About Me
Charlotte is the managing director of SafeHaven Trauma
Centre, a specialist treatment centre for recovery form psychological trauma
and coercion based in Greater Manchester.
Charlotte is a trained integrative psychotherapist and
advanced craniosacral therapist who has specialised in psychological trauma and
somatic-emotional health throughout her career. Working with people traumatised
from a range of different experiences, including combat veterans; hostages;
victims of torture; victims of terrorism; asylum seekers; suicide attempts and
survivors of suicide; catastrophic injury; those diagnosed with terminal
illness; fracturing spiritual experiences.
Her work has also included a range of mental health
conditions including, complex trauma, personality disorders and those
recovering from life-changing injury.
Charlotte sat on the board of the National Register of Hypnotherapists and Psychotherapists, 2016 to 2018. She has also acted as lead psychotherapist for the Haematology Department at Central Manchester University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
Articles & Books Written
- Reduction of Depression and Anxiety scores following psychotherapy in Haemato-oncological Patients. British Society of Haematology Conference, April 2015.
- Combining psychotherapy and craniosacral therapy in the treatment of British military veterans with PTSD: an IPA study. International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS) Annual Conference, Nov 2017
Professional Associations / Memberships
Cranio Sacral SocietyBritish Psychological Society (MBPsS)
International Association of Healthcare Practitioners (IAHP)
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS)
National Register of Hypnotherapists & Psychotherapists (MNRHP)
Register of Approved Gastro-intestinal Psychotherapists & Hypnotherapists (MRAGPH)
My training:
Upledger Craniosacral Therapy
Clinical Application of Advanced Craniosacral Therapy for Trauma
Gastro-intestinal Psychotherapy and Hypnotherapy, Rossendale Hospital
NLP Practitioner, Paul McKenna & Richard Bandler
Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing, EMDR International Association
Trauma-Focused CBT, University of Chester