Manuel Navarro
Manuel is an experienced family and couples therapist working with young people and adults
Therapeutic Models Manuel uses in his practice
Systemic Family Therapy and Couples Therapy
Attachment-Based Family Therapy for Young People with low mood (ABFT)
Attachment Narrative Therapy (ANT)
Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy for adoptive families (DDP)
Emotion Focused Family Therapy to support family members with emotional difficulties and eating disorders (EFFT)
Non-Violent Resistance for parents of children with behavioural difficulties (NVR)
Parenting Skills Training
Family-Based Treatment for Anorexia and Bulimia (FBT & FT-AN)
Emotion Focused Couples Therapy (EFT)
Gottman’s Couples Therapy
Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB)
Affiliations, Memberships & Qualifications
MScFT Systemic Family Psychotherapy
Registered Clinical Systemic Supervisor with the Association of Family Therapy (AFT)
DipSW Social Work Degree
Manuel has worked in NHS services for the last 20 years, with experience in adult community mental health teams and Child and Adolescent services (CAMHS), where he has specialised in working with families to support a relative struggling with their mental health using evidence-based techniques and strategies supported by the National Institute of Clinical Excellence in the UK, NICE.
Therapy with Families: Most people come to Family Therapy afraid of being blamed or getting told off by their therapist about all the things they have been doing wrong. Instead, in family therapy we consider family members to be a resource and part of the solution rather than the cause of the problem.
Families often try different ways in which to support a loved one. In Family Therapy sessions, you will explore your personal and family histories, as well as the resources and needs each family member has, amplifying more empathic and curious conversations, which helps family members to get out of the rut in which they have been feeling stuck for quite some time.
Depending on what your loved one’s and family’s needs are, there is a range of techniques and strategies which are recommended in order to achieve your goals, and this can be discussed and agreed on in the sessions with your therapist.
Therapy with couples: Emotionally Focused Therapy and the Gottman Method are evidence based models of helping couples work through their differences, improve their communication and learn how to support each other.
Individual Therapy: Exploring cultural and family influences in current behaviours and emotional responses as well as family attachments. Understanding and development of strategies from an interpersonal neurobiology framework.
Manuel has experience of working with young people and adults experiencing:
Depression
Low mood
Self-harming
Challenging behaviours
Neuro-developmental disorders
Anxiety
Eating Disorders
ARFID
Bereavement
Grief
Trauma
Psychosis
Bipolar Disorder
Estranged relatives
Manuel speaks fluent English and Spanish.
Email Manuel on homebasedtreatment@gmail.com