I am experienced in providing psychological therapy to people with a wide range of psychological conditions such as stress, depression and low mood, trauma, anger, body image issues, anxiety, addiction, self criticism, low self esteem, panic attacks, sleep difficulties, phobia.

My specialist interests are trauma and the psychological links between mental health and physical health.  I  gained a PhD exploring people’s living experience and the psychological impact of  Motor Neurone’s Disease in 2012. Since completing my doctorate in Clinical Psychology in 2016 I have worked in a number of Clinical Health Psychology services within the NHS, providing psychological intervention to people experiencing  trauma and/or psychological difficulties alongside physical health conditions such as persistent pain,  chronic fatigue and gastro intestinal disorders.

My current  NHS role is working as a Senior Clinical Psychologist in a Health Work and Wellbeing Service in the North West of England, specialising in providing trauma therapy, psychological support and supervision to health care professionals. 

I have previously trained and worked as a speech and language therapist in the NHS and this experience enables me to communicate effectively using talking therapies. I can offer an integrated approach drawing from a range psychological models and therapies including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR), Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Mindfulness to those who have experienced trauma or other psychological difficulties.