Tom Drake
Psychotherapist
Professional Experience
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专业经历
Tom Drake is a highly experienced nurse, psychotherapist, as well as an addiction and mental health case manager. With three decades of dedicated service, Tom offers unparalleled expertise in managing and supporting complex clients.
Tom Drake is a Psychotherapist at Harbor. He is also a Registered Mental Nurse and an experienced case manager, and he has worked in addiction treatment and residential recovery as well as mainstream mental health services.
He works with addiction, trauma, personality disorders and dual diagnosis, and his skills include risk assessment and complex case management.
He has provided and managed nursing care on treatment programmes in the UK and Switzerland.
Professional Background & Qualifications
Tom trained as a Registered Mental Nurse at Bournemouth University and later completed a Diploma in Working with the Mentally Ill in Hospital and Community at Birkbeck College.
He went on to train in integrative psychotherapy and counselling at Regent’s College and has also completed EMDR training.
Tom is registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council and the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.
Healthcare Leadership & Experience
As a case manager, Tom has vast experience coordinating clinical teams and dealing with questions about care and medication. He has also arranged the extra resources that clients with complex needs require.
Alongside this, he has worked one-to-one with clients as both a nurse and a therapist.
Approach to Care
Tom takes a whole-person approach to care, combining his experience in mental health nursing, psychotherapy and case management.
His work focuses on supporting self-worth, self-awareness and greater autonomy while helping individuals navigate complex mental health and addiction difficulties.
Education
- Postgraduate Diploma in Integrative Psychotherapy and Counselling, Regent’s College (2014–2016)
- Psychotherapy Foundation Course, Regent’s College (2011)
- Diploma in Working with the Mentally Ill in Hospital and Community, Birkbeck College (1999–2000)
- Registered Mental Nurse Part 13, Bournemouth University (1993–1996)
Professional Registrations & Memberships
- Mental Health Nurse Registration, Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC No. 93Y0747E)
- Integrative Psychotherapy, British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), Membership No. 390415
Certifications
- EMDR Part 1 Training (April 2021)
- Certificate in Clinical Leadership, Royal College of Nursing (2000–2001)
- Leadership at the Point of Care Facilitators Training (2004)
- Dementia Care Mapping (2002)
- Leading an Empowered Organisation, West London Mental Health NHS Trust (1999)
Areas of Expertise
- Addiction treatment
- Mental health nursing
- Integrative psychotherapy
- Trauma (EMDR)
- Personality disorders,
- Dual diagnosis
- Complex case management
- Risk assessment and management
- Residential recovery care
- Whole-person care
Languages Spoken
- English
