Meet The Team
We are a friendly, warm, compassionate and skilled team of clinical psychologists, nurses and psychological therapists.
We all originally met at university and at work, and we have enjoyed working together alongside deepening our friendships. We have complementary skills and strengths, and regularly meet to share.
Our team has become smaller over time, reflecting some of our colleagues being on maternity leave, relocating outside the UK and taking up training opportunities.
We are connected to a wider network of multidisciplinary team professionals, including consultant psychiatrists, occupational therapists and speech and language therapists. We can make onward referrals if needed.
Directors
Dr Debbie Spain
Debbie is a Consultant Nurse, Cognitive Behaviour Therapist and Systemic Practitioner, with over 25 years of experience working in community and hospital mental health services. Alongside her private practice, she undertakes research about autism and mental health, supervises doctoral students and offers some consultation in the NHS.
Lottie Crawshaw
Lottie is a Cognitive Behavioural Therapist and Mental Health Nurse with over 25 years of experience of working in both community and hospital mental health and physical health services. Alongside working with The National Psychology Clinic, she works as a High Intensity CBT Therapist in an NHS IAPT service.
Associates
Dr Sarah Gowling
Sarah is a Clinical Psychologist, who has worked in a diverse range of services, including adult mental health, child and adolescent teams, and services for people with a learning disability and autism. She completed her professional Doctorate from the Universities of Coventry and Warwick and has over 15 years of experience working in the NHS.
Dr Bryony Fairhurst
Bryony is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist, with over 15 years of experience working in mental health roles across a broad range of NHS services. She completed her professional Doctorate at the University of Surrey, and alongside her work at the National Psychology Clinic she works as a Principal Clinical Psychologist in an NHS hospital service in Northamptonshire.
Kindness, Compassion, Non-judgemental, Ethical, Collaborative