Having trained as a Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist at the Tavistock Institute in London, I have since worked as a Consultant Child Psychotherapist and Head of Department in Wakefield CAMHS.
During my appointment I approached the regional NHS Commissioning Lead with a view to secure funding for training of child psychotherapy for Northern trainees.
The result of this was that 5 years later we founded the Northern NHS training school Of Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy (NSCAP) where I was appointed as a founding Director and senior tutor.
Following this I had 15 years as Head of Child and adolescent Psychotherapy at St James’s University Hospital in Leeds. My stepping down from this post was followed by my taking up my role as Executive Director/ Clinical Director at the Private and long-established Orchard Therapy Centre, where I also worked as an adult psychotherapist.
In August of 2020, I branched out from the previous Company, where I was Executive Director for 7 years, and formed ‘Orchard Therapies’ – just as the Covid pandemic was taking a firm hold on our lives.
