About MCTS

In 1991 Richard began his work with children, young people, and adults who have experienced significant adversity and complex trauma. He has had the privilege to support over a thousand adults and children during his career who have successfully attained their aims in psychotherapy around their experiences of CPTSD.
Richard has kept at the forefront of advances and was an early adopter of Eye Movement Desensitisation & Reprocessing (EMDR), utilising this since 2007 in appropriate contexts. He also has over twenty years of experience supporting those diagnosed with CPTSD, Dissociative Disorders (DID, DDNOS etc.) and has provided consultancy to medical teams, psychologists, and psychiatrists. He frequently trains qualified mental health professionals in developing skills around assessment and interventions as a faculty member of ISSTD and ATI.

Richard’s experience in assessment for family court focuses on child maltreatment and neglect. To support this area, in 2011 he undertook training with Bond Salon to ensure he could advance his learning in the area (Cross-examination Day, Excellence in Report writing, Courtroom skills).

His aims through MCTS are to ensure the most responsive and effective supports are available for children and young people. From the organisational (becoming trauma-informed) to the professionals’ groups (consultation, training, supervision), extending to families and the provision of psychotherapeutic support to the children and young people themselves.

Hannah has been working in a wide range of mental health, social care and education settings since 2008.

Since qualifying as a Clinical Psychologist in 2018, she has specialised in working with services for young people and families who have experienced adversity and complex trauma. She is passionate about attachment and trauma-informed service design and leadership and draws on community psychology ideas and principles. Hannah has had first hand experience of using child and adult mental health services and is proud to utilise her lived experience alongside her professional training, in service of those who are neglected in the current systems.

Michelle qualified as a psychologist in 2003. She has worked within prison and psychiatric settings. She has specialised in collaborating with individuals who have been given mental health diagnosis and with individuals who have forensic histories. Many of these individuals experienced adversity and trauma in childhood. 

Michelle holds the Cardiff University Bond Solon (CUBS) Expert Witness Criminal Certificate (2022). She has experience of assessing both young people and adults using specialist assessment tools. She has experience of writing court ready reports for family court and mental health review tribunals. 

Ruth’s background is in business administration and copywriting. She joins MCTS after a 15-year career spanning the Civil Service, the legal world, and running her own modern language company. An alumna of Goldman Sachs’ 10,000 Women programme, Ruth is also a business and finance journalist and regularly writes features for World Finance and European CEO magazine.