Professional Background
Catherine’s professional background includes experience across clinical psychology, forensic settings, inpatient mental health services, occupational environments and direct care roles.
This broader experience contributes to a grounded understanding of how psychological, cognitive and emotional difficulties affect functioning within real-world systems and environments.
Clinical Psychology Training
Catherine completed doctoral training in Clinical Psychology (DClinPsy), providing specialist training in psychological assessment, formulation and evidence-based clinical practice.
Professional work is informed by clinical psychology models alongside practical understanding of functional impact within occupational, educational and institutional settings.
Research and Forensic Psychology
Postgraduate training includes MSc Research Psychology and MSc Applied Forensic Psychology.
This contributes to understanding of research evidence, behavioural formulation, institutional systems and the presentation of psychological difficulties within complex environments.
Forensic and Inpatient Experience
Experience includes work within prison services as an Assistant Psychologist and within inpatient psychiatric services as a Clinical Assistant Psychologist prior to doctoral clinical psychology training.
This provided experience of multidisciplinary working, complex presentations, risk awareness and the impact of institutional environments on psychological wellbeing and functioning.
Occupational and Care Experience
Prior to clinical psychology training, experience included direct care support work alongside wider occupational and public-facing roles.
This contributes to practical awareness of how psychological and cognitive difficulties interact with everyday life, workplaces, support needs and organisational systems.
Professional Reports and Assessment
Professional work includes preparation of structured clinical psychology reports across occupational, educational and medico-legal contexts.
The focus is on producing work that is clinically informed, evidence-based, practically useful and clearly communicated.