Helping children and young people understand their emotions, build resilience and improve their mental health
Our mission
Emotius Psychology is dedicated to alleviating emotional distress and promoting the psychological well-being of children, young people and their families.
We believe that if children are given the right therapeutic tools, they can learn to overcome life’s challenges and grow into confident, happy and resilient young adults.
What we do
Emotius Psychology provides high-quality psychological assessment and evidence-based therapeutic interventions for children, adolescents and young people experiencing mental health and emotional difficulties.
We also work with parents and carers to help them manage anxiety and/or challenging behaviour in their children. We offer a compassionate, non-judgmental approach to supporting the mental health and emotional well-being of our clients. Emotius Psychology offers a range of flexible and accessible clinical services.
This includes evening and weekend appointments that are convenient for families and do not interfere with school or work commitments. We offer online or face-to-face appointments at our clinic rooms in Twickenham, southwest London. Emotius Psychology also provides a comprehensive neuropsychological assessment and report writing service.
Dr. Sara Bhattachary
BSc (Hons), DClinPsy, CPsychol, MBPsS
Dr. Sara Bhattachary is a Clinical Psychologist and the founder & director of Emotius Psychology.
Sara has over 25 years of experience working with clients across the lifespan within mental health services. She has spent the last 14 years of her NHS practice specialising in Child and Adolescent mental health, working with children and young people of all ages who are experiencing psychological difficulties. Sara has a special interest in working with anxiety disorders; in particular, the treatment of complex obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD).
Sara works predominantly using cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) but will utilise other therapeutic approaches when required. This may include Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Compassion Focussed Therapy (CFT), and systemic / parenting approaches.
In addition to her work with Emotius Psychology, Sara continues to work as a Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist in the NHS within a Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) in London.
Dr. Bhattachary is registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and as a Chartered Clinical Psychologist with the British Psychological Society (BPS). She is a member of the Association of Child Psychologists in Private Practice (AChiPPP). Dr Bhattachary holds an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) certificate.
Qualifications
Doctorate in
Clinical Psychology (DClinPsy)Institute of Psychiatry
King’s College London
BSc (First Class Hons)
in Psychology
Goldsmiths’ College
University of London
