Dr Shona Goodall (my pronouns are She/Her)

Having worked in the NHS for the past 20 years Dr Goodall has extensive experience of working with adults, adolescents, children and their parents. More recently she has worked as a Consultant Clinical Psychologist for a community forensic camhs team. Over the years she has worked in a range of settings with a variety of people from teachers in schools to staff and social workers in residential settings. Her aim has been to help and support children and young people from whatever walk of life with mental health difficulties/ emotional well-being be that very mild to moderate/complex and enduring. Alongside her work in the NHS she worked on the Clinical Psychology doctorate training programme for a number of years before becoming a programme director to lead a team of lecturers to train mental health staff working in educational settings in preventative models and early help to earn a postgraduate diploma.

Her experience includes specialist assessment and treatment of children and young people with a whole range of symptoms, but she has also spoken on radio and presented on television and social media to help disseminate information in a jargon free way. She has gained skills in a range of approaches to help assist psychological thinking.

Most recently she qualified in Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT) which is a relational approach that helps adults (and older teens) to understand stuck patterns of relating and resulting symptoms to better understand what might be happening, allowing individuals to make decisions and practice alternatives that will improve their situation.

Shona is not only an avid learner but is also passionate about supporting others to bring out their best qualities. She loves to provide training on all things mental health related and in particular Attachment theory and how to put this knowledge into practice.

Shona is a chartered member of the British Psychological Society (BPS) and registered with the HCPC. She trained as a supervisor of psychological practice with the University of Sheffield in 2006, has attended workshops and further training on a variety of approaches. You will find more information on her website drshonagoodall.co.uk.

Shona would love you to get in touch to see how she can best help and support you at this time, either as a one off or more regularly.

She offers assessment, therapy, consultancy, supervision, training and reflective practice groups.