I am a highly experienced ( 18 years) Clinical Psychologist within various areas of adult mental health work, including specialising in the past in the addiction field and working with clients with chronic health conditions and psychological conditions such as anxiety, depression or trauma.
I am highly enthusiastic and Compassionate in my role and enjoy helping clients getting back into life and on their recovery path. Through my various roles within the NHS I have applied various psychological therapy techniques that I am trained in such as CBT, ACT, trauma focused Therapies, Compassionate Mind Therapy or mindfulness based therapy. I am used to managing a large caseload and allocating incoming referrals to the appropriate treatment mode.
Over the last 2 years I have been largely working remotely this imcreased my experience in delivering therapy on an online basis .
I am also enthusiastic in developing other Clinicians through provision of teaching, supervision and reflective learning in case discussions.
I have over the last 5 to 6 years build up a successful part- time private practice in Psychology (Psychological Therapies Dumfries some of which come through corporate referers others from my own website. I am thus very keen to build up a bigger private clinic if possible through linking up more with other private insurerers or cooperate agencies in order to help others reach their full potential and recovery.
2002-2005 University of Glasgow
D.Clin Psych. PhD in Clinical Psychology
1995-1999 ,M.A. in Cognitive Psychology
1.2 in degree