The Emotional Health for Programme is designed to support you in positively transforming your emotional health. The majority of patients who choose this consultation are experiencing depression, anxiety, addictions, phobias, low self-acceptance and/or chronic fatigue syndrome.

In the first session Dr Atkinson will make an assessment of your situation, explore the options available to you, arrange biochemical, hormonal and nutritional testing (if appropriate), agree on the goals of treatment and provide you with a comprehensive personalised emotional health programme. Your programme will include advice on diet, nutritional supplementation, lifestyle changes and actions to be taken, as well as teaching you a number of mind-body self-help techniques (see below). The cost of this initial 2 hour session is £300 (this includes e-mail support for the duration of the programme). An initial one hour session is also available for £150.

In the first and subsequent sessions Dr Atkinson will use the mind-body approach that is best suited to you and your situation. They include:

Acceptance & Commitment Therapy gets it name from one of its core messages: to accept what is out of your personal control, while committing to do whatever is in your personal control to improve your quality of life. The aim of ACT is to help people create a rich full and meaningful life, while effectively handling the pain and stress that life inevitably brings. ACT does this by: teaching you psychological skills to deal with your painful thoughts and feelings effectively – in such a way that they have much less impact and influence over you (these are known as mindfulness skills), and by helping you to clarify what is truly important and meaningful to you  - i.e. your values - then use that knowledge to guide, inspire and motivate you to change your life for the better.

The Freedom Process™ is a psychological approach to transforming and resolving limiting thoughts, emotions, behaviours and habits. At the heart of the process is the discovery that emotional and psychological limitations, such as low confidence, excessive anger, confusion, procrastination and self-criticism have a tangible presence in the physical body, and that behind each of these limitations is an aspect or part of mind that when engaged in a specific way will automatically and often permanently resolve the 'problem' that it created for you.

Guided Imagery focuses and directs the imagination in a way that can help bring about specific conscious goals, support healing and provide insight into a particular life situation or challenge.

EmoTrance is a mind-body skill which harnesses the power of intention to remove the underlying disturbances associated with a wide range of emotion related challenges. I tend to use it with my patients who need help in letting go of grief, heartbreak, resentment, anger or emotional upset. It can also be used for overcoming barriers to intimacy and self-acceptance.

The Choices Method - based on the work of Patricia Carrington and Gary Craig’s Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), this energy psychology skill can be used to help resolve self-limiting beliefs, break negative thought/feeling cycles, overcome phobias and instal positive, pro-health suggestions and programmes.

2. The Well Woman Programme

The Well Woman Programme has been designed to address the unique challenges faced by women at different stages of their life. It is suited to women with period problems, endometriosis, fibroids, cystitis, PMS, endometriosis, the menopause, PCOS, hormone irregularities, and osteoporosis. Dr Mark will use a combination of holistic assessments and laboratory testing to identify the underlying hormonal and nutritional imbalances that might be contributing to your specific health challenge. You will then be provided with a complete health programme, including advice on nutritional supplementation, diet, lifestyle changes and mind-body self-help techniques.

The initial 55 minute consultation is £150 and subsequent 30 minute follow-ups (which can be done by phone or in person) are £80 each

The Intelligent Way to Lose Weight programme is a personalised12 week weight loss plan based on Dr Atkinson's book and seminar of the same name. 

Unlike most diet plans, which advocate just changing the types and amounts of foods that you eat in order to lose weight, The Intelligent Way to Lose Weight programme will show you how to identify and resolve the five most common barriers to easy and permanent weight loss. Furthermore, you will learn how to:

• Overcome emotional eating

• Increase your energy and lift your mood

• Permanently dissolve food cravings

In the first session Dr Atkinson will make an assessment of your weight and health situation, arrange biochemical, hormonal and nutritional testing (if appropriate) and provide you with a comprehensive personalised 12-week weight loss programme. Your programme will include advice on diet, nutritional supplementation, lifestyle changes and actions to be taken, as well as teaching you a number of mind-body self-help techniques. The cost of this initial 2 hour session is £300 (this includes e-mail support for the duration of the programme)

The subsequent once monthly sessions, which can be done by telephone last 30 minutes and cost £80 each. 

4.The TMS Solutions Programme

Tension Myoneural Syndrome is regarded by some mind-body medicine doctors as being a common, but often undiagnosed cause of chronic/recurring back, neck, limb and leg pain. My treatment programme combines a number of different psychological and emotionally-focused tools and approaches for recovering from TMS and resolving the underlying emotional conflicts and patterns of self-imposed pressure that are inevitably present. 

The complete TMS Solutions Programme costs £400 and includes:

• A 2 hour initial consultation
  
• A full TMS Assessment
  
• The TMS Solutions Workbook
• Teaching of the core TMS mind-body approaches
• E-Mail Follow-Up & Support
• Two 30 minute appointments/telephone calls after 2 and 6 weeks

In addition to this about 10% of my patients will also need to undergo a short-course of psychotherapy treatment. If I think you don't have TMS, I will charge you £150 for a one hour consultation.

This pioneering programme is designed to support you in making a full recovery from the symptoms and life-limiting effects relating to past traumas, including physical/sexual/emotional abuse, violence (experiencing or witnessing), rape, natural disasters, neglect or abandonment during childhood, bereavement, accidents, medical/dental procedures and/or birth stress.

The three main components to this programme are

Stage One - De-activating the emotional charge held in the brain using The Rewind Technique. The Rewind Technique is a safe, non-voyeuristic and highly effective method for treating trauma and PTSD. The vast majority of people experience a significant (over 70%) reduction in their symptoms following one session. The process is gentle, comfortable and doesn't involve 're-living' of unpleasant events.

Stage Two - De-activating the emotional charge held in the body using the Core Stress Release™ . It is now acknowledged amongst some trauma specialists that trauma is held within the body as an energy charge, that can remain despite de-activating it using mind-based approaches such as the rewind technique or EMDR. Core Stress Release is an easy to learn series of exercises which  incraese body awareness /acceptance and release the deep muscle contractions and tension that were created in the body in response to trauma.

Stage Three - Updating beliefs and behaviours. One of the consequences of trauma is the creation of belief systems and behavioural patterns that significantly restrict your ability to experience a rich and fulfilling life. This stage uses a variety of innovative approaches to expand your beliefs and behaviours in a way that promotes emotional health, intimacy and vitality.

The Integrated Trauma Recovery Programme takes place over three 2 hour sessions, although the exact number of sessions will vary according to your needs. Each 2-hour session costs £300.

If you have any questions or wish to make an appointment please phone0845 094 6450 or send us an e-mail via our contact us page. Please state which programme you would like to participate in when contacting us.

The Integrated Medical Practice @ Town Hall Buildings (Regus)
First Floor, Castle Street, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 7ND

(Situated next door to the castle street part of Nationwide Building Society - look for the Regus sign)

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