About | Tracy Mortensen

About Tracy

I ask myself the question : Who is Tracy Mortensen?

I was born in New Zealand, but have lived in London for 18 years and consider the UK home. In my life I am present to many roles including Mother, homemaker, friend and meditator, each teaching me to be with the inevitability of change.

My background is in Fine Art and Architecture. Through this work I learnt the importance of a framework, authentic expression and a felt sense of place, home. I was first drawn to explore and create our external landscapes and the spaces we occupy. Led by life and personal exploration, I naturally expanded my enquiry into the internal landscapes of our bodies and minds. What I have learnt along the way is that creativity and connection give meaning to our human experience.

For me Core Process Psychotherapy brings this together allowing for a greater sense of harmony, deeper intimacy and healing our sense of separation. In facing my own personal suffering, it has supported me in connecting to my broader nature, a truer, clearer sense of reality and the preciousness of existence. These difficult lived experiences have shaped me. They are in my stride, in my voice and are with me compassionately in the work.

“If we surrendered to earth’s intelligence, we could rise up rooted like trees.” – Rainer Maria Rilke

We know ourselves be made from this earth.

We know this earth is made from. our bodies.

For we are ourselves. And we are nature.

We are nature seeking nature. We are nature with a concept of nature. Nature weeping. Nature speaking of nature to nature.

Susan Griffin, Woman and Nature

Qualifications and Experience

I am a UKCP Trainee Psychotherapist, in the clinical year of a post-graduate diploma in Mindfulness-Based Core Process Psychotherapy with the Karuna Institute. I have been training since 2021 and am working towards graduation and full accreditation.

I am registered with the UKCP (UK Council of Psychotherapists) and the ACPP (Association of Core Process Psychotherapists) as a trainee member and follow their ethical framework. All my work is supervised according to professional and ethical requirements. To support the work, I am committed to continued personal, spiritual and professional development. You can read more about Mindfulness-Based Core Process Psychotherapy on the Association of Core Process Psychotherapists page: https://www.acpponline.net/what+is+cpp

Prior to my private psychotherapy practice, I have offered psychotherapy in an Agency under NHS London services. I have also spent many years working in mental health support services, facilitating support groups and mentoring.

I work with adults in-person and online offering clients both short term work, with a specific focus or long term work allowing for more in-depth exploration. The territories I have experience in supporting people with include:

Depression
Stress
Grief and Loss
Relationship difficulties
Anxiety and Fear
Anger and Rage
Trauma
Loneliness and Isolation
Lack of purpose and meaning
Self Esteem
Eating Disorders
Addiction