I have a private practice offering therapy and coaching for emotional, psychological or relationship struggles. Based in central London, Farringdon, Storm's Edge Therapy offers both focused crisis or symptom-focused interventions (CBT, Coaching, Motivational Interviewing) as well as longer-term psychodynamic psychotherapy. Coaching is a valuable tool for optimising developing both within personal and professional life; there doesn't need to be a problem to get better - to be better.Key Areas: Anxiety, Depression, Relationship Issues, Addictions, Stress, Trauma as well as work/career related difficulties.Specialist Areas:- Personality Disorders; primarily using Mentalization Based Therapy (MBT) and Schema Focused Therapy (SFT).- Therapy for Gifted Adults, including emotional, psychological, career development and relationship difficulties- Therapy and guidance to carers of people that suffer from either mental health or personality disorders.- Therapy and Coaching for Creatives and Activistshttp//www.stormsedgetherapy.co.uk/about/

Clinical Psychologist supervising frontline mental health teams within the residential units. Supported the development of a substance misuse treatment programme.

I manage the Psychology Therapy provision for a 61 bed male Forensic unit in a London private hospital which admits NHS patients.I was the Clinical Psychologist for the male Low Secure ward and offered supervision for a qualified, assistant, trainee and honorary Psychologists (Forensic, Counselling and Clinical) as well as providing Reflective Practice for ward based staff. • Therapeutic Interventions: Within the wards (Low Secure, Medium Secure and Locked Rehabilitation) I offered individual and group interventions focused on Substance Misuse, Emotional Regulation, social engagement, risk reduction and brief therapeutic support for co-morbid distress and personality challenges. • Psychological Assessments: The role provides psychological/cognitive testing data towards informing diagnosis and multi-disciplinary treatment plans.• Supervision & Staff Education: I provide clinical and case management supervision, team reflective practise and input into the staff education; working with psychosis and personality disordered clients.Specific Projects/Achievements• Supporting development of therapeutic programmes:-psychoeducation in Emotional Regulation, Substance Misuse and Interpersonal Skills-MBT for Antisocial Personality Disorder-Enablement Programme for engagement and motivation-Developed a collaborative learning programme to support patients understand and facilitate their own change process

I managed the Psychology and Occupational Therapy provision for a 39 bed PICU unit (male and female) in a London private hospital which admits NHS patients.I was the Clinical Psychologist for the male ward and offered supervision for an OT, Clinical Psychologist, Art Psychotherapist, two Assistant Psychologists and counselling student placements as well as providing Reflective Practice for ward-based staff. • Therapeutic Interventions: Within the male PICU and Neuro-rehabilitation wards I offered individual and group interventions focused on treatment compliance, relapse prevention, social engagement, risk reduction and brief therapeutic support for co-morbid distress and personality challenges.• Psychological Assessments: The role provides assessments towards determining ward appropriateness, diagnostic clarity, therapy readiness and therapeutic goals. This involves synthesising background information, mental state examinations and psychological/cognitive testing data towards informing diagnosis and multi-disciplinary treatment plans.• Supervision & Staff Education: I provide clinical and case management supervision, team reflective practise and input into the staff education programme.Specific Projects/Achievements:• Supporting development of therapeutic garden within the OT programme• Establishing placements for Arts Psychotherapy students: dance and movement, drama and art.• Offered seminars on working therapeutically with psychosis to hospital staff as part of mandatory training and to the PhD psychotherapy students at Roehampton University, on Applied Behavioural Interventions and Mental State Examinations

The Psychological Therapies Service provides a range of psychological and counselling services to the Isle of Man population. In addition, I was a therapist for the MBT Personality Disorder service. Clinical PsychologistThis role was responsible for individual and group therapy, assessment, supervision and staff education for adult mental health provision in the rehabilitation and recovery ward, as well as the associated acute admission service. I am a group and individual MBT therapist, as well as part of the MBT assessment team.• Therapeutic Interventions: Within hospital inpatient and outpatient services I provided brief counselling, longer-term therapy and case management interventions. I use an integrative approach informed by Psychodynamic, MBT, CBT, PCT (Person-centred Therapy) and SFT modalities. I have a working understanding of Systemic, Existential, Narrative and Mindfulness practises. • Psychological Assessments: The role provides assessments towards determining ward appropriateness, diagnostic clarity, therapy readiness and therapeutic goals. This involves synthesising background information, mental state examinations and psychological/cognitive testing data towards informing diagnosis and multi-disciplinary treatment plans.• Supervision & Staff Education: I supervised Assistant Psychologists and ward staff relating to individual, group and assessment interventions within rehabilitation and recovery. I provided input into the staff on-going education programme and presentations to other services concerning rehabilitation activities. I offer clinical supervision for a counsellor and a Community Mental Health Practitioner.Specific Project Work/Achievements• Supporting development of the ward and out-patient therapeutic and activity programme• Member of the service wide personality disorder treatment team

Fort England Hospital is a state psychiatric hospital (360 beds) with a regional catchment area and national grade forensic and drug rehabilitation services, including maximum security psychiatric facilities. Clinical Psychologist (Internship and Community Service)I covered three outreach community clinics, out patient interventions and ward rotations (8 months in high secure, 7 in low secure, 3: PICU/severe and enduring mental illness, 3: rehabilitation, 3: DAT).• Therapeutic Interventions: Within the hospital inpatient and outpatient services I provided short term counselling, longer term therapy and case managed outpatient treatment plans• Psychological Assessments: forensic assessments for fitness to stand trial and responsibility at the time of the crime, state disability benefits, acute psychosis, special needs, therapy readiness and therapeutic goals. This involved synthesising background information, mental state examinations and psychological/cognitive testing data informing diagnosis and multi-disciplinary treatment plans• Neuropsychology: I conducted several neuropsychological assessments within forensic contexts to determine the impact of organic damage on an accused’s offending behaviour. Clinic work involved a number of benefit applications, scholastic placements, diagnostic and rehabilitation interventionsSpecific Projects/Achievements• As part of the Sex Offenders Treatment Programme I developed a Sexual Health course for inpatients at a range of functional levels

Umthathi Training Project is an NGO specialising in food and health security training programmes in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.Acting Director/Training ManagerI supervised 10 training staff offering 5 courses and 6 administrative support staff.• Project and programme development and implementation, strategic planning, National Qualification Framework (NQF) course accreditation, staff development programme, human resource development, fundraising, budgeting, media liaison, database development.Specific Projects/Achievements:• Member of Trust Directorate and the sub-commitees for Projects and Programmes, Human Resource, and Finance Executive• Development Officer for the Local Government Regional Executive Committee• Advisory Committee for the Local Government Micro-Agriculture Project• Executive Committee member of Eastern Cape NGO Coalition• Attended specialised workshops in leadership, supervision, gender violence, debt activism and facilitation skills• I trained in the Alternatives to Violence Project conflict management course• Participated in the United Nations Decade of Ecologically Sustainable Development (ESD) Programme• HIV-AIDS Mainstreaming resulted in the book “Responding to HIV/AIDS: A Practitioner’s Guide to Mainstreaming in Rural Development Projects”.

Rhodes University: Journalism & Media Studies DepartmentThe leading academic journalism and media studies training programme in South Africa. I was the lecturer for the website development courses for the New Media Lab, the premier internet media training institution on the continent. The post was sponsored by Metropolis, at the time the largest Business-to-Business provider in Southern Africa.Lecturer in New Media PublishingI functioned as lecturer, department technology advisor and liaison within broader university structures. • Lecturing Online Publishing Courses to fourth year students in Journalism and Media Studies• Short Courses: for Nordic-SADC Journalism Centre, and Information Technology Certificate for Rhodes East London Information Systems DepartmentSpecific Projects/Achievements• Member of Highway Africa Management Team: Workshops, Student Assistant and Technology Co-ordinator (2000 & 2001)• Judge President for International Award for "Innovative use of New Media in Africa" (2000)• Department EXCO Committee and New Media Cluster Chair (2000)• Support Development Task Group Chair• Journalism Department Server Administrator and New Media Lab Facility Administrator• Production Manager of National Arts Festival Website • Presented a paper at Rand Afrikaans University’s 'World Wide Web Applications Conference' (2000) "Deconstructing the Web: a curriculum for media students"• Presented a paper at Rhodes University’s 'Academic Changes and Challenges Conference' (2000) "Curriculum Development in an Age of Rapid Change"• Post Graduate Certificate in Higher Education (incomplete due to financial constraints)