Founder
Dr Joanne Peterkin
I am a Chartered Clinical Psychologist, registered with the Health Care Professions Council (since 2012) and the British Psychological Society. I have worked across a number of NHS services in the region including Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, Adult, Perinatal and Older Adult Community Mental Health Teams. I regularly use Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR), Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT), a cognitive analytic approach and systemic family work to support adults, children and families with a range of emotional difficulties, behavioural problems and mental health disorders (including generalised anxiety, social phobia, OCD, post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, difficulties with self-harm and anger problems). I have also worked in specialist services including psychological services for fostered and adopted children. I am able to use Video Interaction Guidance to support families and have an interest in parent-infant mental health and attachment difficulties. I have specialist experience in working with people who have experienced trauma, and loss.
I work collaboratively with young people, adults and families to help them think about emotional difficulties in a way that makes sense to them, and to identify and agree goals that they are motivated to work towards.
Alongside my independent practice, I am the Consultant Clinical Psychologist for the CPFT Perinatal Mental Health Team, I have particular expertise and interest in supporting those who are pregnant or new parents. I am on the Perinatal Psychology Faculty of the British Psychological Society.
I am an Honorary Associate Professor with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching, supporting trainee clinical psychologists and perinatal research.
Given my independent practice is part-time, I am unable to provide support to those who may need high levels of responsive care between sessions or where there is a high level of risk which might be better managed within an NHS provision
Associate
Dr Zoe Scott
I am a Principal Clinical Psychologist registered with the Health Care Professionals Council (HCPC) since 2020. I completed my doctorate in Clinical Psychology at the University of East Anglia and have an MSc in Research in Clinical Psychology. I have experience working across several NHS services including Adult, Perinatal and Older Adult Community Mental Health teams and working with children and adolescents in the Psychological Medicines Service at Addenbrookes hospital. Alongside my private practice, I work for the NHS developing the new Maternal Mental Health Service supporting women, birthing people and their families who have experienced infant loss.
In my clinical practice I draw upon a range of therapeutic models, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Compassionate Focused Therapy (CFT), Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Systemic approaches. I support adults, children and families with a range emotional difficulties and mental health disorders including generalised anxiety, health anxiety, social phobia, OCD, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and loss and bereavement.
As a clinician, I believe in the value of adopting a person-centred approach to ensure that those I work with receive the right support for them. I work collaboratively with individuals to support them to explore and make sense of their emotional distress in a safe and supportive environment, helping them to set achievable goals and reach their desired outcome.
Associate
Dr Thomas Mundy
I am a Clinical Psychologist and I completed a Clinical Psychology Doctorate at the University of East Anglia. I have previously worked clinically or in mental health research roles at the University of Cambridge, the Maudsley Hospital and University College London. I am HCPC registered and work full-time in the UK National Health Service completing psychological therapy with working age adults experiencing moderate to severe mental health difficulties. This means that I have extensive experience working clinically with a wide range of problems such as obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), anxiety disorders, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
As part of my work I have received training in a number of psychological frameworks. These include Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT). I am also actively involved in professional development to continually enhance my skills, which means I have recently completed further training in CBT for personality disorders.
My belief is that therapy should be collaborative and adapted to meet your particular needs. This means we would try to work together as a team to develop a shared understanding of your problems and what might be keeping you stuck. After this, therapy can then work on trying to address key problems that might be impacting on your wellbeing or quality of life, with the ultimate aim of helping you work towards reaching your goals.
Associate
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Dr Kathrin Hicks
Therapy offers the opportunity to have someone walk alongside you, perhaps while you are negotiating particular transitions and challenges, so that you can (re)connect to your innate capacity to heal and grow.
I have studied many theories and mastered various techniques (more on this below), but ultimately I aim to meet you, human-to-human, as we navigate the tricky business of living.
I qualified as a clinical psychologist in 2006, having previously obtained a 1st in Social and Political Sciences (BA) and a research-based MSc, both from the University of Cambridge. My post qualification experience encompasses a wide variety of settings, which reflects my curiosity and desire to learn. In recent years I have worked with people with a range of physical health conditions, previously at Addenbrooke’s Hospital and now at the cancer charity Maggie’s. Prior to this, I worked in a community brain injury service, an inpatient mental health ward, a university staff counselling service and, during Covid, set up and ran a staff support service for the Emergency Department at Addenbrooke’s Hospital. This breadth of experience a has allowed me to see beyond diagnostic categories like anxiety, depression, phobias and so on, appreciating the more complex dynamics that underlie such symptoms.
My therapeutic approach is rooted in Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT), Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). I have a particular interest in the question of what it means to live our lives meaningfully and well. I believe that growth and change arise from understanding and connection, so I focus on creating a space to explore how things are with you right now, how they came to be this way, and how you would like them to be different. To complement this exploratory approach, I offer practical tools and interventions to tackle unhelpful relational patterns and process difficult or stuck experiences.
If this approach resonates with you, I would love to hear from you. I offer a free initial 20 minute consultation to help us decide whether we are a good fit for each other. Please note that I currently offer appointments only on Mondays.
Know all the theories, master all the techniques, but as you touch a human soul, be just another human soul.
Carl Gustav Jung