular supervision, CPD and wellbeing therapy) enables her to connect, care and fully understand how to use her knowledge and experience to its best affect to help others She is at present working on her writing with a publishing deadline of 2023 BUSINESS HISTORY 1982- Accounting and Business Practices – Redlands College – Accreditation – AAT (level 4) 1984 – Human Science (major psychology) – Jo’berg University (SA) – Level – Undergraduate 1988-95 – Health and Wellbeing (various – including personal training, diet and exercise to music) – Accreditation – FIA 1996 – Training and Development Practitioner – Kingston University. Accreditation – CIPD. Level 5 (undergraduate) 2003 – Complimentary Health Practices – St Clements. Level – Batchelor of Arts 2004 – Hypno-Psychotherapy – National College – London. Accreditation – UKCP. Level PostGraduate Diploma 2005 – Neuro Linguistic Programming – Beeleaf Training. Accreditation – UKCP – Master Practitioner 2008 – Systemic Practices (family & couples) – Birkbeck University. Accreditation – I.F.T. Level – PostGraduate Diploma 2009 – Buteyko Breathing Course – CPD 2010 – Awarded ‘Senior’ status on Hypnotherapy register. Accreditation – GHSC 2011 – Attachment & Neuroscience – Couples Institute (USA). Level – Post Graduate Certificate. 2011 – Motivating Challenging Children – CPD 2012 – Systemic and CBT Approaches – CPD 2013 – Virtual Gastric Band – CPD 2013 – Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing (EMDR) CPD. Accreditation – EMDR Practitioner – London. 2013 – Certificate of Practitioner Proficiency – BACP 2014 – Health and Social Care Practices – Derby University. Level – Professional Doctorate studies 2015 – Human Biochemistry and Physiology – CPD. Level – under graduate 2015 – Brief Solution Focused Therapy – CPD. Accreditation BRIEF – London 2019 – Third Wave Therapies Certification. (including meditation, mindfulness, dialectical and compassion focused therapeutic competence). Accreditation – British Psychological Society 2018 – 2021– Personalised Nutritional Practices – Middlesex University. Accreditation – Level – MSc 2021 – Boosting Immunity – CPD – New Scientist Academy 2021 – The Brain – CPD – New Scientist Academy In her spare time Lilly enjoys creating new tastes and experiences through food, reading, walking, meditating, self-hypnosis, music, dancing, singing, laughing and being by the sea. She is fully insured & a member of Royal Society of Medicine British Association of Counselling & Psychotherapy Association of Family Therapy Complementary & Natural Healthcare Council Association of Neurolinguistic Therapy Professional Standards Authority General Hypnotherapy Register Lilly also commits to her own twice monthly professional supervision and self-care and respect practices, such as meditation, mindfulness, whole foods, fasting, breathwork, spinal, neural and body work and enjoys the energy of like-minded people