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Richard M Cross

Director of Clinical Services

Verified

Trauma Specialist

United Kingdom

Currently Accepting Clients

Info@c-f-g.co.uk

Website

Info@c-f-g.co.uk

Richard M Cross

Director of Clinical Services

Verified

Trauma Specialist

United Kingdom

Currently Accepting Clients

Info@c-f-g.co.uk

Website

Info@c-f-g.co.uk

Description

Specialised Trauma Treatment: Healing, Practice, and Changing Systems Together

Trauma is never just an individual story. Its echoes shape families, teams, and the very culture of our organisations. Over the years, my work has taken me from the therapy room to the heart of clinical teams and into the systems that hold us all. 
Whether I am walking alongside someone in their healing, supporting fellow clinicians through the challenges of complex work, or helping organisations become truly trauma-informed, I have learned that change is always relational.
Here is how we might walk this path together.

1. For Adult Clients: Specialised Therapy for Complex Trauma & Dissociation

Finding your way through the aftermath of trauma is not a journey for standard approaches. It calls for someone who knows the landscape, who can walk with you through the rough ground and help you find your footing again.
Living with complex trauma or dissociation can feel like being caught in survival mode, day after day. Memories may come in fragments, or you may feel distant from your own life, your body carrying a weight that words cannot always reach. The usual advice often misses the mark, leaving you feeling unseen.
What matters most is a space where you feel deeply safe, where we move at a pace that honours your story. You deserve to work with someone who is not unsettled by the depth or complexity of your experience, who recognises that dissociation is not a failing but a remarkable way your mind and body have protected you.
In our work together, there is no rush. We begin by building a sense of safety and steadiness, step by step, always together. My approach is grounded in both research and years of practice, but most of all in respect for your pace. Over time, we can help your mind and body make sense of what has happened, gently easing the barriers that dissociation has built. You do not have to carry this alone.

2. For Clinical Professionals: Expert Clinical Supervision & Consultation

Grow your clinical practice and find your way through even the most complex cases, with the support of someone who has walked this path alongside many others.
Working with severe trauma and dissociation is some of the most meaningful work we can do, but it can also feel lonely and overwhelming. Sitting with someone whose sense of self is fragmented, it is natural to feel uncertain or stuck, to wonder how best to move forward in the relationship.
What helps is having a supervisor who has been there, who knows the territory of complex cases and can offer grounded, practical guidance. Together, we can think through the challenges of case formulation, pacing, and the relational patterns that emerge in trauma work.
In supervision, I offer a space for honest reflection and shared learning. Drawing on my experience and training, I support psychotherapists to:

  • Deconstruct complex cases using the theory of structural dissociation.

  • Refine your pacing and interventions to safely manage client distress and prevent decompensation.

  • Process vicarious trauma in a supportive, non-judgemental space.

  • Ensure your practice aligns with the highest international standards of trauma care.

3. For Organisations: Commissioning Trauma-Informed Services

Move your organisation from simply knowing about trauma to truly responding to it in every aspect of your culture.
Many organisations see the effects of trauma on those they serve and on their own staff, but turning that awareness into daily practice is not easy. Without a trauma-informed approach, staff can burn out, teams can struggle, and those most in need can be left feeling unsafe.
What makes the difference is working with someone who can help you look honestly at your systems, support your teams, and weave psychological safety into the everyday life of your organisation.
I work alongside organisations to design and deliver trauma-informed services that fit your unique context. My consultancy and training can include:

  • Specialised Staff Training: Equipping your teams with practical, evidence-based tools to recognise and respond to trauma and dissociation in real time.

  • Service Design & Policy Review: Consulting on organisational frameworks to ensure your services are structurally safe, effective, and trauma-responsive.

  • Clinical Leadership Support: Providing reflective practice spaces and systemic supervision for leadership teams to mitigate organisational stress and vicarious trauma.
    If you are seeking a safe space for healing, support in your clinical work, or a way to bring real change to your organisation, I invite you to get in touch. Let us explore together how we might begin this work.

Professional Memberships

Fellow and Faculty of the International Society for Trauma & Dissociation
Member of the European Society for Trauma and Dissociation
Member of the British Society of Clinical & Academic Hypnosis
Member of the Institute of Complex Trauma
Accredited and Registered Member of United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy., National Society of Counselling & Psychotherapy,. European Association for Psychotherapy., World Council for Psychotherapy.

Trauma-Specific Training and Certifications

EMDR - Level I., II., III., Certificate & Advanced Certificate in Trauma and Dissociation ., Rewind Technique., TF-CBT., etc

Cultures Identified With

Language

English

Sessions

In-person

Supervision / Training

Provides Supervision

Provides Training

Populations

Couples

Family

Migration & Displacement

LGBTQIA+ Identity

Sex Workers

Justice-System & Incarceration Trauma

Neurodiversity and Development

Health, Disability, and Accessibility

Socio-Economic Vulnerability

Individual

Group

Ages

Adolescents (13–17)

Adults (18–64)

Trauma Specialities

Childhood & Developmental Trauma

Complex Trauma & Dissociation

Single-Event Trauma

Workplace, Organisational & Educational Trauma

Justice-System & Incarceration Trauma

Modalities

EMDR

Internal Family Systems (IFS)

Ego State Therapy

Sensorimotor Psychotherapy

Attachment-Based Trauma Therapy

Others

Fee Range

USD $100-200

Trauma Expertise Level

Trauma Specialist

The Global Access Trauma Project

Breaking trauma cycles. Making healing accessible.