Felicity is a warm and approachable Clinical Psychologist, who specialises in working with children, young people and their families. She has over ten years’ experience of working in mental health services within the NHS and has worked at Beacon House for the past seven years.

Felicity has worked with children and their families across a range of settings, including Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), paediatric psychology teams, schools and inpatient services. She has worked therapeutically with both individuals and groups, and has provided training in a number of therapeutic approaches.

Felicity is experienced in working with young people presenting with a wide variety of difficulties, including low mood, anxiety, and relationship issues. Felicity also enjoys parent consultation work: helping parents and carers to further develop their understanding of a child’s difficulties and think together about ways of moving forward. Felicity has a particular interest regarding the impact of screens and the internet on young people. She enjoys delivering talks to schools on this topic, as well as a range of wider mental health issues.

Felicity places huge value on the therapeutic relationship. She aims to provide a warm, non-judgemental space to support families with the difficulties they are facing. Felicity adopts a flexible, collaborative way of working and draws on a range of different therapeutic modalities, including attachment, cognitive-behavioural and systemic approaches. Felicity invests a lot of energy into working creatively, to try and help psychological concepts feel accessible to young people and their families. She is always interested in exploring the resources and interests of children, and in using these in working towards their chosen goals.

Felicity is registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (membership number PYL23656) and is Chartered with the British Psychological Society (membership number 146892).

  • Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (DClinPsych)
    University of East London, 2005-2008
  • BSc Hons in Psychology
    University of Newcastle, 1998-2001
  • Neurodivergence: Mental Health and Well-Being
    7.5 hours, Oct 2023
  • Advanced Safeguarding Children (Level 2)
    3 hours, June 2023
  • Relational Life Therapy
    Terrence Real, 8 hours, June 2023
  • The Big Reconnect: Keeping Kids Safe Online
    Rob Cope, 10 hours, March 2023
  • Trauma Informed and Values Based Health Care
    University Hospital Bristol NHS Trust, October 2022
  • Profiles of Autistic Girls
    Tony Attwood, Attwood and Garnet Events, September 2022
  • Circle of Security Parenting Facilitator
    Circle of Security Parenting, 1 week December 2022
  • Contextual safeguarding for vulnerable children and adults
    Amanda Radley, 3 hours, 11th May 2022
  • ACAMH conference: What have we learnt during the COVID-19 pandemic? Looking back, looking forward
    Emmanuel Miller, 2 days, 18th & 19th March 2021
  • ACT for depression and anxiety
    Russ Harris, 2 days, 4th & 11th March 2021
  • Narrative training: Tree of life
    University College Hospitals, November 2020
  • How to support your dysregulated child
    Beacon House, 3 hours, 2020
  • Dealing with distress: working with suicide and self-harm
    Carolyn Spring, 6 hours, 9th June 2020
  • Advanced safeguarding level 2
    High Speed Training, May 2020
  • Sensory processing yoga with Mel Campbell
    Beacon House, June 2019
  • The dynamic maturational model of attachment across the lifespan
    Dr Ben Grey, Dept of Attachment Studies, University of Roehampton, one day, May 2019
  • What you need to know about autism with Tony Attwood
    Sheffield, 15th May 2019
  • Developmental trauma in children & families with Dr Shoshanah Lyons
    Beacon House, April 2019
  • Child bereavement conference
    University of Chichester, 20th October 2017
  • Traumatic dissociation – how to assess and treatment plan for dissociative clients with Maeve Crowley
    Beacon House, 9th September 2017
  • Acceptance and commitment therapy for adolescents
    Dr Russ Harris, 2017
  • Paediatric psychology network UK national conference
    British Psychological Society, 2017
  • Working together to safeguard children
    West Sussex County Council, 2017
  • Motivational interviewing
    British Psychological Society, 2015
  • Introduction to mindfulness
    Mindfulness Sussex, 2015
  • The Mental Capacity Act, Deprivation of Liberty and consent
    Sussex Partnership Trust, 2014
  • Anxiety traps: CBT antidotes
    Christine Padesky, 2012
  • Williams, E. F., Gannon, K. & Soon, K. (2011). The experiences of young people with Epidermolysis Bullosa Simplex: A qualitative study.
    Journal of Health Psychology, 16 (5), 701-710.