John Reece
Psychotherapist & EMDR Therapist, MA, PGDip
ABOUT JOHN REECE
Working at depth to support lasting change
I’m a psychotherapist and EMDR therapist with over a decade of specialist clinical experience. I trained at The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust and have spent the majority of my career working with trauma in high-intensity settings — Major Trauma Centres in Central London, specialist adolescent services, and the voluntary sector.
That experience shapes everything about how I work — clinically rigorous, relationally led, the quality of the relationship, and a grounded understanding of what support requires in practice
PHILOSOPHY & APPROACH
Evidence-based, relationally led, shaped to the person
I believe that the therapeutic alliance — the genuine trust and connection between therapist and client — is not simply the context for good work. It is what makes good work possible. Technique, training, and evidence matter. But without a real relationship, none of it lands in the way it needs to.
This shapes how I work across everything I offer. Whether in therapy, supervision, or training, my starting point is always the person in front of me — their context, their history, what they need, and what will actually help.
“The relationship is always where the work begins.”
I draw on a range of evidence-based approaches — EMDR, psychodynamic and relational frameworks, trauma-informed practice— adapting to the person rather than applying a fixed method. The depth of that clinical background is what allows me to work flexibly without losing rigour.
TRAINING & QUALIFICATIONS
MA Psychological Therapies — Tavistock & Portman NHS Foundation Trust,
Advanced EMDR Training – completed post-qualification, applied extensively across trauma and performance contexts
10+ Years Clinical Practice – Major Trauma Centres in Central London, specialist services and performance contexts.
Clinical Supervision Experience – extensive experience supervising practitioners and frontline staff across third sector organisations
THE NAME
What Alma Way means
Alma comes from the Latin and Spanish — meaning soul, or nourishing. It speaks to something at the heart of this work: the belief that real support has to reach the person, not just address the symptoms.
Way reflects both method and direction — the idea that there is a path through difficulty, and that the work of therapy, supervision, and training is partly about finding and trusting that path, even when it isn’t yet clear.