BSc (Hons), PhD, DClinPsy

My Experience

I am the Lead Psychologist for the London area for Avenue Therapies, and a highly experienced Clinical Psychologist, having worked in the NHS and private practice for more than 10years. I have worked with individuals across the lifespan, couples and families, presenting with a range of both mental health and physical health difficulties. I have experience of and feel comfortable working with a wide range of clinical, relational, physical health and emotional problems, including anxiety, stress, health anxiety, panic, OCD, depression, low self-esteem, relationship and relational difficulties, and management and adjustment to illness, loss or bereavement.

Irrespectively of the presenting difficulties, my aim is to support my clients and help to facilitate changes needed to reduce distress and improve quality of life, in line with identified goals and needs. For some, this may involve a small number of structured appointments, whereas others may prefer a more exploratory and longer-term approach. One of my areas of interest is working with people with physical health problems, and helping adjust to and manage the impact of these conditions, physically and psychologically. I have worked extensively in this field, with clients with a wide range of health concerns, most recently for a charity supporting people with cancer and their families. I am also particularly interested in working with people in a relational way – understanding how the relationship with self and others is developed and maintained, and how this affects the individual in their day-to-day interactions, their past and future.

My Values

My aim as a therapist is to support my clients on their journey to a more fulfilled and fulfilling life, whatever the difficulties they are experiencing. I am a supportive, open and non-judgemental therapist, and aim to stand side-by-side with my clients, to jointly understand and explore their difficulties together. I am passionate about helping clients reach their full potential, empowering them to take ownership of changes they are making and maintaining these changes into the future, beyond the end of our therapeutic work together.

The Models I Work With

I aim to tailor the intervention to the client I am working with, in line with their identified goals and needs, in a bid to ensure a ‘best fit’ for that person. I have received training and incorporate elements from different therapeutic approaches, including Cognitive-Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT), Mindfulness, DBT skills, EMDR and Schema Therapy.

Clinic Information

I currently hold a clinic in Ealing, London and offer face to face and virtual appointments on Mondays & Thursdays between 9am-15.30.  I work with people aged 13 years upwards.

Training and Qualifications

  • PhD ‘Information Processing Biases in Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ME’, Royal Holloway, University of London, Pass 2005
  • Doctor in Clinical Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, University of London 2003 – 2006

Further Training

  • EMDR part 3. Richman EMDR. September 2024 (Leicester).
  • EMDR part 2. Richman EMDR. May 2024 (online)
  • EMDR part 1. Richman EMDR. Dec 2023 (Glasgow)
  • Somatic Trauma Therapy Training. Babette Rothschild Somatic Trauma Therapy London. 12 Days: May and Oct 2022, May 2023 (online)
  • Brief Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Non-Underweight Eating Disorders (CBT-T). British Psychological Society, Glenn Waller. May 2022 (online)
  • Methods to Manage Emotions: DBT and Emotional Regulation Skills in a Schema Therapy Framework; Schema Therapy Scotland. April 2021 (online)
  • Short Term Schema Therapy for Personality Disorders & Complex Trauma: Group & Individual; Schema Therapy Scotland. Feb 2021 (online)
  • Emotional Coping Skills for Adolescents (DBT-A); Greenwood Mentors; Nov 2020 (online).
  • Good enough parenting’; Jon and Karen Louis. Oct 2020 (online).
  • Transformational Chairwork. Scott Kellogg. Nov 2019.
  • From Merging and Disconnection to Autonomy and Attachment. Schema Therapy Institute, Nov 2019
  • Schema Therapy for Eating Disorders’; Schema Therapy Scotland, Stirling: June 2018
  • ‘Child and Adolescent Schema Therapy (modules 1 & 2); Schema Therapy Institute, Feb and June 2018.
  • ‘ Schema Therapy with complex cases (Module 1)’, ‘Schema therapy skills and working with Borderline Personality disorder (Module 2) and , ‘Schema therapy skills working with Narcissism and Anxious/Avoidant Personality Disorders (Module 3)’ Schema Therapy Associates. London: Dec 2014, May 2015 and Feb 2016.
  • ‘ACT made simple’, ‘ACT bootcamp’, ACT for Physical Health Problems’, ‘Supercharging CBT, with elements of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT)’, ‘ACT key points’. Contextual consulting. Multiple dates June 2014 to July 2020 (London)
  • Institute of Psychiatry ‘Achieving Excellence in CBT – CBT top-up training’ – workshops/masterclasses on using CBT with different conditions, including ‘social anxiety’, ‘health anxiety’, ‘depression’, ‘ptsd’, ‘ocd’, ‘panic disorder’, ‘depression’, ‘chronic depression’, ‘body dysmorphic disorder’, ‘generalised anxiety disorder’ and ‘chronic health conditions’. Institute of Psychiatry. London: July 2010 – May 2011.

Professional Registration

  • Health Care Professions Council (HCPC), Nov 2009; PYL19224
  • Full Member of the International Society of Schema Therapy (ISST); Feb 2019

 

Age Range

13+

Key Models

CBT, EMDR, Schema

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