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Welcome to Phoenixology, where you’ll find neurodiversity-affirming IFS (internal family systems) online therapy that is:

Deeply Respectful
Powerfully Transformative
Evidence-Based
Gentle and
Non-Judgemental

“Profoundly healing, thank you for holding such a beautiful space for me”

“Naomi is gentle and empathetic – I would recommend to others and return to her for myself”

Dr Naomi Parsons is a compassionate, affirming and intuitive psychologist providing a safe, warm and nurturing space where all your parts are welcome and you can just be you, with no expectations or judgements.

Dr Naomi Parsons primarily uses Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS). She also incorporates elements of Nervous System Regulation/Poly-Vagal Theory, Solutions Focus Therapy (SF) and Somatic Attunement

Dr Naomi Parsons works with a wide range of needs and is highly skilled at holding space for the many complexities of life. She has particular specialisms in the following areas:

ADHD
Adoption, fostering, kinship care and special guardianship (please note, due to Ofsted restrictions I only work with adults in this area, eg parents who are caring for children who have experienced trauma and loss, as well as adults who are ready to process and heal their own life story and attachment wounds)
Anxiety
Artists and creatives, especially those who are not practicing even though they long to embrace their creative expression
Autism
Burnout
Chronic illness/fatigue/invisible disabilities
Generational trauma and ancestral burdens
Good girl deprogramming (letting go of all the expectations and judgements that are put upon women and girls)
Grief and loss
Helping, healing and caring professions eg psychologists, therapists, counsellors, social workers and those in pastoral support roles
Late-discovered neurodivergence
Matrescence (the extraordinary process of becoming a mum)
Midlife women
Parenting (including parenting children with additional needs and/or parents who have additional challenges themselves. I have a special interest in AuDHD and children/young people with a PDA profile (pervasive demand anxiety), no diagnosis needed
PDA (pervasive demand anxiety) I have lived experience as a late-discovered self-identified PDA person and am also parenting a child with a PDA profile
Perfectionism and people-pleasing
Reclaiming the divine feminine (nurture, creativity, compassion, intuition and inner wisdom)
Religious trauma/difficult experiences of faith and religion (especially in a Christian/church context)
Spiritual healing
Teachers, school staff and those who work in education
Trauma and PTSD

phoenixologyltd@gmail.com

Session fees are £120 per 55-60 mins and sessions can be weekly, fortnightly or monthly

Shorter sessions of 30mins are available for those who have chronic fatigue or reduced capacity for other reasons, which costs £60

Sessions are available on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays between the hours of 9.30 and 2.30, with reduced hours during school holidays

Extended sessions are also available, usually at weekends, for people who want a deeper dive into their healing journey

“Thank you so much, I feel hope now for a better future for me and my family”

“I felt like I was falling – Naomi gave me a parachute”

“Even in my darker moments, Naomi helped me find the light”

“Thank you so much Naomi, this was really excellent.”

“Thank you for bringing joy back to me!”

Dr Naomi Parsons

DEdChPsy, CPsychol, BScHons.

Chartered Member of the British Psychological Society (BPS)

HCPC Registered Practitioner Psychologist since 2012

25+ years supporting people to flourish

Hello

I’m Naomi, a HCPC psychologist and late-discovered AuDHD/PDA woman navigating life as a forty-something mum of two young girls while also managing my own chronic health issues and invisible disabilities.

I’m recovering from burnout, healing from PTSD and parenting a child with additional support needs while finding a path that is full of compassion and creativity.

I grew up in Cumbria and now live in Lancaster in the North West of England.

I qualified as an Educational Psychologist in 2012 but quickly got frustrated about the focus on individual assessments when I naturally gravitated more towards systemic change and therapeutic intervention.

I experienced a significant period of burnout, chronic fatigue, functional neurological disorder and hemiplegic migraines that left me severely debilated; bedbound or housebound and needing carers for the most basic of tasks.

This was an exceptionally hard time in my life; everything I thought I knew about myself, and everything I had based my worth upon, was stripped away. All I was left with was myself, for long hours, days, weeks and years.

It felt like my life was over, and yet, I can now see that this was a gift from my inner champions, who brought me to a stop so I could finally start to hear, to understand and to heal what I didn’t even know was broken.

As I found healing, my greatest priority was to build the family I always dreamed of, and my proudest achievement is my two young girls.

Over time, I started to rebuild my professional identity. Although it looked very different to what I once assumed it would be, it turns out to be the perfect fit for my skills, experience and values.

I had learnt so much about trauma on my own healing journey, and was fascinated by all the recent developments in our understanding of trauma and how we can treat it. The key to my own healing has been IFS, somatic attunement and nervous system regulation, so that is now what I do for others. I know healing is possible because I’ve walked the path myself, and now I’m here to walk the path with you. And I promise you, the view from the top is amazing.

I love sunsets, stargazing, mountains, lakes, rivers, waterfalls, sea waves, crunching through autumn leaves, listening to an eclectic mix of music from the 90s and 00s, immersing myself in live jazz/funk/soul, learning from audiobooks, eating good food, watching TV shows like the Bake Off, Sewing Bee and the Pottery Throwdown and making a mess while doing arts and crafts.