Summary
Lorraine is a Senior Cognitive Behavioural Therapist and has been part of the Oxford CBT team since 2017. She brings warmth, empathy, and a collaborative style to her work, helping clients gain meaningful insight into their difficulties and make lasting, positive changes.
With experience supporting adolescents, university students, adults, and older adults across the UK and internationally, Lorraine tailors her approach to each client’s unique background and needs. She is particularly skilled in working with complex psychological presentations and uses evidence-based methods to help clients shift long-standing patterns and build healthier, more fulfilling ways of living.
Lorraine has a specialist interest in Schema-Focused CBT, a powerful approach that explores the development of rigid, unhelpful beliefs and coping styles. Her work helps clients gain deeper self-awareness, challenge ingrained patterns, and develop healthier ways of relating to themselves and others. As an additional skillset, she also incorporates Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT) and Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy (EAET), supporting clients experiencing chronic pain through evidenced-based mind-body techniques that address the neurological basis of persistent symptoms.
Approach
Lorraine works collaboratively with clients to develop practical, personalised strategies based on cognitive behavioural principles. She supports individuals in identifying and reshaping unhelpful thinking patterns, emotional responses, and behavioural habits. Her approach remains grounded in cognitive behavioural therapy while allowing flexibility to integrate other effective, evidence-based methods where appropriate. Whether working with long- standing emotional challenges, day-to-day stressors, or mind-body symptoms such as functional neurological presentations and complex chronic pain, Lorraine’s aim is to foster self- understanding, resilience, and meaningful, lasting change.
Experience
Lorraine has worked across a wide range of clinical and cultural settings in both the UK and Asia. Her international background brings a culturally sensitive and inclusive lens to therapy, and she is experienced in supporting clients from diverse walks of life. Known for creating a safe, respectful, and non-judgmental space, Lorraine helps clients feel heard and empowered as they work towards their goals with confidence and clarity.
Alongside her core CBT qualifications, Lorraine has completed specialist training in:
- Schema-Focused CBT for identifying and reshaping deeply rooted beliefs and behaviourpatterns.
- Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT) and Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy (EAET) through the PRT Centre (USA) and through Dr Howard Schubiner offices (Freedom from Chronic Pain, USA), supporting clients with chronic pain by addressing the mind-body connection and promoting emotional healing.
Lorraine is committed to lifelong learning and regularly undertakes advanced professional development to enhance her clinical practice. Her continual professional training highlights include:
- Living with Uncertainty
- Clinical Perfectionism
- Sleep Difficulties
- Grief and Bereavement
- Compassion-Focused CBT
- Adolescent Depression and Anxiety
- CBT application for older people
- Functional Neurological disorder
- Neurodiversity: ADHD and ASD
- Pain Reprocessing Therapy
- Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy
Interesting facts
Lorraine has a deep appreciation for cultural diversity, architecture, and exploring world cuisines. Earlier in life, she trained in ballet at the Royal Academy of Dance, and today she enjoys practicing yoga regularly to support her own wellbeing. A keen traveller, Lorraine loves discovering new places and meeting people from all walks of life, bringing curiosity and openness to both her personal and professional journey.
Treatments
- Excessive Worry/ GAD – Teens 16+ and Adults
- Social Anxiety – Teens 16+ and Adults
- Panic Attacks/Disorders – Teens16+ and Adults
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) – Teens 16+ and Adults
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) – Teens 16+ and Adults
- Specific Phobias / Driving Phobias / Agoraphobia – Teens 16+ and Adults
- Low Self-Esteems – Teens 16+ and Adults
- Stress Management – Teens 16+ and Adults
- Unhelpful habits (eg. Self Criticism, perfectionism, procrastination) – Teens 16+ and Adults
- Anger Management – Teens 16+ and Adults
- Overeating/Binge eating – Teens 16+ and Adults
- Body Image difficulties – Teens 16+ and Adults
- Depression / SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder) – Teens 16+ and Adults
- Sleep difficulties/insomnia – Teens 16+ and Adults
- Bereavement – Teens 16+ and Adults
- Physical Health Conditions (Chronic Pain) – Teens 16+ and Adults
