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• Face-to-face consultations
• Video and telephone consultations

About me

I am a Consultant Clinical Psychologist with 19 years in the field of Psychology and 11 years' experience as a qualified psychologist. I trained in South Africa and I have spent the last 10 years working in Wales and England. I am registered with the HCPC as a Practitioner Clinical and Forensic Psychologist (PYL 33127) and with the BPS as an Associate Fellow (406169).

I am grateful to have worked with children, young people and adults in various NHS, charity and private settings, including high and low secure, locked rehab (high dependency), tier four and community. I have worked with clients diagnosed with personality disorder, substance misuse disorders, trauma, neurodevelopmental conditions and psychosis.

For the last 5 years I have consulted to various charities and NHS trusts on neurodevelopmental assessment (ADHD and ASD). I have a special interest in diagnosis and treatment of ADHD. I have also provided expert psychological opinion to the family courts in London, Bristol, Birmingham, Gloucestershire, South Wales and Devon.

I believe that there is 'no one size fits all' and I use person-centred approaches to adjust accordingly for each client. I use specialised complex formulation to understand what might have contributed to difficulties and what has kept them going or even made them worse. In my experience, just feeling 'seen' and understood is often one of the most powerful therapeutic experiences.

Most importantly, clients come to therapy to 'feel better' or perhaps, to 'do better'. While insight is key to this, so too is learning and being able to put into meaningful practice new skills and strategies. Life can be tough and I don't know a person alive who hasn't been knocked off balance at times. Having said this, I am still humbled on a regular basis by the resilience within each of us.

I have training and experience in numerous psychological therapies. This enables me to use approaches that are most suited to each client. I draw from a range of evidence-based approaches such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Narrative Therapy and mindfulness-based methods.

Areas of interest

ADHD Assessment of adults and young people (16 + years); Psychological treatment for ADHD (16 + years); anxiety; depression; burnout; life adjustment

I have a special interest in assessing and working with people and young people with ADHD.

Medical secretaries

• Jane Higgins
• Equilibrium Consultancy Unit 5, Claremont House 15 Nevill Street Abergavenny NP7 5AA
• 07761 262091
• 07761 262091
• equilibriumconsultancy@outlook.com