Brenda Rozenfeld
Psychotherapist
Professional Experience
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专业经历
Originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina, Brenda has lived and worked in several countries and brings an international and multicultural perspective to her work. Her clinical experience includes private practice with senior executives, complex community mental health services, and forensic psychiatry.
Brenda Rozenfeld is a Psychotherapist at Harbor London who specialises in anxiety, trauma, burnout, relationships and family dynamics.
She has a particular focus on the psychological and relational complexities associated with high achievement, demanding professional lives, wealth and inheritance. For trauma, she also uses Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) when appropriate.
Originally from Buenos Aires, Brenda brings an international perspective to her work. She is bilingual in English and Spanish and also speaks conversational French, Italian and Portuguese.
Professional Background & Qualifications
Brenda holds an MSc in Psychodynamic Counselling and Psychotherapy from Birkbeck, University of London, awarded with Distinction, and an MSc in Psychology (Conversion) from the University of Roehampton, also awarded with Distinction.
She is a Senior Accredited Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), a registered member of the British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC) and a Graduate Member of the British Psychological Society (BPS).
She has trained in EMDR and continues to develop her skills in trauma treatment and in psychodynamic and relational psychotherapy.
Professional Experience
Brenda’s clinical experience includes private practice with senior executives, work in complex community mental health services and forensic psychiatry, which involves people in contact with the criminal justice system.
Before retraining as a psychotherapist, she spent more than 20 years in international legal, finance and leadership roles, giving her insight into high-pressure workplaces from the inside.
That experience is particularly relevant to clients dealing with burnout or the pressures of a senior role.
Approach to Care
Brenda works mainly psychodynamically, helping clients uncover the unconscious patterns that shape how they feel and relate to others.
She is particularly interested in the roles people take on, whether in their family, their relationships or at work, and how hard those roles can be to step out of.
At Harbor, she combines this psychodynamic work with EMDR when trauma needs to be treated more directly.
Education
- MSc in Psychodynamic Counselling and Psychotherapy (Distinction), Birkbeck, University of London
- MSc in Psychology (Conversion) (Distinction), University of Roehampton, London
- Master of Laws (LLM), 1993, University of Illinois College of Law, Urbana-Champaign, USA
- Law Degree (Abogada), 1992, Universidad de Belgrano, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Corporate Finance Programme, 2002, London Business School
- Executive Programme in Financial Decision-Making, 1992, CEMA, Buenos Aires
Professional Registrations & Memberships
- British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), Senior Accredited Member, Membership No. 407065
- British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC), Registered Member
- British Psychological Society (BPS), Graduate Member (GMBP), Membership No. 26424
Certifications & Training
- Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) training
- Continuing Professional Development in Trauma Treatment
- Continuing Professional Development in Psychodynamic and Relational Psychotherapy
Areas of Expertise
- Anxiety and stress
- Trauma and trauma treatment
- Burnout and workplace stress
- Relationships and family dynamics
- Psychodynamic psychotherapy
- Relational psychotherapy
- Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- High-pressure careers and executive stress
- High achievement and perfectionism
- Wealth and inheritance-related psychological challenges
Languages Spoken
- English (bilingual proficiency)
- Spanish (bilingual proficiency)
- French (conversational)
- Italian (conversational)
- Portuguese (conversational)
