I am a Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) registered Practitioner Health Psychologist; Chartered Psychologist with the British Psychological Society (BPS); Associate Fellow of the BPS (AFBPsS); Applied Psychology Practice Supervisor; and Accredited Coordinating Supervisor for the Stage 2 Qualification in Health Psychology (qualified to supervise trainee health psychologists for registration with the HCPC as Practitioner Health Psychologists).

I have over 20 years’ experience of providing health psychology input and leadership to complex multi-phase, multi-disciplinary applied and translational research across the entire sphere of influence in health psychology (i.e. application of psychological theory/methods to behavioural management of health conditions; health promotion; psychological factors associated with health; and quality improvement in both healthcare practice and policy).

My areas of expertise include person-centred care, personalised care interventions (shared decision making, social prescribing, personalised care planning, and supported self-management), health and lifestyle behaviour change interventions, training of healthcare professionals to deliver behavioural interventions, and health literacy.

Person-centred care, personalised care interventions (shared decision making, social prescribing, personalised care planning, and supported self-management), health and lifestyle behaviour change interventions, training of healthcare professionals to deliver behavioural interventions, and health literacy.