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Why I became a Psychologist?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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I was one of those people who knew what they wanted to do before I even left school. At the time there was an American TV series called Ally McBeal that was about a Boston law firm but it wasn’t the law aspect that took my interest. Instead the main character sometimes hallucinated a dancing baby and had a therapist that she regularly went to see. I kept thinking what an honour to be trusted to hear another person’s story, another person’s truth and distress. I knew from that time that I wanted to be able to offer a safe space like that to others and I just needed to figure out how to make that a reality. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is where Psychology and becoming a Psychologist became my dream and a goal that took nearly 13 years of studying and training to achieve. Psychology is the scientific study of the mind and behaviour. Through understanding what it means to be human and why we do the things we do, can help when understandable coping strategies don’t work for us anymore.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Experience<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

My experience covers a range of different services both within the NHS and Charity Sector. I currently work in the NHS as Lead Psychologist for an award winning Pain Management Service but also have experience working in Community Mental Health Teams, Drug and Alcohol Services and in the field of Intellectual Disabilities. I also have a special interest in working therapeutically with individuals who identify as being on the Autistic Spectrum or who are adjusting following a diagnosis. The list below gives an indication of the conditions that I have experience working with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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