Our team consists of highly experienced clinicians, all qualified, registered and chartered to relevant bodies. All team members adhere to the ethical and professional standards of their regulating bodies, whilst ensuring they maintain continued professional development via regular training.
Dr. Alex Stanbury
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BSc, MSc, DClinPsy, HCPC Registered
Alex is a registered Clinical and Chartered Psychologist. Alex has worked in both the NHS and private sector since 2008 within the remit of mental health. Alex currently works with individuals over 16 years of age, offering assessments and intervention for a wide range of presenting challenges. Within her work, Alex places an emphasis on the body-mind connection as a way to restore balance.
Alex's main aim is to ensure that every person's journey to therapy is heard and understood, so it may confidently guide their treatment. The approaches Alex uses for therapy are selected accordingly and regularly reviewed with the client for appropriateness. First and foremost, Alex prioritises building a sense of safeness in the therapy space to ensure the client feels comfortable and secure. Alex draws on a number of therapeutic approaches including Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) and Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT).
Special Interests
Childhood Trauma
Alex's special interest lies in childhood trauma; understanding and working through the early life experiences that shape who we are today. She specialises in working with people who experience trauma and PTSD.
Chronic Health Conditions
Working with chronic pain, fatigue and other common long-term health conditions.
Perinatal Psychology
Wealth of experience offering psychological advice, support, assessment and therapy within the remit of perinatal; including both antenatal and postnatal.
Professional Training
Alex also provides specialist supervision and training relating to Compassion focused theory.
Qualifications
- 2021 - PG NQ OAS Perinatal Clinical Psychology Training - University of Liverpool
- 2021 - Video Interactive Guidance (VIG) Initial Training Course - AVIGUK
- 2020 - Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- 2020 - Compassion Focussed Therapy (CFT) for Attachment Trauma - Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
- 2020 - Advanced Compassion Focussed Therapy (CFT) Skills - Compassionate Mind Foundation
- 2015 - Doctorate of Clinical Psychology (DClinPsy.) – University of Birmingham
- 2008 - Master of Science in Forensic Psychology (MSc.) – University of Leicester
- 2007 - Master of Research in Psychological Research Methods (MRes.) – Nottingham Trent University
- 2006 - Bachelor of Science in Psychology with Criminology (BSc.) – Nottingham Trent University
Availability: Alex currently has availability for sessions on some weekdays and evenings. She is able to offer both face to face and online sessions.
Rate: £110 per hour
"Seeing a psychologist is not an easy step for anyone and most of us that take that step are usually in a very difficult situation. However, in seeing Alex I found someone who in due time gave me enough trust in her to share very long standing problems and fears, and in return she responded with not only words of understanding but showed me an insight that gave me relief, and an acceptance of who I am. This is a journey of collaboration and teamwork. Alex has given me the opportunity of changing how I see myself and my problems, and changing my outlook. I frequently find her coming up with a short sentence that reveals exactly how I am feeling. How did she know and I didn't! There is no judgement, she is on your side all the way. I would highly recommend Alex to anyone who is struggling with their life."
Client Review, 2024Gay Horvath
Specialist in Perinatal Mental Health & ADHD
Gay began her career in forensic services at Nottinghamshire in 1993, training to become a mental health nurse. Following this, she moved on to gain acute psychiatry and addiction experience. Gay also has extensive experience working in community settings, especially within the perinatal domain. Spending 12 years working in this area of specialism, she is knowledgeable and skilful in working with a range of pre and postnatal presentations.
Gay's career has given her considerable experience in helping people with a wide range of presentations, including trauma, low mood, anxiety, and parenthood. Over time, Gay has increased her use of psychological therapies; she chose to train in EMDR and most recently has completed her Cognitive Analytic Therapy practitioner training. After experiencing an increasing number of clients presenting with ADHD, Gay has recently completed her assessment training and has begun to tailor her interventions to meet this need.
Special Interests
Perinatal Mental Health
12 years of specialist experience working with pre and postnatal presentations, offering expert support during this crucial period.
Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT)
Use of CAT for an array of presentations, helping clients understand patterns in their relationships and behaviours.
ADHD Assessment & Support
Recently trained in ADHD screening and tailored interventions for ADHD presentations.
Qualifications
- BA Honours
- Diploma - Mental Health Nursing
- Post-Graduate Diploma Cognitive Analytic Therapy
- EMDR parts 1-4
- ADHD Screening
Availability: Gay currently offers clinics within the week; both in person and online.
Rate: £80 per hour
Justin Simms-Hughes
BABCP Accredited and Registered
Justin is a BABCP accredited Cognitive Behavioural Therapist with 26 years of core mental health nursing experience and 10 years of CBT practice. Justin has worked in a variety of NHS settings during his career including primary and secondary care.
Justin's compassionate therapeutic approach allows a safe space for reflection within the therapy session. Using his CBT skills in assessing, he will understand a client's needs in a way that allows him to offer you a working model to understand your difficulties and consider how CBT can be helpful in managing these.
His experience working within the NHS has allowed him the confidence and skills in working in areas of neurodiversity; adapting and being flexible in how he delivers CBT. Although Justin is an accredited CBT therapist; he holds additional training in an array of alternative models; which allow him to implement flexibility and tailor interventions to suit each individual's need. Justin is able to confidently treat a variety of long term, complex cases, including Medically Unexplained symptoms (MUS), voice hearing, psychosis, OCD, PTSD, and anxiety disorders utilising a CBT approach.
Special Interests
Availability: Justin has availability on some evenings and offers weekend appointments (Saturdays) both at East Midlands/Stretton clinics and online.
Insurance Recognition: Bupa, Aviva, Vitality, WPA and pending AXA, Allianz.
Rate: £80 per hour
Dr. Amanda Royal
BSc, DClinPsy, HCPC Registered - ADHD and Autism Specialist
Amanda has 30 years of experience working for the NHS. Over the last 20 years Amanda has developed a keen interest in working with adults with Autism and ADHD. She is dedicated to providing quality diagnostic assessments using a caring and sensitive approach. Amanda is trained and accredited in using a variety of nationally approved diagnostic assessment tools for autism and ADHD such as DISCO, ADI-R, ADOS and DIVA and has specialised in diagnostic assessment work over this time.
Amanda is the clinical lead for an NHS adult autism assessment service and is currently involved in developing diagnostic services for adults with ADHD for the NHS along with teaching, training, research, supervision and consultation work. In addition to this Amanda does private work with autistic/ADHD adults and children. Amanda is passionate about improving the lives of people with ADHD and autism and keen that their diagnostic journey is a positive experience that helps them to achieve their goals.
Special Interests
ADHD Assessment
Specialist in comprehensive ADHD assessments using gold-standard diagnostic tools including DIVA.
Autism Assessment
Expert in autism assessment using DISCO, ADI-R, and ADOS diagnostic tools with 20 years of specialist experience.
Availability: Amanda currently has some limited availability within the week but offers the flexibility of weekend clinics both online and in person.
Corinne Murphy
ADHD and Autism Specialist
Corinne is a highly specialist autism clinician passionate about delivering outstanding quality and service. Since qualifying at Kings College London as a psychiatric nurse in September 2000, she has undertaken 25 years of experience in psychiatry working within both inpatient and outpatient services. In her early career she worked in several hospital settings including the Maudsley hospital, Lewisham hospital and Guys hospital adolescent unit. Over recent years she has worked in CAMHS service based in East Midlandsshire and Nottinghamshire. She has continued her career in the NHS; currently working as a diagnostician, trainer, teacher, supervisor, researcher and service developer.
Special Interests
Complex Neurodevelopmental Assessments
Dedicated career path specialising in complex neurodevelopment assessments and management of children, adolescents and adults with neurodiversity and psychiatric co-morbidities.
Co-occurring Conditions
Extensive knowledge and experience of co-occurring presentations of eating disorders, self harm and psychosis.
AuDHD and Hormones
Special interest in AuDHD and hormones and how they affect mental well-being.
Availability: Corinne currently has availability via weekend clinics both in person and online.
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