Anita Chellamah

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Anita Chellamah

Addiction Trauma DBT Counsello

Anita Chellamah-Nurse -Addiction Trauma DBT Counsellor Anita’s career started in the 70’s in the Trail Blazing Black musical “ Bubbling Brown Sugar “in Londons West End,then in the 80’s received a Gold record in Girl Band Toto Coelo , Danced on Top of The Pops in the Dance Group Legs and Co ,co wrote and was Lead Singer with The Cherry Bombz voted 10th best female vocalist 1986 and was one of the first Presenters for Sky Channel (and of colour)also acting in the last episode of One foot in the Grave and Playing Tina Modotti in BBC short film about Tina Modotti’s Life.

Anita reached her own rock bottom with alcohol and drugs and got clean and sober in 1988 and her life and career changed and she qualified as a counsellor in 1998 from Roehampton Institute in Humanistic Counselling .;Anita specialises in Addiction and Childhood Trauma and she believes addressing both can empower people to live a life free of being a slave to addictive Patterns and processes such as Love Addiction and learn how to have healthy relationships with self and others and live a life with purpose Anita has worked in 11 Treatment centres ( Residential and Day programmes with Addicts and Families affected by addiction has been DBT lead at Sanctuary Lodge (flagship of UKAT Addiction Treatment Centres as well as now delivering addiction and DBT Therapy for their new cutting edge Centre The London Clinic)

Anita was Trauma Lead at The Priory for 18 months and delivered Trauma workshops while also working on The Addiction Programme and is Qualified in on stage 1 and advanced Post -Induction Therapy and is now referred clients to prepare and support after Trauma Programme as well as delivering 5 day Trauma Programme and delivering Supervision for Therapists delivering Trauma Programme as well as being referred clients from the Addiction programme

Anita has been part of a pilot government scheme called “Wise up” in the 90 ‘s going into schools for young people affected by addiction and Therapeutic Lead at a Domestic Violence Charity and ran drama workshops for people affected by HIV and AIDS at The London Lighthouse.;“ I feel so grateful to be living a clean and sober life and know I am perfectly imperfect and to be able to accept life as it is not how I want it to be and not drink and use and have the support of my amazing family and friends PRICELESS!!”Anita Chellamah-Nurse -Addiction Trauma DBT Counsellor Anita’s career started in the 70’s in the Trail Blazing Black musical “ Bubbling Brown Sugar “in Londons West End,then in the 80’s received a Gold record in Girl Band Toto Coelo , Danced on Top of The Pops in the Dance Group Legs and Co ,co wrote and was Lead Singer with The Cherry Bombz voted 10th best female vocalist 1986 and was one of the first Presenters for Sky Channel (and of colour)also acting in the last episode of One foot in the Grave and Playing Tina Modotti in BBC short film about Tina Modotti’s Life. Anita reached her own rock bottom with alcohol and drugs and got clean and sober in 1988 and her life and career changed and she qualified as a counsellor in 1998 from Roehampton Institute in Humanistic Counselling .;Anita specialises in Addiction and Childhood Trauma and she believes addressing both can empower people to live a life free of being a slave to addictive Patterns and processes such as Love Addiction and learn how to have healthy relationships with self and others and live a life with purpose Anita has worked in 11 Treatment centres ( Residential and Day programmes with Addicts and Families affected by addiction has been DBT lead at Sanctuary Lodge (flagship of UKAT Addiction Treatment Centres as well as now delivering addiction and DBT Therapy for their new cutting edge Centre The London Clinic) Anita was Trauma Lead at The Priory for 18 months and delivered Trauma workshops while also working on The Addiction Programme and is Qualified in on stage 1 and advanced Post -Induction Therapy and is now referred clients to prepare and support after Trauma Programme as well as delivering 5 day Trauma Programme and delivering Supervision for Therapists delivering Trauma Programme as well as being referred clients from the Addiction programme Anita has been part of a pilot government scheme called “Wise up” in the 90 ‘s going into schools for young people affected by addiction and Therapeutic Lead at a Domestic Violence Charity and ran drama workshops for people affected by HIV and AIDS at The London Lighthouse.;“ I feel so grateful to be living a clean and sober life and know I am perfectly imperfect and to be able to accept life as it is not how I want it to be and not drink and use and have the support of my amazing family and friends PRICELESS!!”

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