Dr Jay Watts

I offer specialist psychotherapy and consultation for autistic adults and young people with PDA profiles. I am neurodivergent myself, and often find that understanding a PDA profile can be an important beginning in shifting the shame, self-blame and alienation many of us have carried through lives spent feeling misunderstood. My work integrates relational psychotherapy, parts work and trauma-informed approaches, with a particular focus on autonomy threat, shutdown, masking, emotional flashbacks, relational trauma and chronic overwhelm. I am a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Relational Psychotherapist, and am often described as warm and approachable without being overbearing.