About Dr Sula
Dr Sula Windgassen is one of the UK's leading health psychologists, a published author of 'It's All In Your Body', researcher, founder of Body Mind Connect and founder and supervisor of Mind Body Blossom Clinic.
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Whilst she is a psychologist, researcher and author, she has also been a patient and her motivation to change the lives of others started there.
Patient: My Story
My story in discovering the body-mind connection begins with my own experience. After finishing my undergraduate degree in psychology, I began a job in marketing. However, it took me a while to realise how unhappy it was making me. ​
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Prior to that realisation, I'd been having recurrent urinary tract infections, and then the symptoms morphed into something else. Chronic sensation and pain plagued my life, the regular bouts of feeling generally unwell, left me unable to think about anything other than my poor health. I felt depressed and incapacitated, having to take time off work to cope with my symptoms. And then the migraines began...
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It was one of the darkest times of my life. But it got better. And as it did, I vowed to understand how and why, with the aim of using this information to make it better for others with similar experiences. I don't want anyone to feel as alone and desperate as I did.
Dr Sula as a Psychologist
Dr Sula is a Health Psychologist, qualified psychotherapist, EMDR and CBT practitioner, and Mindfulness teacher with experience within her own private practice and within the NHS. She has two doctoral qualifications - a research PhD in Psychological Medicine at Kings College London, and a practitioner psychologist Doctoral Qualification with the British Psychological Society as a Health Psychologist. She is chartered with the British Psychological Society and accredited and regulated by the Health Care & Professionals Council (HCPC).
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Prior to working within her own practice, she was able to develop and hone her skillset within a busy NHS Primary Care service, helping a wide range of clients. During this time, she developed and lead the Long Term Conditions care pathway, developing specialised treatment protocols and processes for patients with health conditions.
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Now, she works with clients and oversees the running of Mind Body Blossom Clinic, focusing on helping women to reclaim their wellness from the chronic stress, illness & trauma via evidence-based bio-psychosocial support, aimed at connecting your mind and your body.
Dr Sula as a Researcher
Alongside her therapeutic work, Dr Sula is an experienced researcher with a keen interest in women's health.
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Over the course of 4.5 years, she worked on the largest RCT assessing the efficacy of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Irritable Bowel Syndrome, to date, along with an amazing and prestigious research team at King's College London and the University of Southampton. Part of this work involved developing a therapeutic manual for patients and therapists. This manual is currently used in the NHS now for patients with IBS. After completing her PhD, she then went on to work on the development of a CBT-based intervention targeting fatigue, pain and urgency in inflammatory bowel disease.
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Dr Sula has published six papers from her PhD in leading peer-reviewed journals and have co-authored others in the area of psychological approaches to IBS and IBD. Some of these papers have been published in top journals including the BMJ, Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology and the British Journal of Health Psychology.​
Specialised psychotherapy
Mind Body Blossom is a clinical health psychology practice offering 1:1 therapy. The practice - founded by Dr Sula - offers trauma-informed support for people experiencing persistent physical symptoms and illness.
Body Mind Connect community
The Body Mind Connect membership offers you access to weekly workshops with Dr Sula, alongside an extensive course on working with the body and mind, 100's of resources, a community of like-minded people and access to courses and webinars by Sula.
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How to work with Dr Sula
Thinking about therapy, but not ready?
You're not alone. Therapy can feel like a big step. A big investment. A big journey to begin.
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Far be it from me to persuade you that now is the right time. It's actually really important that you come when you are ready to make that step. To help you work that out, you may need time to reflect. But beware of the "out of sight, out of mind" phenomena. Where a decision feels to big and scary to think about, that we happily think about anything else.
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