Lorena Balbinot

I am a psychotherapist specialising in trauma and complex trauma. My work is about helping people who feel stuck, unsatisfied, or disempowered to regain a sense of hope, meaning, and agency.

Training and Experience

My training includes a Master's in Integrative Arts Psychotherapy, Body-Centred Humanistic Counselling, Somatic Experiencing (fully accredited SE therapist), and Deep Brain Reorienting (level 2). I have also trained in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Relational Trauma Therapy, and TIST. I am an accredited Bioenergetics Teacher.

Over the past 15 years I have worked in world-renowned residential settings for trauma recovery, in the charity sector, and in NHS services covering acute mental health, early intervention for psychosis, and inpatient care. During this time I have received training and supervision directly by Janina Fisher, Dick Schwartz (IFS), Deb Dana, and Steven Porges.

How I Work

My clinical experience covers working with shock and relational/developmental trauma, PTSD, complex PTSD, BPD, anxiety, depression, burnout, complex grief, shame, dissociation, chronic pain, codependency, addiction, OCD, intergenerational and systemic trauma, suicidality, self-harm, psychosis, dementia.

The way I work is collaborative, relational, and educational. My intention is to offer a welcoming and non-shaming space where clients can develop self-awareness, knowledge, and skills that will allow them to feel empowered again and lead the satisfying life they deserve.

I am registered with HCPC, and NCPS. I offer sessions in English and Italian.