Dr Aariya Rae
Clinical Psychologist
About Me
Aariya Rae has worked in the field of mental health and well-being for over 20 years with both children and adults in many different settings. She specialises in supporting adults and young people dealing with challenges from ADHD, to anxiety, parenting struggles and raising children with high sensitivity. Including navigating challenges like overwhelm, chronic stress and over thinking.
As a Clinical Psychologist in the NHS, she gained expertise in child psychology, recovery from childhood trauma and positive parenting. She went on to train as a Yoga Teacher and in many therapeutic Tools for working with the body-mind system, including specialist training in ADHD, chronic stress and nervous system health. She has found that the greatest change and improvement in well-being comes from taking an approach that includes both the body and the mind.
Aariya takes a holistic approach, where all parts of you are welcome. Drawing from a range of evidence-based tools from Compassion Focused Therapy, Internal Family Systems and Mindfulness Based approaches, she works with what best fits the client. Her approach is grounded in the here and now, whilst recognising the influence of past experiences and trauma on the body-mind system.
Specialist Interests:
Recovery from Trauma, Anxiety, Stress and ADHD in women, Parenting for highly sensitive and high energy children.
Education
- Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (DClinPsych)
- Psychology BSc (Hons)
- CPsychol
