Redland Psychology Services
About
I am a Clinical Psychologist, with over 20 years’ experience assessing and treating a range of developmental, emotional, and behavioural difficulties. Having studied Psychology at the University of Liverpool in the late 1990s as a mature student, I went on to work with people with neurological and physical health conditions for several years before qualifying as a Clinical Psychologist in 2007 at the University of Manchester.
As a Doctor of Clinical Psychology, I have worked in both the NHS and private sector between Bristol and Devon with teenagers, adults and older adults experiencing a range of difficulties from physical to mental health. I have been specialising in focusing on the assessment of, and therapy for, trauma and complex trauma since 2009.
My Practice
I began my private Clinical Psychology practice in Devon in 2009, whilst still working as a Clinical Psychologist in an NHS service. Since September 2019, I have been full-time in private practice, delivering evidence-based psychological therapy to adolescents and adults of all ages from 16 to over 80+, working with them to resolve mental health conditions, often caused by trauma and adverse life events.
My own recovery from trauma
As well as being a Clinical Psychologist, I am a mum, a partner and a keen runner. I am also a daughter of a military veteran. As part of my own recovery from trauma, my training, and ongoing development I have attended therapy at various times myself. I have personally found a combination of Compassion focused therapy and EMDR especially powerful in helping the people I work with to overcome their trauma history, and am highly committed to, and passionate about, bringing these tremendously healing therapies to others who have experienced adverse life events.
Therapy training:
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Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, University of Manchester 2003 – 2007
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Introduction to Compassion Focused Therapy – Devon Partnership NHS Trust 2012
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Systems Training for Emotional Predictability and Problem Solving (2017)
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Compassion Focused Therapy – Postgraduate Certificate – University of Derby 2019-2020
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Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Level 4 Practitioner, 2009-2010 and achieved Accredited Practitioner status in July 2020.
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Schema Therapy Training - 2021
Assessment Training:
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Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS - II) 2015
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Autism Diagnostic Interview (ADI-R) 2018
Professional Membership & Affiliation:
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Chartered member of the British Psychological Society (098129)
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Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society (098129)
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Registered with the Health Professions Council (PYL15297)
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Affiliate Member of The Division of Clinical Psychology (098129)
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Member of the EMDR Association, UK & Ireland
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Member of the Compassionate Mind Foundation
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Member of the International Schema Therapy Society
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Action Trauma Network
My own recovery from trauma
As well as being a Clinical Psychologist, I am a mum, a partner and a keen runner. I am also a daughter of a military veteran. As part of my own recovery from trauma, my training, and ongoing development I have attended therapy at various times myself. I have personally found a combination of Compassion focused therapy and EMDR especially powerful in helping the people I work with to overcome their trauma history, and am highly committed to, and passionate about, bringing these tremendously healing therapies to others who have experienced adverse life events.