Lisa
Areas of expertise:
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMHS)
- Autism and ADHD assessment across the lifespan
- Complex trauma, developmental trauma and PTSD
- Personality disorder assessment and intervention
- Self-harm, suicide risk and emotional dysregulation
- Secure, forensic and high-risk mental health services
- Neurorehabilitation and acquired brain injury
- Risk assessment and management (including HCR-20 and RSVP)
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Schema Therapy
- EMDR and trauma-focused interventions
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Family, couple and individual therapy
- Service development, clinical governance and quality improvement
- Leadership and strategic development of mental health services
Experience:
- Over 17 years’ experience across NHS, independent healthcare, forensic, secure and community mental health services, providing psychological assessment and therapy for children, adolescents and adults.
- Current Principal Psychologist with extensive leadership experience, including Hospital Director and Head of Therapies roles, specialising in complex mental health needs, neurodevelopmental assessments (autism and ADHD), and forensic risk assessment.
- Experienced in supporting individuals with trauma, personality difficulties, psychosis, attachment difficulties, autism, anxiety, depression and self-harm, alongside delivering supervision, consultancy, training and service development across multidisciplinary teams.
Bio:
I am a HCPC-registered Counselling Psychologist and Principal Psychologist with more than 17 years of experience working across NHS, independent healthcare, forensic, secure, community, and CAMHS settings. I specialise in supporting children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families experiencing complex mental health, neurodevelopmental, and trauma-related difficulties. My clinical expertise includes autism and ADHD assessment, complex trauma, personality difficulties, self-harm, risk assessment, and psychological therapy using evidence-based approaches such as CBT, Schema Therapy, EMDR, and DBT. Alongside direct clinical work, I have extensive experience in service development, leadership, clinical governance, and multidisciplinary team management, including roles as Head of Therapies and Hospital Director. I am passionate about delivering compassionate, person-centred care and helping individuals, families, and organisations achieve positive and meaningful outcomes.
