Consultant Counselling Psychologist, Neuropsychologist & Honorary Associate Professor (Reader), City St George's, University of London

• Chartered Psychologist (CPsychol, British Psychological Society)

• Associate Fellow (AFBPsS, British Psychological Society)

• Doctor of Psychology in Counselling Psychology (City St George's, University of London)

• Counselling Psychologist registered with The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)

• Enhanced UK Disclosure & Barring Service Certificate

Specializations

• Dissociative Experiences, including Dissociative Identity & Functional Neurological

• Childhood Trauma & Adverse Childhood Experiences

• Posttraumatic Stress & Complex Trauma

• Attachment & Relationships

• Temperament/Personality, especially Highly Sensitive Temperament 

• Neurodiversity, including Autism Spectrum, Attention & Hyperactivity, & Dyslexia/Reading Difficulties

Social, Emotional & Cognitive Neuroscientist

• Doctor of Philosophy, Cognitive Science & Neurosciences (University of California, San Diego)

• Master of Science, Neurosciences (University of California, San Diego)

• Bachelor of Arts, Neurobiology (University of California, Berkeley)

Specializations

• Temperament & Personality, especially the Highly Sensitive Person (aka Environmental Sensitivity, Sensory Processing Sensitivity) Learn more →

• Attachment Theory, Research & Clinical Applications

• Stress, Threat & Trauma-Related Distress

• Dissociative Experiences, including Dissociative Identity

• Neuroplasticity, Learning & Memory

• Human Brain Imaging

• Vision, Visual Cognition, Mental Imagery, Mental Simulation

• Creativity

• Lie Detection

The integrative neuropsychotherapy that I offer is flexible, phase-oriented and based on international guidelines.

Therapies that I integrate include: EMDR, Trauma-Informed Stabilization Treatment, CBT, Internal Family Systems, Ego State, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Enactive Trauma Therapy, CPT & Rewind for PTSD, Psychodynamic, Humanistic, Psychodrama, Reconsolidation, Attachment. Other therapies drawn upon: Somatic Experiencing, Mindfulness & Mentalization Based, Compassion-Focused, Gestalt, Emotion-Focused, Schema, ACT, DBT.

Qualifications

• Doctor of Psychology in Counselling Psychology registered with HCPC: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Psychoanalytic/Psychodynamic, Humanistic, Systemic/Family Therapy, Contemporary Therapies

• Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy (EMDR UK Member)

• Certificate in Therapeutic Skills & Studies, Metanoia Institute: Gestalt, Humanistic, Psychoanalytic/Psychodynamic

• Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in trauma, dissociation & attachment & in the therapies I integrate

• Enhanced Disclosure & Disbarring Service (DBS) Certificate

Professional Affiliations & Leadership

• International Attachment Network (IAN), Executive Committee

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