Founded and led by Dr Emma Pillinger, The Sanctuary Exeter is a beautiful therapeutic space, offering evidence-based, holistic approaches: Psychological Therapy; Eye Movement Desensitisation & Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy; Functional Medicine.
Dr Emma Pillinger is a Registered Clinical Psychologist with over 20 years of experience working in both public and private sectors, in community, residential and hospital settings. She is also a qualified Functional Medicine Practitioner, graduating from the Institute of Functional Medicine’s ‘Applied Functional Medicine in Clinical Practice’ (AFMCP) in 2018. Working with people individually, as a couple, family, group or staff team, Dr Pillinger uses a range of psychological therapeutic models and theories to inform her work, predominantly utilising attachment, systemic, psychodynamic, and functional health principles. Specialising in EMDR and IFS therapy, Dr Pillinger’s approach is trauma-informed and underpinned by humanistic values that incorporate an essential focus upon building and maintaining the therapeutic relationship.