Trauma & PTSD Specialist
EMDR Therapy Online & In-Person in the UK
If past experiences are still affecting how you feel, think or relate to others, you are not alone. Trauma can leave you feeling constantly on edge, emotionally overwhelmed, disconnected, or stuck in patterns you don’t fully understand.
You don’t have to carry this alone. Together we can explore not just the symptoms you’re living with, but the experiences that shaped them — and uncover a path forward that feels meaningful and
empowering.
I am Christine Hopfgarten, an experienced psychotherapist with over 20 years’ experience, specialising in helping people whose past experiences continue to affect their emotions, relationships
and daily life, including trauma, PTSD and complex PTSD. I specialise in EMDR therapy to help you process what feels “stuck” and move forward with greater stability, confidence and
self-understanding. I also offer CBT, psychodynamic psychotherapy and integrative therapy tailored to your individual needs.
Based in Ludlow, Shropshire, I offer in-person therapy locally and online therapy across the UK.
Get in touch to find out more or book a free 15-minute introductory call to discuss how I can help.
A Flexible, Integrative Approach
While EMDR is an important part of my work, I recognise that each person’s experience is unique and that therapy needs to be shaped around you.
You may be looking for practical tools to manage how you feel day to day, or you may want to understand yourself more deeply — particularly how past experiences have shaped your emotions, relationships and sense of self. Often, both are important.
Alongside EMDR, I draw on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), psychodynamic psychotherapy, and approaches that work with different parts of the self (including IFS-informed work). This allows us to work in a way that feels supportive, manageable and meaningful for you.
How I can help
Many of the people I work with experience:
- Anxiety or panic linked to past events
- Intrusive memories or flashbacks
- Emotional overwhelm or numbness
- Shame or low self-worth
- Difficulties with trust and intimacy
- Repeated patterns in relationships
As an experienced and accredited therapist I have experience working with a variety of difficulties and backgrounds and your therapy will be individually tailored to your particular problems
and needs. No difficulty or problem is too big or too small.
Therapy involves a lot of different things and everyone will respond to or find a different approach helpful. I am here to help you figure out what works best for you and guide you when needed.
Sometimes this might involve gaining a deeper understanding and other times this involves using different techniques or making important changes in your life.
Most importantly, I am here to make you feel listened to, take you seriously and respect you and offer my professional experience and knowledge to provide insight into what you feel, why you feel that way and how you behave. We can then decide together what will be needed to help you feel better and to maintain your progress.
Online EMDR Therapy
EMDR or Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing Therapy is a highly effective therapy that can bring on
rapid shifts in feelings and insight. It was initially devised for processing trauma, but can also treat a whole range of other psychological difficulties.
I am a fully accredited EMDR practitioner with EMDR UK, and I have extensive experience supporting clients through a wide range of challenges — from trauma and anxiety to relationship
difficulties and the patterns that can hold us back from living fully.
How does it work?
1. Book your first therapy session
Get in touch and let me know about what you need help with and whether you are interested in any particular psychological therapy. No worries if you are unsure - I can help you with this.
Schedule in your first appointment/assessment.
2. Access convenient and effective therapy
Access your therapy from the comfort of your own home at a time that fits around your lifestyle.
Get support and professional help from a therapist who understands and cares and makes you feel less alone with your difficulties.
3. Start dealing with your problems and create a better future
Therapy will either be short-term (6-12 sessions) or long-term, depending on your individual needs and what you would like to get out of therapy.
Feel the benefits of therapy and put into practice what you discover and work on with your therapist.
Start creating a better future.
All therapy at Infinitum Therapy is provided by a highly qualified and experienced therapist, fully accredited and registered with the following accrediting bodies and professional associations:
Online Therapy is not suitable for you if you are in crisis.
If you are contemplating suicide or believe you are at risk from harming yourself or others, please contact your GP, the emergency services by phoning 999 or go to your nearest Accident & Emergency department.