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Here at Khiron Clinics, all our professional staff are dedicated to helping our patients overcome the debilitating symptoms of trauma. Our clinical leadership team have decades of experience within the trauma and mental health fields, and are supported by world class advisers and a robust corporate and clinical governance structure, ensuring they can provide the best treatment possible for our patients.
Our Innovative programme of nervous-system informed therapies is advised by Bessel van de Kolk, Stephen Porges, Deb Dana, Janina Fisher and Licia Sky. Our advisers contribute to the direction, innovation and supervision of Khiron Clinics. They are not employed by Khiron Clinics and are not individually responsible for the service delivery at the clinics.
Professor Rex Haigh is a Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrist and an NHS Consultant Psychiatrist who has been fascinated by therapeutic communities since learning his psychiatry in one, as an Oxford medical student.
His professional background is general practice, psychiatry, psychotherapy and group analysis. He has been an NHS Consultant Psychiatrist since 1994 and worked with the Department of Health as Clinical Advisor for the National Personality Disorder Programme.
Rex is the Honorary Professor of Therapeutic Environments and Relational Health in Nottingham University’s School of Sociology and Social Policy and leads the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Enabling Environments project. He is the chair of The Growing Better Lives social enterprise, which won the Royal College of Psychiatrists 2014 Sustainability Award, and is part of the Institute of Mental Health’s Social Futures Centre as an Integrated Research Group.
Rex is the Medical Director of Khiron Clinics, a non-executive member of the Board of Directors, and the Chair of the Ethics and Governance Board.
Prahlad is a Body-Psychotherapist, a Biodynamic Craniosacral therapist, and a Somatic Experiencing practitioner. Drawing from his background in spiritual development, meditation an orientation to wholeness is an intrinsic aspect of his work.
For over two decades he has supported people with a variety of trauma related conditions including chronic disease, abuse, addiction and terminal illness. He is the Clinical Director of Khiron Clinics.
Tracey is the Clinical Lead at Khiron residential clinics and joined in 2018. Alongside providing therapy to clients at the residential clinics, Tracey undertakes assessments to determine new clients suitability for admission, providing clinically informed recommendations. Tracey has a Masters degree and a Doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology and is HCPC registered. She has a diploma in Schema Therapy and has training in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Brainspotting, Bodynamics, and BWRT. She is currently working towards becoming a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner. Her background is in working with Complex PTSD, Dissociative Disorders, Mood and Anxiety disorders, Attachment disorders, Personality disorders, and Psychosis, drawing from a variety of approaches including Polyvagal Theory, Schema Therapy, IFS, Sensorimotor and Somatic therapies, Mindfulness, and Structural Dissociation.
Tom teaches Tai Chi, and, with 20 years of practice, is an ‘inner circle’ student of Master San Gee Tam and a leader in the Golden Flower School. The deep knowledge passing to him is the synthesis of lineage Tai Chi from renown Masters. He teaches Tai Chi as a method developing of physical ability, energy and spiritual insight. Having studied Standing Qigong through ongoing daily practice for 15 years, he practices a variety of Forms, Exercises, Meditations, Breathing and most importantly Being Here Now! He aims to inspire people on their path of growth.
Luciana is a Somatic Experiencing practitioner and a psychotherapist. She has a Masters Degree in Jungian Psychodynamic Psychology and training in Parent-Infant Psychotherapy. She specialises in developmental trauma and its impact in adult life, and aims to integrate the recent neurobiological research regarding trauma and emotions in her work. She draws on a variety of approaches and is passionate about integrating mindfulness and body based therapy to further our healing process. As well as her practice with adults she also works with parents and infants, some of the time in this field spent working at Northwick Park Hospital and at Kids Company.
Jess is the Clinic Supervisor at Khiron Clinic and joined the team in 2018 when the clinic opened. Here role as the clinic supervisor includes the management of a team of dedicated support workers and working collaboratively with support workers, clinical staff and external bodies to provide expert person-centred care to clients. Jess has worked in healthcare since 2011, including experience in palliative care settings and caring for patients with dementia, Huntington’s disease, schizophrenia, and Parkinson’s disease. Jess is currently studying for a BSc in Psychology with Counselling and has qualifications in health and social care, business and multimedia studies.
Amber is a Therapist at Khiron residential clinics and our outpatient service, She specialises in trauma, suicide prevention and sexual abuse. She also works with addiction, gender issues and depression. Amber has a Masters Degree in Gestalt Psychotherapy, a modality that is person-centred and has a strong focus on the therapist-client relationship, awareness and the body. Amber uses a combination of her skills in Gestalt therapy, the polyvagal theory, and her own creativity to facilitate supporting individuals in their journey towards healing. Whilst living in Malta, she was a casual lecturer in victimology at the University of Malta and managed a therapeutic service for victims of crimes. She is a member of GPTI. Amber has a great love for animals and began her career working with them alongside people. Whilst in the USA she worked at the Human-Dolphin Institute providing dolphin assisted therapy to vulnerable people.
Aleka has worked as a dramatherapist and dance movement psychotherapist in education, social services and NHS Forensic Services. She is currently employed by the NHS in Acute and Community Mental Health Services and also with the National Specialist Service for Personality Disorders. Aleka teaches on the MA in Drama and Movement therapy training in London and also guest lectures nationally and internationally. Aleka has been actively promoting an embodied approach to therapy drawing on her clinical work, research and specialist training in the treatment of trauma. Aleka is accredited by BADth, HCPC, ADMP and UKCP.
Tracy is a Therapist at Khiron residential clinics. Her training includes, Foundation in Counselling & Psychotherapy, Diploma in Attachment Theory, SSP, Somatic Experiencing, Internal Family Systems, Polyvagal theory, Neuro Affective Touch & Janina Fishers Structural Dissociation training. Tracy started mentoring teenagers in 2008, a role she found particularly fulfilling and has since worked in secondary education settings, providing counselling to vulnerable students.
Tracy’s training allows her to work with the client’s mind in a verbal capacity and with their body in a nonverbal capacity. Through Somatic Experience work Tracy can help the body tell its own story, looking at the wisdom of the body as it clearly reflects our implicit memory from our past experiences.
Lucy is a Therapist at Khiron residential clinics and our outpatients service As an Integrative Therapist, she strives for a pluralistic and holistic approach to therapy. She is passionate about using the body to integrate experiences and has a special interest in neuroscience, stress, and trauma. She has a special interest working with PTSD, complex PTSD and DID. Lucy holds the importance of the therapist-client relationship and its role in healing. She is currently in the competition phase of the Sensorimotor level 2 training. Alongside this she is trained to level 2 in IFS and Bodynamics. In addition, Lucy brings the outdoors to her therapy, including working with animals, as she holds that connections to and containment within nature, are full of healing potential.
Sasha is a Therapist at Khiron residential clinics and our outpatient service. She is a registered Somatic Movement Psychotherapist (ADMP), Creative Dance Facilitator and Yoga teacher. Sasha has an MA in Dance Movement Psychotherapy (DMP). She works with children and adults using a trauma sensitive, person centered, embodied creative approach. She is influenced by Somatic, Developmental, Transpersonal and Trauma theories. In sessions alongside a focus on sensations in the body she may incorporate other creative mediums which can include art making, poetry, free writing, and can also draw on Authentic Movement, The Felt Sense, and Inner Child Work to support the integration of all aspects of self.
Mark is a Therapist at Khiron Day Clinic. He is a certified somatic coach, trained at the Strozzi Institute and is a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner. Mark has more than twenty years’ experience as a classical dancer and dance teacher. His passion for movement is channelled into his work as therapist, meaning he is inspired to share this powerful healing modality and to create collaborative therapeutic relationships with clients. He describes his approach as gentle, intuitive and body orientated. Mark has been the Director of the Somatic Experiencing Association, UK, since 2021.
Sonalle is a Therapist at Khiron Day Clinic. Sonalle has been working in mental health and personal development for over 10 years, supporting people with mental, neurological, cognitive and physical health conditions to identify and attain their life goals. She has worked as a specialist occupational therapist and mental health care coordinator in private and NHS settings. Her approach is holistic, integrative, solution focused and trauma-informed; encompassing the cognitive, behavioural and interpersonal, whilst harnessing the power of the imagination to deal with mental and emotional distress. Her training includes Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Human Givens Psychotherapy, Internal Family Systems, Polyvagal Theory, Mindfulness, EFT, DBT and NLP.
Rachel is the Yoga teacher at Khiron Clinics. Rachel has been practicing Yoga for over 30 years and teaching since 2006. Rachel trained to become a Hatha Yoga teacher with the British Wheel of Yoga, graduating in 2009. Rachel has extensive training in Anatomy and Physiology, with a special interest in the Nervous System, the Brain and the Vagus Nerve. She follows a trauma-informed approach to working with the body and is highly skilled in adapting her yoga classes to clients with mobility issues. She has worked in many fitness centres, corporate businesses, educational settings, community classes and private practice. She holds regular workshops based on Longevity, Posture and the Chakras and has held yearly Yoga retreats in Tuscany since 2016. She held the role as Oxfordshire County Representative for the British Wheel of Yoga for 3 years (2013-16).
Lorena is a Therapist at Khiron residential clinics. She is an Integrative Arts Psychotherapist, a qualified Humanistic Body-Centred Counsellor and a Bioenergetics teacher. Lorena has offered Arts psychotherapy in healthcare settings such as an NHS Inpatient Dementia and Mental Health Assessment Centre, an Early Intervention in Psychosis service in the NHS and provided humanistic counselling to staff members at a care home in Italy. She has also worked within a charity for families with children under 5, providing therapy to parents with complex presentations, and provided long-term therapy at a charity for people who struggle with drug and alcohol misuse.
Sophie is a Senior Support Worker in Khiron Clinic. She has a BSc in Criminology and Criminal Justice, has worked in a number of management and supervisor roles and has seven years of experience in customer service settings. Sophie has previously trained a team of employees in her role as a Customer Support Executive at Purdicom. She has also trained as a listening volunteer with the Samaritans, where she supported vulnerable individuals in moments of acute distress.
Agnes is the Clinical Assistant at Khiron Clinics. She worked as a bank support worker and house assistant in the residential clinic whilst studying for her BSc in Psychology at the University of Bristol. After graduating in 2021, Agnes began the role of Clinic Assistant where she assists the clinical team in administrative tasks, assessments, and runs creative groups with clients. Agnes also works as an Associate Researcher at the University of Bristol, where she is furthering her undergraduate dissertation on the impact of Childhood Trauma on Health Risk Behaviours into a published research paper.
Claire is the Clinical lead at Khiron Day Clinic. She trained at Regent’s University on an MA programme in Integrative Psychotherapy and Counselling Psychology. Her practice focuses on Gestalt, Mindfulness and EMDR from an attachment trauma perspective. She has worked for the NHS as a therapist offering CBT, Mindfulness and Integrative therapy for anxiety, depression and stress. She has experience working with trauma, panic attacks, anxiety disorders, and PTSD using EMDR to normalise stressful events, having trained with EMDR Association UK and Alexandra Richman.
Lillie is a Therapist at Khiron Day Clinic. She has a background is in theatre which is where she first noted the impact creativity has on mental health and well-being, meaning she greatly values incorporating this into her practice. Lillie has experience working in the NHS as a Psychotherapeutic Counsellor where she supported people presenting with anxiety, depression, body image issues and eating disorders. She also worked as a Psychotherapeutic Counsellor for a trans and non-binary health and wellbeing service. Lillie has copious experience supporting clients with suicidal ideation within a residential respite centre, supporting vulnerable women and people with addiction, and has worked with a diverse range of clients who worked within the sex industry. Her training in this regard includes working with clients with HIV, Relationship issues, Sexual and Gender Diversity.
Romana Akram is the Managing Director of Khiron Clinics. She is based at the residential clinic. Prior to joining the Khiron Clinics team, she worked in a residential setting, caring for the elderly, and then she joined a publishing firm as a business systems coordinator. Romana has a special interest in implementing new procedures to maximise efficiency. Romana has an MBA and is a member of the Board of Directors.
Angela Bent is the Intake Manager at Khiron Clinics. Angela has worked for Khiron Clinics since 2013, beginning as a support worker and then moving on to become House Manager at the residential clinic. Angela moved to the United States where she continues to manage intake and initial enquiries, referring clients on for assessment appointments and admission. Angela is a qualified paralegal, having worked in the legal field for over twenty years.
Leila is the Administrator for Khiron Clinics and joined the team in 2019. Leila is a qualified massage and beauty therapist and has gained diplomas in further holistic practices. Leila has studied Business and her background includes working within the healthcare industry including experience working with Dementia, Palliative Care, and clinical weight loss where she has enjoyed a variety of different roles ranging from support to administration.
Julie Napier is the Operations Manager for Khiron Clinics. She has been with the company since July 2019 and during that time has taken on lots of different responsibilities including the Registered Manager of the Clinic. Julie has worked in the Health and Social care industry since she was 18 years old. She enjoys helping others and has worked in various aspects of the care industry. Her passion is mental health recovery and well-being, treating people as individuals and ensuring the best care is always delivered.
Joe is the Operations Coordinator for the Khiron residential clinics. His role here is to support the Operations Manager in ensuring the clinic runs efficiently on a day-to-day basis. Joe has a successful background in sales, working in roles such as sales advisor, sales representative and account manager.
Fabiha is the Clinic Supervisor at Khiron Day Clinic. Her role here includes administrative tasks associated with the effective running of the clinic and working collaboratively with clinical staff to provide expert person-centred care to all residents. Fabiha is skilled in customer and sales services, with 6 years of experience in delivering a high standard of customer support in the cosmetic industry including working as an accomplished Retail Artist.
Benjamin is a psychotherapist, accredited by the BACP, who contributes to the media in the UK and is politically active in lobbying for better access to better treatment for all sections of society, working with the Centre for Social Justice and through Khiron House’s social enterprise Get Stable. He set up Khiron House after experiencing serious mental illness in 2009 and not receiving effective treatment for it in the UK. He is the Founder of Khiron House and the non-executive Chair of the Board of Directors.
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