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Specialises in

• Behaviour Therapy
• Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)

• Dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT)
• Motivational Interviewing

• Psychotherapy
• Short Term Psychodynamic Therapy

Offers

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

About me

I am an experienced Consultant Clinical Psychologist with over 25 years of experience working in mental health services in the NHS. I am registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and British Psychological Society (BPS) and I am currently lead for Mental Health Psychological Services in an NHS Trust.

I have developed a passion and ability to work together with my clients to carefully assess and successfully treat a wide range of complex emotional and psychological difficulties. I am committed to working with each of my clients in a compassionate, honest and respectful therapeutic relationship to help them achieve the emotional and psychological change they want.

I am skilled in working from a number of evidence-based psychological interventions, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP). On the basis of my experience, I have chosen to specialise in ISTDP due to the effectiveness of the model to work with a wide range of difficulties and its capability to achieve rapid and long-lasting clinical change in as short a time as possible. Through my practice and teaching of ISTDP, I have established a national and international reputation in this therapeutic model and I am approved by the International Experiential Dynamic Therapy Association as an internationally certified teacher and supervisor.

In addition to my clinical work, I am passionate about helping to develop other clinicians and provide training, consultation, and supervision to mental health professionals based both within and outside of the UK. I have co-facilitated workshops and core trainings in ISTDP, regularly guest lectured at Universities in the UK, presented at national and international conferences and have published in the field of ISTDP.

Areas of interest

anxiety; depression; childhood trauma; traumatic events; phobias; medical unexplained symptoms; obsessive compulsive disorder; social anxiety; post-traumatic disorder; complicated bereavement; sexual difficulties; personality disorder; relationship difficulties; difficulties in regulating and managing emotions

Specialist interests and expertise in the following physical conditions

• Gastrointestinal disorders

• Musculoskeletal conditions

• Psychophysiological disorders