Adult

When I started therapy with Chrissie, I had been in a perpetual cycle of stress and burnout for most of my adult life. I had attended counselling and CBT with other therapists in the past and, whilst helpful for a short time, I knew I needed to work with a clinical psychologist to make lasting, meaningful positive changes.

 From the very first session with Chrissie, I knew that I was in safe and very skilled hands.

 We have used a range of therapeutic approaches together to meet my needs, including Psychotherapy, Compassion focused therapy and EMDR. Therapeutic goals were agreed and reviewed regularly. Chrissie regularly augmented our sessions with recommendations for further reading and wellbeing tools to use and review between sessions.

 My life is transformed. I now have an extensive toolkit of techniques to manage the difficulties we all inevitably face in life. I also became aware of how prior trauma was impacting me on a daily basis and we worked on this successfully with EMDR. I’m able to recognise, understand and regulate my emotions, stay grounded, show myself compassion and really truly enjoy life like I never have before.

 I look back on my life before working with Chrissie and am so grateful to her for her input in my transformation from a highly stressed, traumatised woman living in survival mode to who I am now.

Young Person

Struggling with perfectionism made it difficult for me to open up, leaving me feeling trapped. From our very first meeting, Chrissie stood out as a kind and compassionate person who saw me as more than just my challenges. I appreciated her holistic approach to treatment, which employed a variety of techniques tailored to my needs. Chrissie equipped me with the tools to reach my full potential and manage my mental health effectively. Her guidance has profoundly transformed my life, helping me achieve what I once thought was impossible. I am incredibly proud of who I’ve become, and I can’t recommend Chrissie highly enough—she truly changed my life.

Parent

Our daughter needed help from a therapist but with very long NHS waiting lists we decided to look for someone in the private sector. We found Chrissie and outlined the problem and she had the experience to help. The sessions helped to address our daughters needs and we were also able to attend. The sessions were focused and had a clear purpose and her explanations and empathy gave us a sense of comfort and confidence. This helped give our daughter the confidence to speak freely and work on a plan of treatment. Over the weeks we gradually saw the positive benefits for her and us as a family. Knowing Chrissie was helping her and us as a family was a tremendous relief. During the therapy we also uncovered issues that I needed to address and Chrissie was able to help me enormously also. I would highly recommend her to anyone looking for an experienced, professional and kind therapist to help.

Young Person

Since starting my sessions with Chrissie I’ve learned so many techniques to help me cope with the different aspects of my anxiety and she has made such a positive change in my life. I’m now able to to enjoy things that anxiety previously held me back from and I am confident in tackling difficult feelings when they arise. Chrissie is an extremely warm and kind person and I thoroughly enjoyed attending sessions with her. She creates such a comforting atmosphere which was especially helpful when I first started my sessions. She has taught me so much and I have learned so much about myself along the way as well. My anxiety used to take control of my life and I’m so grateful that Chrissie has taught me how to take that control back.

Adult

Following traumatic experiences as a young person, the memories of these times were never far from my thoughts. Over time this had led to a deterioration in my health, and I realised I needed professional help. Reaching out to Dr Maguire, she provided both the safe environment and expert knowledge to work through my issues and challenges. The therapy provided was very helpful and has left me feeling in a much better place. Allowing me to move on from the memories of the past, being focused on the present and the future. 

Parent

"We reached out to Dr Maguire following concerns that our daughter was starting to display OCD traits,  with particular concern over hoarding. Through the early sessions with Chrissie our daughter  initially built up a rapport and then began sharing her thoughts and feelings.  Chrissie was able to help us with strategies and tools to support our daughter in dealing with her challenges. We were able to get our daughter engaged with an approach to manage her OCD and thanks to Chrissie's fantastic support and guidance we were able to provide our daughter with the support she required.  Over the 12 months, our daughter has been able to rationalise her thoughts and move forward with respect to her hoarding.  Chrissie was a great source of knowledge and was able to ensure we all remained focused to reach our goals. We would highly recommend Dr Maguire to other parents who require professional support to deal with complex behavioural issues.  We were struggling as parents to deal with our daughter's OCD, however now we are able to provide our daughter the support she needs to manage her feelings and behaviours.