SC Psychology: Clinical Psychology in the North West
Assessment | Consultation | School Support | Training | Supervision
Support for Children, Young People and Adults
Neurodevelopmental Assessment
I work alongside my psychiatry colleague to provide lifespan neurodevelopmental assessment. This includes assessment of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
All assessment is in-line with the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, (NICE) and is completed via a mixture of online and face to face appointments.
Face to face appointments take place in Preston and occasionally Bury.
Assessment can be self-funded, or covered by insurance such as BUPA depending on your policy cover.
Parent and Carer Consultation
I offer online consultation to parents and carers (this includes birth parents, adoptive parents, and special guardians). This is space to think psychologically about your child. Consultation can be a useful tool to develop new understanding of your child and to reflect on the role you can/do take in supporting your child’s emotional well-being.
Consultations can be stand-alone sessions if you are unsure what level of support you require. However, you are welcome to book as many consultations as you feel would be helpful in meeting your child/children’s emotional needs.
At the end of each consultation you are provided with a written summary of the conversation and any recommendations that have been identified.
Support for schools
Video Interactive Guidance (VIG)
Relationship building with hard to reach (and teach) children can be rewarding and simultaneously challenging. Video Interactive Guidance is a fantastic short-term, strengths based approach that aims to identify what is working well in interactions, and how to build on this further. In an educational context VIG can help facilitate classroom relationships that support a child to engage in educational processes.
Consultation
Clinical Psychology consultation in an educational setting focuses on developing a psychological understanding of difficulties being observed. Associated recommendations are informed by this formulation and have therapeutic emphasis, for example attachment based support strategies.
Reflective Groups
I offer reflective practice space that focuses on the well-being of school staff who are working in contexts where children and young people are presenting with increasing needs around neurodevelopment and mental health. This is distinct from training (which might also be relevant) and focused on fostering emotional resilience in the workforce
Supporting Professional Development
Supervision
I have completed advanced training in clinical supervision and have experience supervising trainee clinical psychologists qualified clinical psychologists and non-psychology professionals (including social workers, nurses, doctors). I am registered with the British Psychological Register of Applied Psychology Practice Supervisors (RAPPS).
In my independent practice I offer ad hoc and regular supervision to professionals working in the field of clinical psychology or psychological therapies.
I use a range of models in order to facilitate learning and reflection on clinical and professional practice (primarily Kolb and Shohet and Hawkins). Where relevant I integrate Video Interactive Guidance (VIG) into supervision, which can offer a rich learning opportunity.
Currently I primarily deliver supervision online. The option of face to face is possible for clinicians based in the North West of England.
Teaching and Training
I deliver a range of psychoeducational training packages and workshops for multi-agency professionals and residential care homes. All training can be tailored to individual or group needs. It is also possible to commission bespoke training packages/workshops, written according to your specific requirements.
Example topics include:
- Anxiety in children and young people (How it presents across contexts and how systems can address and manage anxiety)
- Applications of attachment in an educational context
- Applications of attachment: making connections in care settings (aimed at children’s homes, foster carers)
- Parenting children who have encountered developmental trauma
- Understanding and supporting children’s emotional well-being when neurodiversity is present
- Understanding Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Understanding Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Understanding and managing self-harm
I offer half-day and full day events. There is also the option of a series of events over weeks/months.