About Me

I practiced in the NHS since qualification in 1986, as a Registered Mental Health Nurse. I worked in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services for 35 years which involved the assessment and intervention of young people to meet their mental health needs. My role included participating in a Family Therapy team, as well as offering Group Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy. I worked latterly as a Clinical Team Manager and more recently ended my role as a tutor and supervisor on the CBT for Children and Young People IAPT course at the University of Exeter. I retired from the NHS in 2019.

Currently I work part-time as an independent Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist for both adults and young people and provide CBT supervision on request.

In my many years of clinical practice, I have been informed by the following psychological therapy modalities: Psycho-dynamic, systemic and group analytic psychotherapy. I believe having a good engagement and therapeutic relationship is key to any therapy and the same applies to my Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy role.

I am registered with the British Association for Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapies: babcp.com

Qualifications

Postgraduate Diploma in Evidenced-based Psychological Therapies (CBT)
Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Supervision of Evidenced-based Psychological Therapies (CBT)
Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMHN)-Retired (2022)

Other significant course

Introduction to Group Analysis (1 year)
Introduction to Family Therapy & Intermediate Level of Family Therapy Trainings (18 months)
Cognitive Remediation Therapy training
Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (8 week programme)
Continuing Professional Development workshops both in-house and externally (which is on-going).