I obtained my Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Salomons, Canterbury Christchurch University in 2009 and since then I have worked in NHS Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS).  I have worked in various teams offering assessment, treatment, and supervision of staff working with, children and adolescents and families across the age range and in lots of different situations.

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I take a whole systems approach and understanding the difficulties being presented in the context that a person (child, young person or adult) is in for example their family, their school, their work, their social circle.  I aim to work with my client(s) to get to a shared formulation (understanding or story of the problem), even when working with someone on their own, we would be thinking about their wider context as well.

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I have had training in and have experience of delivering: 

• Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing (EMDR)

• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

• Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)

• Narrative Therapy

• Brief Solution Focussed Therapy

• Compassion Focussed Therapy

• Systemic Therapy

• Parenting Interventions (Including Incredible Years and the Parent Child Game)

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I have worked with children, young people and adults in a range of settings who have had a range of difficulties including:  Anxiety; Panic Attacks; Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD); Worries; School refusal; Depression; Low Mood; Low Self Esteem; Attachment-based difficulties (relationship difficulties across the lifespan); Trauma and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder; Self-harm and Suicidal Ideation and Having strange experiences (e.g. hearing voices). 

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