How can I help?

A little bit about me…

I am passionate about helping clients navigate the challenges that face them and over the last 3 years, have taken more and more of my work outdoors. Walking and talking, whether that be in one of the great Sheffield parks or in the Peak District offers perspectives, real life practice opportunities and metaphors that aren’t available in the clinic room. Becoming more in tune with our relationship with nature also serves to reconnect us to ourselves, which in turn helps us find solutions that have become obscured by busyness, burn out, anxiety or suffering.

I have worked for the charity https://mindovermountains.org.uk/ as a well-being lead on day walks and retreats, have run events for the outdoors company https://www.beyondtheedge.co.uk/ focusing on managing fear and anxiety and have also co-led nature connection events for the https://www.mountain-training.org/help/our-association/ The sessions that I now offer are a culmination of 3 decades of training and experience as a psychologist, coach, therapist and avid hill walker.

Prior to this, I worked in the NHS for 17 years with roles that included supervisor, manager, outcomes lead, dialectical behaviour therapy lead and team leader. I worked for 7 years in Child and Family courts as a recognised expert witness. My qualifications are set out below.

Qualifications and Professional Registration

• Bachelor of science special honours degree in psychology with clinical psychology (B.Sc Hons, University of Hull, 1994)
• Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (D.Clin.Psy, University of Hull, 1997)
• Chartered clinical psychologist (C.Psychol, British Psychological Society, [BPS], 1998)
• Associate Fellow of the BPS (AfBPS, 2006 – present)
• Recognised by Cardiff University Law school as an Expert Witness (2011)
• Honorary teacher at Sheffield University (2017-2020)
• Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy with Children and Young People (Dip CBT/CYP; University College London, 2014)
• Post Graduate Certificate in Transformational Leadership (PG Cert Leadership; University of Northumbria, 2019)
• Accredited Cognitive Behavioural Therapist with the British Association of Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy (BABCP, 2020 – present)
• Recognized as a practitioner psychologist with the Health Care Professionals Council (HCPC – 2015-present).
• Completed Intensive DBT training with British Isles DBT and certified as a DBT therapist in June, 2022.
• National Navigation Award Scheme (NNAS) Gold Award and Mountain Training Association Hill and Moorland Leader Award (2023)
• European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC) Accreditation (2024) and qualification as Senior Practitioner (2024)