About me
My formal education in Psychology started over 15 years ago. Following graduation from University College Dublin, Ireland, with a first class honours degree in Psychology, I pursued further study at King’s College London, studying the Philosophy of Mental Disorder. Subsequent to a period of conducting medical and psychological research at University College London, I returned to my alma mater (Kings College London) and completed my doctoral training (in Clinical Psychology) there, at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neurosciences.
I am since registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (registration number: PYL32594) and am a Chartered Member of the British Psychological Society as well as the BPS Division of Clinical Psychology (registration number: 439655).
Over the past 10 years I have worked in primary and secondary mental health care services in the NHS, treating mental health difficulties across the spectrum of severity, going on to focus/specialise in working with problems characterised by emotion dysregulation and trauma. In addition, I have pursued research into the role played by life adversity (and trauma memories) in the onset and maintenance of mental health struggles. I also spent a period at University College London as a Teaching Fellow, delivering specialist teaching to NHS workers delivering Cognitive Behavioural Therapy interventions in the NHS. Since qualifying I have received specialist training in a number of additional therapies/areas including:
Compassion Focussed Therapy (The Association for Psychological Therapies)
Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT British Isles)
Working with Impulsivity (The Association for Psychological Therapies)
Eye Movement Desensitisation & Reprocessing (EMDR Academy)
Attachment-Informed Eye Movement Desensitisation & Reprocessing (EMDR Focus)
Schema Therapy (Schema Therapy School)
Working with Shame, Guilt and Dissociative States in Schema Therapy (Schema Therapy School)
Outside of my clinical work (but no doubt influencing it) I have an interest in the Arts, Literature and Philosophy.