I am a second year Trainee Clinical Psychologist on the Oxford doctoral course.
In my first year of training, I worked within the North Buckinghamshire Psychological Therapies team with adults (18-65), and with the Buckinghamshire Older Adult Psychological Therapies team, working with adults aged 65 or older. In second year, my first clinical placement was with the Children's Psychological Medicine team (Paediatric Gastroenterology) at the John Radcliffe Hospital.
My current clinical placement is with the Oxford City Learning Disabilities Team, as well as working towards the AFT Intermediate accreditation in Systemic Theory and Practice at the Highfield Unit in Oxford, a specialist psychiatric inpatient service for young people aged 11 to 18.
Prior experience
Prior to clinical training, I worked as an Assistant Psychologist in a CAMHS Neurodevelopmental Conditions Pathway, supporting diagnostic assessment and providing therapeutic input to autistic children and young people, and those with ADHD. I also worked as an Assistant Psychologist within a specialist team providing keyworker support to children and young people with a learning disability and/or autism who are inpatients in, or at risk of being admitted to, a mental health hospital. I also worked as a Tutor at the Oxfordshire Recovery College, designing and delivering free educational courses and workshops aiming to help people to take steps towards recovery from mental health challenges.
I completed my undergraduate degree in Experimental Psychology at the University of Oxford, followed by a Graduate Research Assistant post exploring post-traumatic stress symptoms in combat veterans. I then completed a DPhil at the University of Oxford using cognitive neuroscience to explore the neural dynamics of attachment, caregiving, perinatal distress, and parent-infant interaction. Following this, I worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher within the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry research group exploring how best to adapt psychological therapies for autistic people to optimise outcomes and satisfaction.
