I left a career as a Communications Manager in the Telecomms industry, to start my family. When my children were all happily in full time school, not wanting to return to management, I decided to retrain. Starting with an Honours Degree in Psychology with the Open University I then completed my MSc and Post MSc Diploma an the University of Wolverhampton. This qualification granted Chartership with the British Psychological Society. The Associate Fellowship with the British Psychological Society (AFBPsS) recognises extensive post-qualification experience. My ongoing accreditation now requires that I am also registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). Since the beginning of my training I have continuously worked within the NHS in a range of settings including Substance Misuse; Adult Mental Health and across a broad spectrum of physical health conditions, including chronic pain and sleep, finally leading the Psychology team in an Adult Weight Management service where many clients struggle with binge-eating disorder and emotional eating. This work continues alongside the personalised private therapy offered from this website. I initially trained in CBT, Person Centred and Psychodynamic approaches. Throughout my career I have continued to learn other therapeutic models and specifically trained in: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT), Compassion Focussed Therapy (CFT), and Eye Movement Desentising and Reprocessing (EMDR). The most recent addition to my formal training has been an extensive programme of Internal Family Systems training through IFSCA (Canada). As IFS is so appropriate and helpful for working with addictions and compulsive behaviours, I consistently choose this approach as the starting point with all my clients and use additional related methods as is helpful.