I am a Registered Practitioner Psychologist whose specialism is Counselling Psychology. Since 2008 I have practiced in NHS Psychological Therapy services as a Practitioner Psychologist. I have extensive experience of treating Depression, Anxiety Disorders (including Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Agoraphobia), psychosis and psychotic disorders (including brief reactive psychosis), and Personality Disorders including difficulties with self-harm, impulsivity and emotional regulation. I have expertise in working with individuals, groups and families experiencing complex mental health difficulties, and have for many years offered consultation, supervision, training and reflective practice to colleagues and allied health professionals.

Alongside my NHS practice, I have also worked in the private sector since 2019, both as a self employed psychologist in private practice, and as an employed clinician in the corporate sector, and more recently in the personal injury rehabilitation sector. I have experience in treating difficulties related to day to day life stress such as burn out, sleeplessness, excessive worry, interpersonal conflict, bereavement, and generalised anxiety, as well as in delivering Nice recommended treatments for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

I have developed a specialist interest in trauma therapy. I understand trauma to mean both overwhelming events that can lead to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and troubling events or relationships in the past that hold us back from functioning as well as we would like to in our daily lives. I am qualified and fully accredited as an Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapist, which I offer either as a full stand-alone treatment or as an intervention integrated into a longer-term therapy.