Velia Robinson

Velia qualified as a mental health nurse in 1987 and worked in the NHS, mainly within Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services. She completed a CBT foundation course at Plymouth University in 2007 and Children and Young People IAPT training at master's level at the University of Exeter in 2014 and 2017, and has also trained in solution-focused therapy, mindfulness and creative therapies. She works with mood and anxiety disorders, including agoraphobia, depression, eating difficulties, obsessive compulsive disorder, panic attacks, performance anxiety, separation anxiety, social anxiety and specific phobias, along with difficulties around confidence, self-esteem and parenting. Her work places emphasis on the therapeutic alliance, working alongside people to help them achieve their goals.