Dissociation is a disconnection from thoughts, feelings, surroundings, or sense of identity. Depersonalisation and derealisation are among the most distressing dissociative experiences. Dissociation is often a response to trauma and is a recognised, understandable psychological response that can be treated effectively.
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We use trauma-informed approaches including EMDR, somatic therapy, and stabilisation-focused work. We always prioritise your safety and work at a pace that feels manageable.
Dissociation and depersonalisation can be profoundly disorienting — a sense of being cut off from yourself, your feelings, or the world around you. At London Trusted Therapy, we understand these experiences as meaningful psychological responses, not signs of serious disorder, and we have the specialist expertise to work with you safely and effectively.
Every practitioner at London Trusted Therapy holds substantial postgraduate training and professional accreditation, with a minimum of five years of clinical experience and an average of fifteen to twenty years across the team. Our practitioners include chartered and counselling psychologists, psychotherapists and counsellors accredited with the BACP, UKCP, COSRT and HCPC- all working under the clinical direction of Dr Olena Edwards-Skadowska, BACP Accredited Psychotherapist, MBPsS, FMBPsS, and actively practising clinician.
Dr Edwards-Skadowska is the recipient of the Outstanding Leadership Award for Services to Mental Health, presented at the Health 2.0 Global Conference 2024 — a recognition that reflects the values of excellence, integrity, and genuine clinical commitment that run through everything London Trusted Therapy does.
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Dissociation is almost always rooted in trauma, and trauma rarely exists in isolation. Our multidisciplinary structure means we can draw on the full resources of the team — EMDR for trauma processing, psychiatry for clinical review where dissociation is severe or complex, and somatic approaches to help you re-establish a safe relationship with your body and present experience. Everything is coordinated within one practice.
London Trusted Therapy is a holistic practice. We do not begin with a protocol and fit you to it — we begin with you.
For dissociation and depersonalisation, this means prioritising stabilisation, safety, and the gradual restoration of felt presence before any deeper trauma processing begins. Somatic Experiencing is central to this work — gently supporting re-connection with bodily experience and the present moment, building a sense of being safely inhabitable in one’s own body. Mindfulness-based approaches are carefully adapted for dissociative presentations, focusing on grounding and orientation rather than inward attention. EMDR is integrated for trauma processing once sufficient stabilisation has been established. Psychodynamic and existential approaches help make meaning of the dissociative experience and the history that underlies it. We work entirely at your pace, with your safety always the priority.
Should you feel that your first session did not meet your expectations or that your therapist wasn’t a good fit, we will provide another session completely free of charge with a different practitioner.
