Our Psychologists
Dr Richard Bailie
Dr Richard Bailie is a clinical psychologist who has supported the Courts and professionals to think about the complex and ongoing needs of children and their families for almost 20 years. Richard has a particular expertise in engaging families who have struggled to trust professionals and of enabling partnership working to achieve the best outcomes for the children. He is an expert in assessing all aspects of mental health, risk and special needs across the age range.
Locations: London, Sussex, Surrey, Hampshire and Kent
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Dr Phoebe Alonso
Dr Phoebe Alonso is an HCPC registered counselling psychologist with over 20 years’ professional experience. Dr Alonso is a qualified professional coach, team coach, supervisor and trainer. She is an expert witness and has a particular expertise in learning disability, ADHD, Autism, and psychometric assessments. She is experienced in assessing a wide variety of mental health disorders, risk and special needs in adults and is trained in a variety of different therapeutic and psychological interventions, which she can tailor for specific needs.
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Dr Dora Whittuck
Dr Dora Whittuck is a consultant clinical psychologist with over 20 years of experience working with children and adults with complex needs in the NHS, social services and independent practice. She has worked with the Courts on a range of issues including mental capacity and deprivation of liberty, parenting issues and best interest planning. Dora has particular expertise in working with trauma, autism, ADHD and learning disability.
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Dr Nuria Segarra
Dr Nuria Segarra, a clinical psychologist with a PhD in Neuroscience, specialising in integrating neuroscience insights with cognitive behavioural therapy for a diverse client group, including children, families, and adults. I am fluent in both English and Spanish and provide bilingual clinical work. My expertise focuses on the brain’s role in behaviour, cognition, and mental processes, which strongly informs my therapeutic and assessment approaches. I have a solid background in neuropsychology, cognitive functioning, autism spectrum conditions, neurodevelopmental disorders, and ADHD. My academic career includes extensive research and publications, particularly in human emotion, motivation, and complex mental health conditions such as psychosis. In clinical practice, I specialise in the psychological impact of trauma and victimisation, aiming to combine scientific rigor with compassionate, evidence-based therapy to support resilience, recovery, and meaningful life change.
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Dr Sarah Swan
Dr Sarah Swan is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist with over 20 years’ experience working with adults with a range of mental health problems and substance misuse issues. Sarah has a particular interest in assessing and working with trauma presentations and issues related to personality disorders and substance use. Sarah’s high level of training and experience of engaging people who may find it difficult to trust professionals, assessment, report-writing, therapy, training and consultancy, means she is able to provide expert witness work of the highest quality for the court.
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Dr Susan Brown-Jones
Dr Susan Brown-Jones is a clinical psychologist who has been conducting assessments, both interview and psychometric, and psychological therapy for over 25 years. In addition to extensive training with paediatric and adult neuropsychologists, she has extensive clinical experience in assessment. Susan has specific expertise in cognitive/IQ testing as well as assessment for neurodiversity.
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Ms Filipa Nogueira
Ms Nogueira is a registered Clinical Psychologist with 13 years of experience working with babies, children, adults, and families across diverse clinical settings in the UK and internationally. She has worked in both health and social care settings, supporting individuals with a range of mental health and cognitive/neurodevelopmental needs and adapting her approach to different cultural contexts.
Ms Nogueira has expertise in offering specialist assessments and treatments to children, young people and adults presenting with mental health difficulties, including adults in the perinatal period (antenatal and post-natal). She has a specialist interest in attachment and complex emotional needs as well as the assessment and therapeutic work of parent-infant at risk dyads.
Ms Nogueira offers evidence-based treatments for complex emotional needs, trauma and difficulties in the parent-infant relationship. She is trained in EMDR and offers this regularly. Ms Nogueira is also trained in Video Intervention Guidance (VIG) an effective video-feedback intervention for parent-child relationship. In addition, Ms Nogueira offers informed Mentalization Based Therapy (MBT), an evidence based therapy treatment for complex needs, including personality difficulties.
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Dr Ann Steele
Dr Ann Steele is a clinical psychologist with over 10 years of experience working in the NHS, academia and research, and in private practice. She has specialist experience in assessing adults for neurodivergence including autism and ADHD, as well as complex mental health conditions, and in providing psychological assessments and treatment following trauma. Ann is also experienced in providing neurodivergence assessments in forensic settings.
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Dr Kim Merrick
Dr Kim Merrick is a Clinical Psychologist who has worked in the field of safeguarding and child protection for over ten years. Kim has particular expertise in undertaking assessments with children and young people and in helping other professionals and the courts to understand and meet children and young people’s needs. Kim also has expertise in providing therapeutic support to children and families affected by trauma, especially intergenerational trauma and working with parents/carers to help them to be the best parents/carers they can be. Locations: Brighton and Hove, West Sussex, East Sussex, Hampshire, Surrey and Kent
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