Specialisms
Qualifications
Education & Training
- Psychology & Sociology (BSc) – University of Leeds – 1st (2009)
- Clinical Research (MRes Post-grad. certificates) – City University London (2013)
- Doctorate Training in Clinical Psychology (DClinPsy) – University of Hertfordshire (2016)
- Advanced Trainings in Psychological Therapies include: Dialectical Behaviour Therapy; Compassion Focused Therapy; Trauma-informed approaches; Narrative Therapy (Levels 1 & 2); Child Accelerated Trauma Technique (CATT); Internal Family Systems (Introduction)
- Advanced Training in Clinical Psychology Supervision (Level 1 & 2)
Yoga Training
- Yoga Teacher Training (200 hrs) – Vivian Callegaro Yoga Academy (2014)
- Reiki Level I – Paolo Bisazzo Reiki Master (2015)
- Reiki Level II – Vital Reiki (2019)
- Yin Yoga Training (30 hrs) – Normal Blair, Yoga Campus (2019)
- Yoga Like Water (30hrs) – Dan Peppiatt (2019)
- Mandala Vinyasa Training (20 hrs) – The Yoga People (2019)
- School of Svadhyaya Advanced Yoga Training (30 hrs) – MoreYoga (2019)
- Advanced Assisting Methodology (50 hrs) – Sunday School Yoga (2019)
- Yoga Therapy Training (580 hrs) – The Minded Institute (2020)
- Liberate Yoga Teaching Mentorship – Naomi Absalom (2020)
- CPD influenced and informed by the work of Anodea Judith (PhD Bioenergetics, energy systems and chakra theories)
- CALLED Mentorship – Naomi Absalom (2022)
About
Dr Stephanie Minchin is a highly specialist clinical psychologist, Yoga Therapist and Yoga Teacher who integrates yoga and psychology for positive mental health and emotional wellbeing. Stephanie co-founded the MoreMind project with MoreYoga, and has also authored several articles, research papers and a book chapter and lectures on behalf of the Minded team.In her practice as a clinical psychologist, with advanced psychological training in trauma-informed approaches, Stephanie believes in looking beyond the power of diagnostic labels and contextualises difficulties to life experiences unique to the individual and their contexts, working from a positive psychology perspective for strength and growth to overcome adversity. Stephanie offers a calm, compassionate and nurturing therapeutic space to hold and guide the client in their therapy journey.
As Stephanie furthered her training as a yoga teacher, she realised that the parallel between sharing psychological therapy and yoga classes was about ‘holding space’ for others and inviting inner connection to understand oneself. In the discovery of yoga therapy, Stephanie pursued further training with The Minded Institute to complement her passions and interests in yoga and psychology, uniting the two disciplines in a more holistic approach.
Stephanie advocates that yoga and psychology are a journey of inner self-awareness with self-inquiry. She believes that there is an offering of psychological therapy and yoga therapy for everybody and every body, in all aspects of diversity and difference, with its gifts having transformative and healing powers possible and inclusive for all.