About

My experience, qualifications and training

Clinical Experience

My clinical experience spans a range of different services within the NHS as well as running my own private practice in East London.

I have experience working in Clinical Health within Occupational Heath providing psychological therapy to all hospital staff.

I have worked in IAPT services in primary care, dealing with mild to moderate difficulties, with a wide variety of presentations such as longstanding problems with depression, general anxiety, panic, obsessive compulsive disorder, phobias, social anxiety, pain management difficulties and PTSD.

My work in secondary care services has focused on more complex and enduring psychological issues, often presenting with an element of vulnerability or risk. In this capacity, I have generally worked in the area of mood, anxiety and personality difficulties with presentations such as treatment-resistant depression, long-standing OCD, complex trauma and personality disorders with a developmental and historical origin, among others.

I am a fully Accredited EMDR Europe and EMDR UK Practitioner and currently training towards becoming an EMDR Consultant.

Qualifications

HCPC Registered Practitioner Psychologist.
Chartered member of British Psychological Society (CPsychol)
Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society (AFBPsS)
Professional Doctorate in Counselling Psychology
EMDR Europe and EMDR UK Accredited Practitioner, member of EMDR UK.
Level 1 (CORE) EMDR Child & Adolescent Training.
Member of Trauma Response Network UK (offer pro bono clinical services for victims of Mass Trauma)
Masters Degree in Psychology
Master's Degree in Investigative and Forensic Psychology
Master's Degree in Cognitive Neuropsychology
BA Linguistics

SPECIALIST TRAINING

Working with EMDR and Dissociative Parts: Optimal Integration of Parts Models (EMDR Association East Anglia).
EMDR & Parts work for Treating Complex Trauma: Somatic Techniques to Decrease Defensiveness and Facilitate Trauma Processing.
Level 1 (CORE) EMDR Child & Adolescent Training.
EMDR with survivors of Grooming and Sexual Exploitation (EMDR UK).
Critical Incident to Mass Casualty: AIP and disaster Mental Health (EMDR Association East Anglia).
Complex Trauma Certification Training Level 1&2 (CCTP/CCTPII).
Complete IFS Therapy Immersion: Integrating the Internal Family Systems Model Across Clinical Applications.
Intensive Trauma Treatment Course.
Attachment-Focused EMDR Workshop (Laurel Parnell-PESI)

Academic Work

Research

I have many years experience as a researcher in the field of psychology. My robust research and academic background have enabled me to gain extensive knowledge of research methodology, design and analysis, encompassing qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods approaches.

I have carried out original research in diverse areas of psychology such as: the processing of language in the brain; personality traits in people with synaesthesia and communication and situational awareness in the management of critical incidents by U.K emergency services.

My doctoral thesis research focused on the experiences of operational stress and trauma among retired police officers in the U.K and of their psychological growth following adversity.

I also have extensive professional experience as a university-based researcher providing direct support for internally and externally funded projects.

Research Supervision

I have experience in providing research supervision at doctoral level to Counselling Psychologists in Training and currently offer research supervision and consultancy either on a short or long-term basis.

Mentoring

I have worked as a volunteer mentor for "Belong", a charity providing CBT-based support to young offenders with a background in violent/ gang-related crimes based at a London prison.