Birmingham Team

Expertise and Experience

Dr Grey is the Clinical Director of the Purple House Clinic in Birmingham. Dr Grey is a Clinical Psychologist and registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). She has experience of working in the NHS, forensic services and private practice, providing evidence-based therapy across a range of mental health difficulties including depression, anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder and trauma. Dr Grey is experienced in working with clients of all ages, children, adolescents and adults. Dr Grey uses several therapeutic approaches including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT), Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) and systemic approaches.

Dr Grey is experienced in providing clinical supervision, consultation and training. She has supported organisations to implement service development initiatives and, provided research and evaluation.

Qualifications

2016 – Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (DClinPsy), University of Leicester.

2010 – Masters in Forensic Psychology (MSc), University of Leicester.

2004 – Bachelor of Science in Psychology (BSc), University of Reading.

Professional Registrations & Memberships

Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC): PYL34353

Specialisms

Psychological distress

Depression

Anxiety

Phobias

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)

Trauma

Therapeutic Approaches

Integrative work that is person centred

Compassion Focused therapy (CFT)

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR)

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

Expertise and Experience

Dr Natalie Jones is a Clinical Psychologist registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). Natalie has been working in healthcare since 2013, accumulating experience in various settings such as child and adolescent mental health, adult mental health, learning disability services, and physical health. Alongside her Associate Role at the Purple House Clinic, Natalie currently works in the NHS with Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults.

Natalie fosters a collaborative environment, working with you to develop a comprehensive understanding of your difficulties and identifying factors contributing to these challenges. Tailoring her interventions to your unique needs, Natalie employs an integrative approach, drawing from various models including Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR). Additionally, Natalie provides parental support and interventions aimed at equipping parents with the necessary tools and strategies to effectively support their child through their difficulties.

Natalie offers support for a variety of mental health difficulties, including anxiety, depression, and OCD. She has experience working with individuals who are neurodivergent and those with learning disabilities who are also facing emotional well-being challenges.

Qualifications

2020 – Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (DClinPsy), University of Birmingham

2013 – Master of Science (MSc) in Rehabilitation Psychology, University of Nottingham

2012 – Bachelor of Science (BSc Hons) in Social Psychology, Loughborough University

Professional Registrations & Memberships

Health and Care Professionals Council (HCPC): PYL38618

Specialisms

Child Mental Health

Adolescent Mental Health

Parenting Support

Physical Health

Adapting Interventions for Neurodivergency

Main Therapeutic Approaches

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR)

Expertise and Experience

Abi is a qualified Systemic Psychotherapist, registered with the UK Council for Psychotherapy. She has extensive experience working with families, couples, and individuals.

Abi has over 10 years experience in the Local Authority and additional experience in the NHS, predominantly working therapeutically with families and young people.  More recently, Abi has worked with a wide range of presenting mental health difficulties in private practice. As a family therapist, Abi is skilled in supporting families to work though problems which impact them, whether that be an acute crisis or longer term problems.

Abi works using a systemic approach, which is rooted in helping clients to explore the relationships they share with others, their relationships with themselves, or with a particular problem.

In addition to providing therapy, Abi provides systemic training and consultation.

Qualifications

2020- MSc in Systemic Psychotherapy, University of Birmingham.

2020- Foundation and Intermediate Level in Family Therapy and Systemic Practice

2018- MSc Social Work, University of Leicester

Professional Registrations and Memberships

UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP): 2011183542

Association for Family Therapy and Systemic Practice: 66117347

Social Work England: SW13523

Specialisms

Family Therapy

Couples Therapy

Relational therapy with adults and young people

Main Therapeutic Approaches

Systemic Family Psychotherapy

Non-Violent Resistance (NVR)

Solution Focused Therapy

Strength Based

Narrative Therapy

Expertise and Experience

Jemima is an NHS trained Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist.  She is registered with the Association of Child Psychotherapists. She has over 10 years experience working as a psychotherapist with children, young people and their families.  She is qualified to work with ages 0 – 25.

Jemima has extensive experience in working with children with a range of difficulties including anxiety, depression, selective mutism, early trauma, feeding/toileting issues in infants. She is skilled at working with complexity particularly in the networks around care experienced and vulnerable children.  This includes offering consultations and support to carers and professionals.  Jemima is experienced in offering supervisions and consultations to therapists, counsellors and other psychological professionals.

Qualifications

2014 – Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy, Birmingham Trust for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy

2008 – PGDip Psychoanalytic Infant Observational Studies, Birmingham Trust for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy

2006 – BSc (Hons) Psychology and Childhood & Society, Roehampton University

Professional Registrations & Membership

Association of Child Psychotherapists (4233)

Specialisms

Early Trauma

Depression

Anxiety

Care experienced children and young people

Parent Infant relationships

Selective mutism

Behavioural issues

Main Therapeutic Approaches

Child & Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy

Expertise and Experience 

Dr Lauren Calder-Hanley is a Registered Clinical Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and an Associate Clinician at the Purple House Clinic. She has been employed in NHS since 2013 and has experience working with children, adolescents and adults, including working with individuals with learning difficulties, learning disabilities and/or autism. 

Lauren can help you with a range of emotional well-being and mental health difficulties, such as anxiety, depression, OCD, relationship difficulties, and low self-esteem/confidence. Lauren also specialises in antenatal and postnatal mental health difficulties, and can support you with birth planning, particularly if you have experienced previous abuse or birth trauma. She will work with you to develop a shared understanding of your difficulties, including considering the impact of life experiences, relationships, and society on maintaining these difficulties. She will provide a tailored approach, drawing on a range of evidence-based psychological therapies including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Compassion Focussed Therapy (CFT), Attachment informed approaches, and Systemic approaches. In addition to therapy, Lauren is also experienced in completing assessments of cognitive and adaptive functioning, which can contribute towards neurodevelopmental assessments. Lauren will work in partnership with you to help work towards your goals. 

Alongside her role at the Purple House Clinic, Lauren has worked in a NHS Community Perinatal Mental Health Team in Birmingham since 2021, where she specialises in maternal mental health and the parent-infant relationship. Prior to this, she held roles in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, and Child and Adult Learning Disability Services. 

Qualifications

2019 – Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (DClinPsy), University of Birmingham 

2015 – Master of Science (MSc) in Clinical Applications of Psychology, Newman University

2012 – Bachelor of Science (BSc Hons) in Human Psychology with Integrated Placement Year, Aston University

Professional Registrations & Memberships

Health and Care Professionals Council (HCPC): PYL37528

Specialisms

Perinatal Mental Health

Adolescent Mental Health

Adult Mental Health

Neurodivergency: Learning Difficulties, Learning Disabilities and/or Autism and co-morbid mental health difficulties 

Main Therapeutic Approaches

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

Compassion Focussed Therapy

Attachment informed approaches (Solihull Approach and Circle of Security)

Systemic approaches 

Expertise and Experience

Dr. Bashir is a Clinical Psychologist registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council. 

Dr Bashir has been working in the field of psychological assessment and intervention with children and adults for over 15 years, across a range of settings including Assertive Outreach, Early Intervention in Psychosis Services, Adult Learning Disability Services, and Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services.  Since qualifying as a Clinical Psychologist in 2016 she has specialised in working with care experienced (looked-after) and adopted children, their families and the network around them. Dr Bashir has also worked significantly with parents and carers, and adults who have a history of childhood trauma themselves and who continue to experience difficulties and distress rooted in their early experience. In her trauma specialism, Dr Bashir has played a key role in developing and delivering a psychology service for local authority fostering teams and has a wealth of direct experience working therapeutically with individuals across the lifespan in different contexts, i.e. Parent Assessment Units, fostering and adoption services, educational institutions, and residential care. Dr Bashir’s roles have involved providing specialist consultations, developing and delivering training programmes (i.e., training on attachment and childhood developmental trauma, therapeutic story writing, therapeutic parenting and connecting with children through play and creativity), as well as offering specialist assessments (i.e., comprehensive psychological assessments, cognitive assessments and neurodevelopmental ASD assessments) in statutory and independent service including as an expert witness, and direct evidence based therapeutic interventions to individuals, families and groups. In her work Dr Bashir draws on a range of individual and family-based psychological models, including Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT), Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) and play based interventions (i.e., informed by Theraplay©).

Qualifications
2016 – Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (DClinPsy), University of Leicester

2008 – Master of Research in Clinical Psychology (MRes Clinical Psychology), University of Birmingham

2007 – Bachelor of Science in Psychology (BSc Psychology), University of Birmingham.

Professional Registrations & Memberships
Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC): PYL33465

Specialisms
Children and families

Developmental Trauma

Complex Trauma and PTSD

Attachment difficulties

Shame and self-esteem

Family and relationship difficulties

Therapeutic (Re)Parenting 

 Main Therapeutic Approaches
Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP) informed interventions

Theraplay© informed interventions

Compassion Focused therapy (CFT)

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Narrative Therapy