Overview

I joined Exeter University as Senior Lecturer and Senior Tutor on the DClinPsy programme in Autumn 2022. I am currently Co-Research Lead for the programme and I also co-lead the Lived Experience Group.

Qualifications

BA (hons) (Oxon)

PhD (London)

PGCAP (Surrey)

Career

I have worked in the NHS and academic psychology teaching and researching “Personality Disorders” and related aspects such as impulsive behaviours and self-harm; offending; attachment styles and mentalization; treatment outcomes and staff training since early 1990s, including ten years in Clinical Psychology Training. Having trained more recently in coaching, I am also interested in contributing to the evidence base in coaching psychology. I have taught and examined both quantitative and qualitative methodologies.

Doing much of my "growing up" as a psychologist and researcher in a Democratic Therapeutic Community, I am committed to the involvement of those with "lived experience" in Clinical Training, research and service development.