I completed a degree in Psychology (First Class Honours), followed by a Masters in Medical Science (Neuropsychology) and Doctorate in Clinical Psychology.  

My doctoral training included internships working with children and adults in community and hospital settings in the U.K. and in the U.S. 

Since qualifying I have specialised in the areas of neuropsychology, neurodevelopment, paediatric conditions, education and the assessment of autism.  I have worked with children, teenagers, families, and schools for over 25 years.  I have  held NHS roles in University College London Hospitals and Great Ormond Street Hospital.  As Head of the Paediatric Child Psychology Department for 18 years at University Hospital Southampton, I developed the service from a team of two people to thirty-five.  I have been clinical supervisor to many doctoral trainees as well as qualified clinical psychologists and neuropsychologists.  

Alongside NHS roles, I developed my private practice which has been based in London and Hampshire, as well as consulting to international schools online and in person..

I contribute to peer reviewed journals and books and have given papers at national and international conferences, alongside lecturing on the doctoral programmes at UCL and the University of Southampton.  I have  published in the areas of brain development, adolescence, cognitive and neuropsychological assessment and on making psychological reports more useful for children, families and schools.  

For many years I have been an Associate Editor for the international, peer reviewed journal Child Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry.