I’m Yvonne Mountford, a BABCP-accredited CBT therapist with over 10 years’ experience working across mental health and social care.

I specialise in supporting children, teenagers and families and I also work with adults. I offer a warm, practical and evidence-based approach to therapy, shaped by both professional training and my lived experience of ADHD. That means I understand, personally as well as clinically, how challenging life can feel when emotions are intense, anxiety is persistent, or everyday demands become overwhelming.

Therapy with me is never one-size-fits-all. I take time to understand you (or your child), what’s getting in the way, and what will genuinely help, then tailor our work around your individual needs.

How I work

I draw on a range of therapeutic approaches to create support that feels right for you and leads to meaningful, lasting change:

• CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy)
  Evidence-based strategies for understanding and changing unhelpful patterns of thought and behaviour.

• ERP (Exposure and Response Prevention)
  A gold-standard treatment for OCD and phobias.

• Parent-Led CBT
  Supporting parents to confidently help younger children at home.

• ACT (Acceptance & Commitment Therapy)
  Building resilience, psychological flexibility and values-based living.

• DBT Skills (Dialectical Behaviour Therapy)
  Practical tools for emotional regulation, distress tolerance and healthier relationships.

• DDP (Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy) & Therapeutic Life Story Work
  Attachment-focused approaches, particularly helpful for adoption and trauma-informed work.

Therapy is always collaborative, whether I’m working directly with your child, alongside you as a parent, or with you as an adult client. We’ll work at a pace that feels safe, supportive and purposeful.