Psychotherapist

Galia Georgieva - Psychotherapist. Applied Psychology Researcher. Child Harm Prevention Advocate

ABOUT ME

Galia brings over 8,000 clinical hours of experience across one-to-one and group psychotherapy settings within the NHS, the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC), non-governmental organisations (NGOs), Community Mental Health Teams (CMHTs), private clinics, and rehabilitation centres.

Her areas of specialism include stress- and anxiety-related difficulties, adverse life experiences, PTSD, sexual abuse and exploitation, depression, dissociative disorders, substance use and behavioural addictions, relationship challenges, and personality-related difficulties. Her work is integrative in nature, informed by psychodynamic, humanistic, and cognitive-behavioural frameworks, and focused on depth, meaning, and psychological change rather than symptom management alone.

Galia is trained in the safeguarding of vulnerable adults, young people, and children. She has worked with clients from a wide range of ethnic, religious, and cultural backgrounds and has formal training in equality and diversity. She has experience working therapeutically with LGBTQ+ individuals and neurodivergent clients (Autism, ADHD)

She is psychopathology-informed and holds certifications in the Mental Capacity Act and PREVENT awareness, enabling her to work ethically and confidently within complex clinical, safeguarding, and institutional contexts.

Galia works psychotherapeutically with adults, young people, and children.

EDUCATION

MSc in Legal Psychology, Criminology, and Forensic Sciences
Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (Level 4)
Diploma in Children’s Therapy
Diploma in Depression Counselling
Diploma in Neuroplasticity
Diploma in Jungian Psychotherapy
Diploma in Secondary Education (Humanities) — Psychology, History, and Philosophy

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS. DIPLOMAS. PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATES

ADDITIONAL SPECIALIST MODULES

Mental Health & Neurodevelopment

Certificate in Integrative Psychotherapeutic Counselling
Certificate in Attachment-Based Therapy
Certificate in Working with Anxiety
Certificate in Trauma, Anxiety and Mental Health
Certificate in Working with Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse
Certificate in Human Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom
Certificate in Working with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Hypnotherapy with Children and Adolescents
Certificate in Mental Health Awareness: hearing voices, psychotic episodes, hallucinations, treatments, Mental Health Act 1983 (amended 2007), personality disorders, bipolar disorder, depression, counselling
Certificate in Autism Awareness
Certificate in Awareness of Mental Health, Dementia, and Learning Disabilities
Certificate in Working with Challenging Behaviour

Addiction, Substance Use & Recovery

Certificate in Addiction: Neuroscience and Recovery Therapy
Certificate in Addiction: From Heroin to Workaholism — A Biopsychosocial Perspective
Certificate in Alcohol Misuse: diagnosis and dual diagnosis, abstinence and harm reduction, relapse and recovery, individual and group support
Certificate in Drug Misuse:
GHB, benzodiazepines, hallucinogens (LSD, psilocybin), inhalants, opioids, heroin, methadone, steroids, stimulants (amphetamines, ecstasy), cocaine and crack cocaine, nicotine, anaesthetics, PCP, ketamine, cannabinoid substances; caring for drug users; treatment, intervention, detoxification, diagnosis, and dual diagnosis
Certificate in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) for Changing Addictive Behaviour

Safeguarding & Duty of Care

Certificate in Safeguarding and Protection of Adults
Certificate in Children Safeguarding
Certificate in Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults: abuse and neglect, criminal offences, rights violations, emotional and psychological abuse, physical abuse, sexual abuse, financial and material abuse, institutional abuse, domestic abuse, modern slavery
Certificate in Risk Assessment and Risk Management
Certificate in Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS)
Certificate in Mental Capacity, Court of Protection, Advance Decisions, and IMCA Advocacy
Certificate in Anti-Radicalisation and PREVENT Awareness (Schools)

Clinical Practice, Communication & Professional Standards

Certificate in Care Planning and Assessment: assessing care plans, continuity of care, promoting best interests
Certificate in Assessing Needs
Certificate in Safe Administration of Medicines
Certificate in First Aid Training
Certificate in Equality and Diversity
Certificate in Confidentiality and Information Governance
Certificate in Documentation and Record Keeping
Certificate in Data Protection, including GDPR
Certificate in Effective Communication: verbal and non-verbal communication, effective listening
Certificate in Conflict Management

Psychopathology (British Psychological Society accredited) — 30 hours
Psychopathology (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy accredited) — 75 hours
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Psychology — 30 hours
Psychology Across Time and Cultures — 30 hours
Mechanisms of the Mind: emotion, perception and vision, thinking and reasoning, attention, social cognition — 30 hours
Cognitive and Biological Explanations of Behaviour: neuronal communication, basic genetics and evolution, ADHD — 30 hours
Psychological Interventions: families and parenting, psychology of education, psychosexual relationship therapy, counselling for depression — 30 hours
Individual Differences: intelligence, emotional intelligence, psychometric scales, theories of personality, psychopathy, narcissism, Machiavellianism, trait theories, cognitive and motivational factors — 30 hours
Humanistic and Person-Centred Therapy — 75 hours
Psychodynamic Therapy — 75 hours
Gestalt Therapy — 35 hours
Transactional Analysis Therapy — 35 hours
Forensic Sciences — 105 hours
Legal Psychology — 30 hours
Family Law and Child Mediation — 135 hours
Criminal Law and Criminology — 390 hours
Organisation of Human Rights Bodies — 30 hours
Court-Appointed Expert Reports and Forensic Expert Evidence — 45 hours
Rhetoric and Advocacy Skills — 60 hours
Penal Enforcement — 30 hours
Political and Legal Doctrines — 30 hours
Legal Philosophy — 30 hours

Galia adheres to the professional standards and ethical frameworks of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), the British Psychological Society (BPS), and the British Neuroscience Association (BNA).