Shezre is a UKCP registered Family & Systemic Psychotherapist who currently works in a Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders Service in the NHS. She runs a private practice alongside her NHS work offering couple, individual and family therapy.
Shezre did her systemic psychotherapy training at the Institute of Family Therapy, and the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN), King’s College London.
Prior to this, Shezre qualified as a Relationship Counsellor with Relate London North West & Hertfordshire where she worked with couples, individuals and families with a range of presenting problems. She also worked as a Bereavement Counsellor for children and adolescents at CARIS Islington Bereavement Service.
In addition to her systemic training, Shezre has completed psychodynamic and psychoanalytic psychotherapy trainings at Tavistock Relationships, and with the British Psychoanalytic Association and the British Psychotherapy Foundation.
Shezre is an advocate of lifestyle medicine and recently attended the Integrative and Personalised Medicine Conference in London. She also promotes mindfulness and meditation and has undergone training at the University of Oxford’s Mindfulness Centre.
She holds an Enhanced DBS Certificate.
Education & Training
Counselling & Psychotherapy
MSc in Family Therapy, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London
Postgraduate Certificate in Intermediate Systemic Practice with Families and Couples, Institute of Family Therapy
Foundation Certificate in Couple & Family Counselling, Institute of Family Therapy
Postgraduate Certificate in Couple and Individual Psychodynamic Counselling and Psychotherapy, Tavistock Relationships
Introduction to Couple Counselling & Psychotherapy, Tavistock Relationships
Additional/CPD
Integrative and Personalised Medicine Conference (IPM 2023)
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) Skills Training: Essentials, British Isles DBT Training
Family Therapy for Bulimia Nervosa (FT-BN) Training, Maudsley Centre for Child & Adolescent Eating Disorders
Family Therapy for Anorexia Nervosa (FT-AN) Training, Maudsley Centre for Child & Adolescent Eating Disorders
Trauma-informed and Relationship-based practice, Camden Safeguarding Children Partnership (CSCP)
Child on Child Sexual Harassment, Camden Safeguarding Children Partnership (CSCP)
Sex and Sexuality in the Therapeutic Space: Breaking the Silence and Reducing Shame with Christiane Sanderson, Relate London North West & Hertfordshire
Intervening After Violence with Dr Arlene Vetere and Jan Cooper, Relate London North West & Hertfordshire
Formulation in Counselling and Psychotherapy with Rudi Dallos, Relate London North West & Hertfordshire
Bereavement Counselling Training Course, CARIS Islington Bereavement Service
Clinical and Theoretical Seminars, British Psychoanalytic Association
Meditation and Psychotherapy Workshop, British Psychotherapy Foundation
Mindfulness & Meditation
Foundational Training in Teaching Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Oxford Mindfulness Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford
8-week Mindfulness Course (Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy), The Mindfulness Project
Other
LLB (Hons), BPP University Law School
Graduate Diploma in Law, BPP University Law School
BA (Hons) in Film & Literature, University of Warwick
Memberships
UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP)
The Association for Family Therapy (AFT)
British Society of Lifestyle Medicine (BSLM)
College of Medicine and Integrated Health
