Our Team
Dr Manda Holmshaw
EMDR Europe accredited trainer, consultant and facilitator, past President of EMDR UK and I Association and Clinical Director of Moving Minds Psychological Management and Rehabilitation, a high profile national provider of psychological rehabilitation and training services.
Manda is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist whose original training was in psychoanalytic psychology. Manda completed a PhD at Exeter University which received a Senate Commendation. She completed a postgraduate Diploma at King's College London in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy. Manda was a Consultant Clinical Psychologist in the NHS. She currently consults part time. She is a founder member and Clinical Director of a national network of Psychological Trauma and Stress Specialists: Moving Minds Psychological Management and Rehabilitation, also based in West London. Manda worked extensively in trauma settings in the third world. She was trained by Francine Shapiro and uses EMDR extensively in her practice. Manda is a past President, membership secretary and Chair of the accreditation committee of the EMDR Association UK and Ireland. Manda has researched the efficacy of EMDR and published extensively.
David Blore
EMDR Europe accredited consultant and facilitator, clinical director of David Blore Associates.
David has a background in mental health nursing. He is a BABCP accredited Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist and specialises in EMDR provision for trauma generated within the working environment. He is well known for his work amongst traumatised coal miners and railway workers. David has had numerous papers published over the past 10 years including two on EMDR cited in the EMDR Institute training manuals. He also contributed to Francine Shapiro's second book 'EMDR: The Breakthrough Therapy'. He was a founding editor of The EMDR Practitioner and a Past President of the EMDR Association UK & Ireland. David is currently undertaking research for a PhD at Birmingham University, examining post-trauma growth.
Fokkina McDonnell
With a Masters in Occupational Psychology, Fokkina’s first career was as a Chartered Psychologist working in Assessment and Development. She has been a UKCP registered Psychotherapist since 1998. She has qualifications in Coaching, Supervision and Hypnotherapy, and runs a private therapy and supervision practice in Manchester. Fokkina has a special interest in using EMDR with professional musicians, singers and actors on performance anxiety issues. She has been using EMDR for over ten years and is an EMDR Europe Approved Consultant and a qualified EMDR facilitator.
Matt Wesson
Matt is a mental health nursing officer with over 18 years experience working in the military. He is an EMDR Europe-accredited Consultant and a BABCP-accredited cognitive behavioural therapist. He specialises in the treatment of trauma and PTSD with over ten years experience of using EMDR in both the UK and combat zones abroad. He has a particular interest in the use of EMDR on military operations. He has had papers published on both EMDR and CBT, and has presented at various international conferences. Along with working full time for the MOD, Matt is training to be a facilitator with EMDR workshops and hopes eventually to become a trainer.
