I am a UKCP accredited Cognitive Analytic Psychotherapist, Trainer and Supervisor.
My core profession is clinical psychology, I am an NHS trained Clinical Psychologist and a CIC trained Mindfulness Teacher. I have 18 years’ experience of working within the NHS at a senior level and with people suffering diverse, complex and enduring mental health difficulties.
I embrace working with diversity, having spent several years working with diverse communities in Birmingham, Dudley, Walsall, Wolverhampton, Sandwell and Bloxwich.
I have a special interest in working with people who have been impacted by the distress of parental alienation.
I offer face to face therapy at a clinic in Bicester, Oxfordshire or digital therapy via a secure online platform.
I am a member of the following regulatory bodies:
Professional Memberships
UK Council for Psychotherapy
Membership number: 2011171072
Health and Care Professionals Council
Registration number: PYL27278
I seek to explore and understand a person’s difficulties and needs collaboratively with them, and within a warm and non-judgmental therapeutic relationship. Working together in this way we can come to recognise stuck patterns which might hold us back in our lives.
By kindly understanding how these patterns came to be and what might activate them (often unconsciously), we can develop the potential to better know them when they arise and make a conscious decision to instead head off in a different direction. It is my role to help you recognise these patterns and to support you in making the changes that are acceptable and helpful to you.
My work tends to be emotionally and relationally focused with an analytic emphasis. Whilst I am influenced by Jungian concepts, the breadth of my clinical training allows me to draw from several models to individually tailor therapy to a person’s needs.
These models are evidence-based interventions.
I have trained in the following approaches: cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT); acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT); dialectical behavioural therapy (DBT); mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) and cognitive analytic therapy (CAT). I have taken up further specialist training in CAT and you can read more about this way of working by visiting the Association for Cognitive Analytic Therapy (ACAT) at acat.me.uk. Essentially, CAT is a collaborative, pragmatic and relational model which can be used to help people with a wide range of difficulties.
My Approach
Association of Cognitive Analytic Therapists
- Accredited Cognitive Analytic Therapy Supervisor (January 2021)
- Accredited Cognitive Analytic Therapy Psychotherapist (October 2020)
Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience
- Postgraduate Certificate in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Psychosis (CBT-
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University of Sheffield - ACAT
- Accredited Cognitive Analytic Therapy Specialist Practitioner (April 2014)
Qualifications and Publications
Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice – University of Bangor
- Teacher Training Level 1 (September 2013) in Mindfulness-based approaches
- Teacher Training Level 2 (September 2014) in Mindfulness-based approaches
University of Exeter, Exeter (2008-2011)
- Doctor of Clinical and Community Psychology
University of Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent (2004-2006)
- Master of Science, Health Psychology
Oxford Brookes University, Oxford (2001-2004)
- Postgraduate Honours Diploma in Advanced Psychology
- Qualifying Certificate in Psychology
University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton (1983-1986)
Bachelor of Arts with Honours, Humanities
Additional Services
Supervision
I offer supervision to trainee CAT therapists and psychotherapists. My fee is £75 per hour for individual supervision. A lower rate is calculated for group supervision, dependent on the number attending.
Schedule a consultation call here.