I offer a compassionate, supportive, and a caring approach, and clients tell me that I have a natural ability to help make them feel comfortable, safe and relaxed, which really helps with the process of talking through your problems.

I have extensive knowledge and experience on providing Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and specialises in common mental health problems, such as: anxiety, depression, addictions, and trauma etc. I have significant experience working in NHS secondary mental healthcare services with Complex Care Mental Health and Community Mental Health Treatment Team.

I have a particular interest in working with clients experiencing Anxiety and Depression, Low Self-esteem/ or lacking confidence, Alcohol and Drug Misuse, and other forms of Addictions, Gambling, Eating Disorders, supporting clients with employment/work problems, and student mental health problems. 

Over the last 12 years I have been building my own private CBT Practice and successfully working with a diverse range of different clients experiencing anxiety, depression and emotional distress, helping reduce their psychological symptoms, achieve change, and move beyond their problems.

I am able to offer clients the opportunity to integrate other evidence based models of psychotherapy within CBT dependent on your current difficulties. These can include: Schema Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Compassion Focused Therapy.

I have supported supports country’s leading anxiety disorders charity, Anxiety UK, over the last 15 years and been an approved Anxiety UK approved therapist. 

Conferences, Short Courses and Workshops Attended 

I have extensive clinical practice experience working within primary and secondary mental healthcare settings, the third sector and private practice, working with a diverse range of mental health problems. As part of my continuing professional development, I am required to engage in the acquisition of developing clinical knowledge and skills, as listed below. 

• BABCP Annual Conference (2010, 2012, 2015, 2017, and 2018) 
• BABCP Scottish Conference and Workshop (2013), Health Anxiety and & Medically Unexplained Symptoms (MUS). Professor Paul Salkovskis. 
• EMDR – North West Reginal Conference (2013) 
• Metacognitive Therapy for Chronic Worry & Generalised Anxiety Disorder – Professor Adrian Wells 
• Understanding and Treating Excessive Worry & Generalised Anxiety Disorder – Professor Mark Freestone 
• New Advances in Behavioural Activation for Depression – Professor Karina Lovell 
• Transdiagnostic CBT Using Method of Levels, Dr, Warren Mansell, Dr Sara Tai & Dr Tim Carey  
• An Overview of Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) – Professor Patricia Resick  
• CBT for Clinical Perfectionism, Professor Roz Shafran  
• The Compassionate Mind Foundation Practitioner Conference, Clinical Applications of Compassion Focused Therapy, Professor Paul Gilbert & Dr Mary Welford  
• A Brief Introduction to the Compassion Focused Therapy and Compassionate Mind Training, Dr Mary Welford  
• Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) Part 1, 2, & 3 
• Dr Michael Paterson.  
• ACT – The First Steps, A Classic Introduction to ACT, Dr Martin Brock 
• ACT – The Next Steps – Building Skills in ACT 
• Brief Solution Focused Therapy – Dr Paul Grantham
•  NHS Knowledge and Skills Framework and Drugs and Alcohol National Occupational Standards
• Motivational Interviewing, Crime Reduction Initiatives

International Treatment Effectiveness Project (IEP), Mode Mapping, Consulting Circles 

• Exposure Therapy for Anxiety Disorders – Mike Davidson 
• Complex Trauma, EMDR & Resource Development 
• Dr Richard Mitchell, Senior EMDR Trainer and Consultant 
• Treating Mild to Severe OCD Effectively Using CBT – Dr Blake Stobie 
• Active Supervision Methods: A Practical and Conceptual Guide to CBT Supervision Mark Latham, Consultant CBT Therapist & Head of Training Newcastle CBT Centre 
• Introduction to Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)  

Thorsten Barnhofer, Oxford Mindfulness Centre. 

• Cognitive Therapy for PTSD – Professor Nick Grey 
• Treating Disgust across the Disorders – Dr David Veale 
• CBT for Personality Disorders – Professor Kate Davidson 
• CBT for Psychosis Parts 1 and 2: CBT for Auditory and Visual Delusions –  
• Louise Isham, Oxford Cognitive Therapy Centre 
• CBT for PTSD Type 1 and Beyond – Dr Kevin Meares 
• Oxford Cognitive Therapy Centre, Certificate in CBT Supervision 
• Effective & Efficient Treatments of Childhood Anxiety Disorders: Working Collaboratively with Parents – Prof Cathy Creswell. 
• Cultivating Self-Esteem with Cognitive Therapy – Dr Melanie Fennell 
• CBT Working with Chronic Pain – Helen Macdonald 
• Anger Dysregulation: Assessment, Case Formulation, and Treatment 
• Professor Ray Novaco and Dr John Taylor 
• CBT Supervisors Induction Training, University of Bolton 
• ACT for Psychosis – Dr Joe Oliver and Dr Emma O’ Donoghue 
• DBT Skills Essential Workshop, British Isles DBT Training 
• CBT for Adults with Eating Disorders: Aiming for Recovery – Prof Glen Waller 
• Schema Therapy modules 1, 2, and 3 – Dr Tara Cutland & Dr Gill Health, Schema Therapy Associates 
• Best Practice CBT for Depression & Suicide, Dr Christine Padesky 
• Psychological Professions Networking Event, Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust  
• Formulation & the 5 P’s, Dr Jane Hipkins. Lancashire care NHS Foundation Trust 
• An Introduction to Working with Couples with Depression 
• Delivering Group CBT, Dr Michael Scott 
• Taking Your Next Steps with ACT 
• Advanced Exposure Skills – A Masterclass at the cutting edge of research and clinical practice. Dr Eric Morris 
• Imagery Rescripting: a transdiagnostic technique to address problems related to traumatic and other negative experiences. Dr Arnoud Arntz 
• Delivering Group CBT. Dr Michael Scott 
• Focusing on Emotion: Using change procedures from DBT. Dr Michaela Swales 
• Behavioural and Cognitive Therapy for Adult Obsessive Compulsive Disorders – Dr Gail Steketee 
• Attended the External Supervisor Update Session for the PGDip Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapies Course. University of Bolton 
• Compassionate Supervision. Tobyn Bell 
• CBT for Social Anxiety. Professor David M Clark 
• EMDR. Basics and beyond; when (and how) to go back to the standard protocol and when to go beyond. Matthew Wesson 
• Masterclass in Understanding and Treatment of OCD Problems in Adults and Children. Prof. P Salkovskis 
• Trauma Focused Cognitive Therapy for PTSD. Dr Nick Grey 
• Back to Basics: Doing Low Intensity Interventions Brilliantly. Clair Moore and David Rae 
• Imagery and Imagery Re-Scripting. Tobyn Bell 
• Metacognitive Therapy for Rumination and Depression. Dr Costas Papageorgiou 
• ACT: 100 Key Points & Techniques in ACT. Dr Joe Oliver and Dr Richard Bennett 
• ACT for Relationship Issues. Russ Harris 
• ACT for Addiction. Russ Harris 
• Motivation in ACT. Russ Harris 
• Self-Compassion: 
• Building Blocks and Barriers. Russ Harris 
• SHAPE: How to Deliver High Quality ACT Supervision. Dr Eric Morris 
• Treating PTSD remotely with Cognitive Therapy – Prof Anke Ehlers 
• Behavioural Activation for Depression: Adjusting for COVID-19 and lockdown (Incl rumination) Prof Ed Watkins 
• Treating Social Anxiety Disorder remotely with Cognitive Therapy for SAD – Prof David Clark 
• Delivering safe PWP interventions by remote working – Prof Paul Farrand, Dr John Pimm, Tania Emilou, Sara Hawkins and Alex Andrews 
• Traumatic Bereavement – Anke Ehlers, Jennifer Wild, Hannah Murray and Kristen Smith 
• COVID-19 and BAME Mental Health – Saiqa Naz 
• Health Anxiety in the time of coronavirus – Prof Paul Salkovskis, Joy McGuire and Alison Croft 
• Obsessional problems in the Coronavirus context: same, same but different – Prof Paul Salkovskis, Victoria Bream, Sasha Walters and Brjnjar Halldorsson 
• Treating PTSD and trauma remotely with EMDR Therapy – Maeve Crowley, Sandi Richman and Matt Wesson 
• Supporting Patients with Long Term Conditions (LTC) in IAPT during COVID-19 – Prof Rona Moss-Morriss, Dr Joanna Hudson and Dr Abigail Wroe 
• IAPT and Critical Care: Dr Rebecca Coles, Dr Matthew Beardman and Dr Angela Busutti 
• A Brief introduction to Neurological Conditions and the Work of the Neurological Alliance – Georgina Carr. 
• It’s not just the threat, it’s the uncertainty: Understanding and managing uncertainty distress – Prof Mark Freeston 
• IAPT and COVID Update – Prof David Clark and Dr Adrian Whittingham 
• Post-COVID syndrome (aka long COVID) and the role that IAPT can play: 5-part training webinar Series: 

• • Understanding post – COVID syndrome and how IAPT can help – Part 1Assessing and engaging people recovering after COVID – Part 2 
  • Using low intensity interventions to help people recover after COVID – Part 3 
  • Using high intensity interventions to help people recover after COVID – Part 4 
  • Further steps to help people recover after COVID: employment advice, CFD, IPT, DIT, and CTFD Part 5 

• An Introduction to Transcultural CBT – Dr Andrew Beck 
• Targeting Self-regulation in CBT for Depression – Dr Stephen Barton 
• Flexibility within fidelity: How to be a more Effective CBT therapist – Dr Nick Grey 
• Adapting CBT for ASD Ailsa Russell 
• Transforming images in PTSD: Advances in CBT Jennifer Wild 
• Managing Interpersonal Processes in CBT Supervision – Jason Roscoe 
• The Paradox of Thought Control and Other Cognitive Strategies in the Treatment of OCD –  

Dr Maureen Whittell 

• BABCP 50th Birthday Conference Webinar 
• A Cognitive Approach to Traumatic and Complex Grief – Dr Michael Duffy 
• Handling Treatment Failure Successfully – Prof Jacqueline Persons 
• Behavioural Activation as a Transdiagnostic Treatment Approach – Prof Christopher Martell 
• Addiction: A motivational problem with a cognitive solution – Dr Frank Ryan 
• CBT for Non-Epileptic Seizures (NES) – Prof Philip Kinsella 
• Adapting CBT for Autistic People – Ailsa Russell 
• CBT for adults with ADHD – Dr Antonia Dittner 
• Cognitive Therapy for PTSD with Refugees and Asylum Seekers – Dr Hannah Murray 
• How to turn a thought into a feeling: integrating CFT principles and practices into CBT – Mary Welford 
• ACT for Low Self-esteem – Dr Joe Oliver and Dr Richard Bennett 
• An Overview of Cultural Differences and Culturally Adapted Assessment – Dr Tanisha Douglas 
• Using Cognitive and Behavioural Approaches to Treat Tics and Tourette’s Syndrome in Children, Teenagers and Adults – Dr Andrew Beck 
• Culturally Adapted Presentations – Dr Tanisha Douglas 
• How to Overcome Anhedonia and Build Wellbeing Using Augmented Depression Therapy (Adept) – Prof Barney Dunn 
• Culturally Specific Presentations – Dr Tanisha Douglas 
• Treating Fear of Cancer Recurrence and Fear of Progression in other Chronic Illness – Prof Louise Sharpe 
• Exposure for Generalised Anxiety Disorder – Prof Eni Becker 
• Working with the LGBTQ+ Community and Intersectionality in a CBT Framework Prof Allan Laville 
• NHS Mandatory Training 
• Safeguarding Children & Young People Level 3 
• Safeguarding Adults Level 3 
• Mental Capacity Act 
• Enhanced Clinical Risk Training 
• Equality & Diversity 
• Information Security Guidelines 
• Secure Handling of Confidential Information 
• The Importance of Good Clinical Record Keeping 
• Information Security Management 
• Password Management 
• NHS Information Risk Management 
• Record keeping Standards for Hospital Patients 
• Fire Safety 
• Infection Prevention 
• Basic Life Support 
• Information Governance Refresher Module 
• Moving & Handling Level 1 and 2  
• Using supervision to support therapists working in cross-cultural settings –  Dr Andre Beck 
• Supercharge your supervision by engaging therapists in active and participatory learning Dr Andre Beck 
• Addressing challenges in the treatment of complex persistent physical symptoms –  Prof Trudie Chalder 
• CBT assessment and treatment adaptations for menopause –  Sally Tribe and Sarah Fairweather 
• Introduction to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Insomnia (ACT-I) –  Dr Guy Meadows 
• Working with interpersonal processes in therapy and supervision – Stirling Moorey