My name is Ian, and I'm a consultant clinical psychologist with 30 years' experience of working in frontline NHS mental health services.  I have a degree in psychology, a doctorate in clinical psychology, and post-qualification training in all the various therapeutic approaches you'd expect.  I've created, developed and run nationally-leading NHS services from scratch, and until recently was a national specialty adviser to NHS England - the most senior clinical job in my field.  I've been a co-applicant on major research projects, spoken often at national and international conferences, published papers in peer-reviewed journals, and have worked clinically with lots of people from all walks of life over the course of my career.​

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Alongside my day job, I've decided to get together with some really brilliant, talented colleagues to set

up a small private practice, specifically designed to help people better understand, confront and take steps towards actually solving the problems that have been holding them back.  

 

In part, this was motivated by the fact that there's so little help available, beyond an overburdened and inaccessible NHS, and a thousand expensive, where-do-I-even-start private psychotherapists. But also the realisation of the scale of the contribution a group of re-energised, refocused, fully-grown adults could make to our society.

I genuinely believe that if we - each of us - can start to face the things we need to face, take responsibility for ourselves and our own happiness, and make good, conscious choices about what we do from here on in, we can turn this thing around.