I am a Chartered Psychologist, which means that I am publicly committed to the British Psychological Society’s Code of Ethics and Conduct. I am Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council, which assumed Statutory Regulation of Practitioner Psychologists in 2009. My approach to psychological assessment looks at people's strengths and difficulties, and helps to put current emotional or behavioural issues into the bigger picture of their life-long development. I use questionnaires, psychological tests, and interviews to gather information on behaviour, intellectual skills, sensory needs and attentional processes. While the psychological assessment process may involve consideration of labels such as autismâ€, Asperger syndromeâ€, ADHDâ€, dyslexia†and so on, the overall aim is always to use scientific psychological models to help people to understand their own experiences.
