Support for health professionals
When symptoms do not fit neatly into traditional medical models, consultations can become difficult for everyone. Clinicians may feel they have little left to offer. Patients may leave feeling dismissed, blamed or passed between services.
My work helps professionals use communication, validation and formulation as active clinical tools, especially when there are no simple answers.
The consultation as an intervention
Healthcare professionals often have more influence than they realise.
The way uncertainty is communicated, symptoms are validated and mind-body interactions are introduced can shape how a person understands their symptoms and engages with care.
This work is not about teaching clinicians to become psychologists. It is about helping professionals use the skills they already have more deliberately: curiosity, careful language, collaborative formulation and the ability to stay present when there are no easy answers.
Healthcare professionals
For doctors, psychologists, therapists, nurses and allied health professionals working with persistent symptoms, chronic pain, FND, neurological conditions or complex health presentations.
Who I work with
Case managers and rehabilitation professionals
For professionals supporting people with neurological injury, long-term conditions, persistent symptoms or complex rehabilitation needs.
Teams and services
For services wanting to develop a more psychologically informed approach to assessment, formulation, communication and care planning.
What I offer
Training
Bespoke teaching and training for healthcare professionals and teams. Topics may include persistent physical symptoms, chronic pain, FND, psychologically informed communication, validation, formulation and working constructively with uncertainty.
Consultation
Reflective consultation for clinicians, teams or organisations working with complex presentations where psychological, medical and systemic factors interact.
Supervision
Supervision for psychologists and other healthcare professionals seeking space to think about formulation, communication, complexity and the emotional demands of working with uncertainty.
My approach
My aim is to help professionals think more clearly about what may be happening for the person in front of them, and how the clinical conversation itself can become part of the intervention.
Good communication is not a soft skill. In this area of work, it can alter the direction of a person’s healthcare journey.
I do not offer scripts or simplistic explanations. I help professionals develop a more psychologically informed way of thinking about symptoms, uncertainty, validation and care.