Psychotherapy – Helston, Redruth, Penzance, Truro, Falmouth

My name is Yowann Tresidder Tonkin, I work as a psychotherapist in Cornwall and also online. I am registered with the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy. (UKCP). My work serves to guide, support and care for individuals through experience of intense suffering, crisis and transition. 

I have a particular interest in the care and treatment of individuals who suffer with anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress.  I also work with individuals who experience despair, hopelessness, self-hatred, self-harm, stress related illness, relationship breakdown including family estrangement, family crisis, vocational crisis, mid-life & older-age related issues and bereavement.

I am experienced in working with adults whose childhood included emotional, physical and/or sexual abuse, helping those affected find compassion, solace and healing for their wounds. I am also experienced in working with adults who’ve spent their childhood in boarding school. I have considerable knowledge of the area of autism, specifically with what was termed high-functioning autism or Asperger’s and I have also done a lot of work in the area of religious/spiritual abuse; I have a deep interest in the area of psycho-spiritual formation. My work is always focused on the development of the individual’s self-knowledge and emotional and psychological maturity.

My training as a psychotherapist focused primarily on depth psychological (psychoanalytic & Jungian) and psycho-spiritual (transpersonal) approaches to psychotherapy, my work has also been influenced by trauma focussed therapy, internal family systems and some aspects of person-centered psychology. I qualified as a psychotherapist at both Regents College and the Centre for Counselling Psychotherapy Education (CCPE) in London. I undertake regular clinical supervision and adhere to the UKCP ethical principles and codes of professional conduct.

I have a serious commitment to both my continuing professional development (CPD) and human formation. My post-qualification professional studies are in four interconnected areas: the relationship between depth spirituality and psychological healing and health, the clinical manifestation/symptomatology of individual & collective transgenerational trauma, the reality of post-colonial psychology, and the affects of religious/spiritual trauma on the formation of culture, and, as such, the individual. I have a deep interest in the contemplative and mystical spiritual traditions and hold a Diploma in Spiritual Direction from the Centre for Applied Carmelite Spirituality in Oxford (OXCACS). I have also undergone over twenty years of personal depth psychotherapy with a number of highly skilled therapists and have received regular spiritual guidance/direction throughout this time, both these areas are significant in the formation of my work – I understand well the nature of trauma, suffering and healing.

Prior to becoming a psychotherapist, I worked in the business world in management and consultancy roles; during this time I gained a Masters degree in Business Studies (MBA), specialising in organisational leadership and group behaviour from a psychodynamic perspective. I deepened my studies in this area on the Doctorate programme in Business Studies (DBA) before transitioning studies to psychotherapy trainings in 2004. I have retained an active interest in the psychological study of organisational behaviour and leadership praxis and have done a lot of therapeutic work with individuals from leadership positions.

The consulting rooms are set in natural and peaceful surroundings in mid and west Cornwall and reachable from Helston, Penzance, Falmouth, Redruth and Truro areas. I also work online (Zoom). I have practiced as a psychotherapist for seventeen years and have done psychotherapy work online alongside face to face work for  over eight years.

I can be contacted at yowanntresiddertonkin@gmail.com