Anna Bulgakova
0117 325 2694
A little about my back story
I've come to psychotherapy after a long career across health and social care, much of it at a senior level.
I trained first as a mental health nurse, then as a general nurse, and later qualified as a social worker, before training as a psychotherapist.
In social work, my specialism was child protection and children and family services. I went on to manage specialist joint health and social care services for children and for people with developmental needs, and to oversee care quality in nursing homes and charities.
In mental health, I began on the front line and went on to lead, at a senior level, frontline crisis teams, recovery services and dementia services.
As well as my private practice, I am a trustee of a national charity supporting people affected by prescription-drug dependence.
This breadth — clinical and managerial, spanning mental health, child protection and complex care — is what I bring to the consulting room: a grounded, holistic way of working that isn't thrown by complexity.
Professional registration
Registered member of the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP). Verified on Psychology Today.
Professional training
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MSc Integrative Psychotherapy (Middlesex University)
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Diploma in Integrative Psychotherapy (Metanoia Institute)
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Diploma in Integrative Supervision of Individuals and Groups (The Grove Practice, 2022)
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Certificate in Trauma Therapy, including EFT (The Grove Practice, 2025)
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Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) — qualified to Level 2
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Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN)
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Registered General Nurse (RGN)
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BSc Sociology and Social Work (University of Bath)
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Post-Qualifying Award in Social Work — Mental Health (Bournemouth University)
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Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Certification - (University of the West of England)
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Gottman Method Couples Therapy — trained to Levels 1 and 2
Continuing professional development
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Brief Therapy (NHS)
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Mentalisation-Based Therapy (NHS)
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Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (NHS)
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Coaching (NHS)
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Mindfulness (NHS)
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Safeguarding Level 3 — vulnerable adults and child protection (NHS)
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Suicide Prevention (NHS)
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Dementia Awareness and Skills (NHS)
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Carers' Support (NHS)
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Psychosocial Interventions in Psychosis (NHS)
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Working with People with a Diagnosis of Schizophrenia (NHS)
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Dual Diagnosis — Drugs and Alcohol (NHS)
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Elder Abuse (NHS)
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Working with People who have Experienced Sexual Abuse (NHS)
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Domestic Violence
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Mental Capacity Act
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Mental Health Act
Professional standards
I work within the UKCP code of ethics and hold full professional indemnity insurance. I am in regular clinical supervision, and have worked with the same supervisor for over ten years. I also hold a current ACRO Police Certificate (2026) — a full national criminal-record check carried out by ACRO, the UK Criminal Records Office — available on request.