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Dr Naomi GibsonPsychologist
Dr Naomi Gibson

My Practice

People often come to see me when they are feeling that their experience of parenting is not what they had hoped for. Maybe you have concerns about your birth experience or fears about an upcoming birth. You may have worries about your relationship with your baby, child or partner. You might value a space to process difficulties with fertility or expanding your family.

Parenting wakes up our childhood difficulties, challenges and trauma that we might have thought we had moved on from. Lots of my clients find that understanding this, and making room to process difficulties and patterns rooted in their past, can make the present moments with their own children a whole lot more enjoyable.

How I work

My path to becoming a Psychologist began with a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Royal Holloway, University of London. Initially working within child and paediatric psychology settings, my work in hospitals opened my eyes to the struggles parents face as they navigate some of the challenges of raising a child. Inspired by both my professional experiences and my own journey as a parent to two, I pursued additional training in perinatal mental health and related trauma, and I’ve not looked back!

I highly value collaboration and I work to adapt therapy towards your unique needs. I decide on the best suited treatment approach jointly with you, using evidence based models of psychological theory including:

  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
  • Systemic Family Therapy
  • Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT)
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR)
  • Internal Family Systems therapy (IFS)
  • Emotion Focused Therapy
  • Polyvagal Theory

I also work 2 days per week within the Dutch GGZ as a Psycholoog NIP for Maris Groepspraktijk. This gives me a unique understanding of how the Dutch healthcare service can support mental health challenges.

Couples therapy for parents

Becoming parents together can really strain even the strongest relationships.

During this time, you may find it difficult to connect with your partner, experience resentment, or struggle to make space for intimacy. Daily routines change, emotions feel intense, and the weight of household responsibilities can be overwhelming.

But there’s hope.

In couples therapy, we’ll identify the challenges you’re facing and work together to strengthen communication, share responsibilities more effectively and rekindle intimacy.

I designed the Stick Together Conversation Cards for New Parents based on the conversations I was having with parent couples struggling to understand each other in this new phase of being parents. The pack contains 40 question cards in areas such as: practicalities, learning about each other, family values and intimacy.

Untangling sessions

Ongoing therapy isn’t right for everyone.

I also offer “untangling sessions”. These are a one-off 1.5 hour session to find clarity in a messy moment. An untangling session can help you to process a single event or to find a sense of clarity in a situation that just feels stuck at the moment.

I bring my toolbox of ideas and theory from psychology, and assist you in making sense of, understanding and moving forward with self-compassion with the difficulty you are coming to speak about. We can sometimes feel so lost in parenting, an outside perspective can help to shift things into a different direction.

These sessions are offered online which means I can offer them to folks in The Netherlands, and across the world.

Qualifications

  • Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (DClinPsy), Royal Holloway University of London
  • BSc (1st Class Hons) Psychology, University of Leeds

Registrations

  • Nederlands Instituut van Psychologen - PSYCHOLOOG NIP 236401
  • Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) - Registration Number PYL34743
  • The British Psychological Society

Post-Qualification Trainings

  • Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy (2025)
  • Emotion Focused Therapy (2024)
  • Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy (2023)
  • Birth Trauma Training Programme (2023)
  • Compassion focused therapy trainings (2018-2020)
  • Acceptance and Commitment therapy trainings (2017-2020)
  • 8 week mindfulness based stress reduction training (2018)