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Recover has a committed team of experienced people who are all passionate about helping people
and their families to get well and embrace recovery.
David Gilmour - Founder and Director
How do you cram 39 years into a couple of paragraphs? My background was that I worked in the music industry for 15 years. At the beginning of 2004, I made a decision to leave the industry and set up Recover. From the very beginning, the aim of the company has always been to provide information for people looking for help and support for themselves or their loved ones. I have met many fantastic, caring people over the last few years that dedicate their time, efforts and passion into getting people well. Today, I am very proud of the fact that Recover work with many of those individuals and organizations.
I am currently doing an MA in Psychotherapy at Roehampton University, I have a wonderful family and I am a mad keen fly fisherman who is lucky enough to have friends who share the same passion! I still love music and get very excited from the buzz of hearing something new and unsigned. I love cooking, travelling and generally being outside surrounded by nature and all of it’s beauty.
Recovery has given me back a life today, which is a far cry from how I used to see the world,
and I look forward to carrying that message forward.
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Emmy Gilbert MA PgDip BAHons - Psychotherapist
Emmy is our eating disorders specialist and one to one psychotherapist. Emmy offers advice to hundreds of people looking for support and helps to find suitable treatment options for people in crisis. She offers clinical assessments around the UK and does a great deal of work supporting and advising families. Emmy holds a large caseload of one to one clients in Recover’s central London practice.
Prior to coming to Recover, Emmy worked for 2 years at a treatment centre called Life Works where she managed their admissions, alumni and aftercare departments. Preceding this Emmy taught a drug and alcohol program to young people and counselled the families of people struggling with addiction and eating disorders. Emmy has received extensive training on working with adolescents and has a Masters in Psychodynamic therapy. She is currently working towards her Phd in Psychodynamic Counselling.
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Vickie Hugh-Jones MBACP - Senior Therapist
Vickie is a qualified integrative counsellor. Vickie runs specialist workshops for people struggling with eating disorders and for family members and friends of those suffering with eating disorders.
Vickie specialises in working with those who want to both explore and change their relationship with food. Vickie feels that although food is often the presenting issue, the work is always more vibrant – addressing areas such as relationships, bereavements, self-esteem and communication.
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Sophie Frost BA Hons - Therapist
Sophie works as a therapist for The Recover Clinic, predominantly running our eating disorders therapy groups. Sophie began her career working in a private treatment facility where she worked closely with those affected by addiction and eating disorders. Sophie now works as the UK Clinical Coordinator for a facility in South Africa and also as a therapist for The Recover Clinic. Alongside her professional work, Sophie helped to develop a volunteer project dedicated to supporting and counselling women who have been the victims of sexual violence.
Sophie has completed a certificate in Counselling and Psychotherapy and is currently completing an MA in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy at the Tavistock in North London.
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Clara Parker BA Hons - Care Coordinator
Clara works as the care coordinator for the Recover Clinic. Clara offers advice and support to many of the people who use our support line and coordinates treatment programs for those looking for help.
Clara has worked within the treatment field for the last 5 years. She has predominantly worked with adolescents and young adults but has also done a great deal of training with adults on working with vulnerable young people. Since 2004, Clara has worked with children and young people to educate them about drugs and eating disorders and provided advice for families about substance misuse.
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Dee Harrington - Pilates Instructor
Dee Harrington has been practicing the Pilates Method for 25 years and teaching it for the last seven years. Dee says that Pilates has been the only exercise that she has really enjoyed and the only one, which continues to challenge her. It takes practice and you can do the mat method anywhere. Since becoming a teacher Dee has learnt a great deal about the uniqueness of the human body and how to adopt the exercises to suit the individual client. Dee helps clients feel relaxed through the breath control and rhythmical movements as well as teaching the technique for lean strong muscles and a flat firm centre. Many people suffer physical and emotional pain through injuries and trauma, and through the stretching and Pilates Method, Dee has been able to free up tight and painful areas of their bodies.
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Dany Lee Lic Ac, MBAcC, Lic, OHM, RCHM - Acupuncturist
Dany places great emphasis on treating the individual, the holistic approach of Acupuncture and Homeopathy recognises the enormous potential of the human body to adjust, repair and re-balance itself with a little help - thereby restoring good health and enhancing energy and well being.
A qualified TCM Acupuncturist and Herbalist, Dany trained for five years at the London Academy of Oriental Medicine and the London College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, followed by a three year Honours Degree in Homeopathy at University of Westminster.
She has 10 years experience treating a wide variety of ailments, specialising in addiction, gynecological problems, fertility, hormonal imbalances and immune support with a particular interest in the mental and emotional roots of illness. She is a member of the British Acupuncture Council.
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Gill Sanders BASR, UKCP, BACP -Sex Addiction Specialist
Gill is Recover Now’s sex addiction specialist. Gill believes that sexual addiction is not about any specific sexual behaviour but describes how this behaviour functions and how it is experienced in the life of the individual. It is not a medical disorder but it is a behaviour that closely parallels the diagnostic criteria for substance dependency.
As well as one to one work, Gill also offers intensive working sessions that are ideal for those who are time-limited or who live away from London. These sessions are very effective short-term programs and are goal orientated; they take place over a few days or a weekend. One of Gill’s key strengths is working with people for whom talking is difficult and talking about uncomfortable feelings is almost impossible. She has experience in working with couples, groups and individuals.
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