After completing my first degree I joined the English and Romanian Adoptee (ERA) study headed by Professor Sir Michael Rutter. This invaluable research study assessed the impact of poor quality institutional care on child development. I decided to train as a Clinical Child Psychologist after seeing the potential for recovery in children following adoption from Romanian orphanages.
I gained my Doctorate in 2001 and then worked in a variety of NHS settings. During this time I received additional training in Webster-Stratton Parent Training, TEACCH, Systemic Family Therapy, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Interpersonal Psychotherapy and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy.
Since leaving the NHS to develop a private practice, I have continued to develop my skills through regular specialist training and collaboration with other mental health professionals and researchers.
I currently work with children, adolescents, adults and families in the North London, Barnet and Enfield areas.
Accreditations
Chartered Clinical Psychologist
and Associate Fellow of British
Psychological Society
Member of the Association of
Child and Adolescent
Mental Health (ACAMH)
Member of the Association of
Child Psychologists in
Private Practice (ACHIPPP)
Fully Insured and CRB checked
Qualifications and Experience:
- BA (hons) Developmental Psychology, University of Sussex 1990-1993
- Developmental Psychologist/Research Assistant with Medical Research Council 1994-1998
- Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London 1998-2001
- Clinical Psychologist with Southwark Child and Family Service and Child Development Centre, St Mary’s Hospital Paddington 2001-2004
- Senior Clinical Psychologist with Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, Finchley and Service for Children and Adolescents with Neuro-developmental Difficulties, Barnet, 2004-2008
- Clinical Psychologist in Private Practice 2008-Present