Dr Frederike Mueller 

Dr Frederike Mueller is a Clinical Psychologist with over seven years of clinical experience in a wide variety of psychological settings in the UK. Frederike has worked with clients of different ages and has specialist experience working with parents in the perinatal period a well as children, young people and their families. 

Frederike completed her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at Royal Holloway, University of London and currently works in a Children and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) in the NHS. She works integratively by drawing on a range of psychological models and interventions including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Narrative Therapy, Systemic Therapy and specific parenting support approaches (e.g. Solihull Approach, Incredible Years). Frederike also has extensive experience consulting with multiple support systems such as schools and medical services in order to complete comprehensive assessments and offer tailored interventions. 

Frederike believes in building upon the strengths a clients and their families already possess and to work together to meet goals. She endeavours to achieve this by providing compassionate and responsive therapeutic support which is evidence-based and grounded in theory. She is fluent in English and German and can deliver treatment in both languages. 

Frederike has experience and training in the treatment of:  

  • Anxiety Disorders  
  • Behaviours that Challenge (BtC) and Emotion Dysregulation in children 
  • Challenges affecting children and young people including anxiety, experiences of anger, exam stress, emotionally-based school avoidance, parental separation and transitions 
  • Depression  
  • Early years difficulties including fussy eating, toileting, sleep, tantrums/emotional meltdowns and hair-pulling as well as bonding and attachment
  • Family and Relational Difficulties
  • Grief and Bereavement
  • Low Self-Esteem  
  • Panic Disorder
  • Pre and Post-Natal anxiety, depression and intrusive thoughts