Partners

Dr Ellie Sorrell (she/her) is a Clinical Psychologist and a partner at the Dawn Lister Therapy Centre. She has over twenty years of experience in working in mental health. She spent the first part of her career conducting and publishing research into the management of depression.

Subsequently, she trained as a Clinical Psychologist, and spent over ten years working in the NHS offering therapy to individuals and groups, and providing training and consultation to teams in the NHS and Criminal Justice Systems. A significant part of this work involved supporting service users to share their experiences of using the mental health system with professionals, with the aim of improving care. Ellie has worked exclusively in private practice since 2018. In addition to seeing individuals for therapy, Ellie is keen to help the wider community understand and make use of psychological ideas to improve health and wellbeing.

Qualifications:

BSc (Hons), PGDip, PhD, PsychD (Clinical), AFBPsS.  

Dr Marta Karczewska (she/her) is a Clinical Psychologist and a partner at the DLTC with 20 years of clinical experience of working in the private sector, NHS and in the third sector. Marta values the opportunity to work with diverse groups of people and is passionate about supporting individuals in creating unique understandings of their experience.Witnessing individuals, families and communities introducing changes to their lives as a result of therapeutic work, offering space for restorative and preventative psychological growth and witnessing people reconnect with their resilience and resources are some of the most rewarding aspects of Marta’s career. Marta draws on a number of psychological theories, approaches and techniques, considering her clients’ individual circumstances, needs and preferences as well as up to date clinical guidelines and cutting-edge insights from research.

Professional Memberships:

• Practitioner Psychologist with Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
• Chartered Psychologist (CPsychol) with the British Psychological Society (BPS) and the Association of Clinical Psychologist

Dawn Lister is a partner at The Dawn Lister Therapy Centre and owner of Anahata Yoga and Wellbeing Centre. She is a complementary health therapist with 29 years experience in her field. Dawn teaches yoga, pilates and mindfulness as well as practising cranial sacral therapy and therapeutic massage. Dawn works with people of all ages from children to seniors who are looking for complementary ways to improve their health and wellbeing.Dawn is host of the successful podcast From The Heart. Heartwarming honest conversations with experts in their field. Yoga, meditation, therapy and living authentically.

To attend classes, workshops and retreats with dawn follow this link: Anahata Yoga Centre website

Or email dawn at anahata.leighonsea@gmail.com

Qualifications:

• MFUK IMC and MBSR
• CPCAB Level 4
• HYP Dip
• CST 11 Cranial Sacral Therapy Upledger
• Level 4 VTCT Massage Therapy
• Level 2 Myofascial Massage
• BSY (T) IYN (T) FTP (T)
• REIKI 1
• Pregnancy Yoga with Uma Dinsmore Tuli