PESI UK

Dr Catherine Knibbs is a child and adult trauma psychotherapist, researcher and pioneer of cybertrauma theory, with over 20 years‘ experience at the intersection of child development, trauma and technology. She is a TEDx speaker, CEO of Children and Tech, and author of multiple books, including titles with Routledge and the British Psychological Society. Dr Knibbs runs a clinical practice that specialises in online harms and is a leading authority on cyber-enabled trauma and online safeguarding. 

Dr Dwight Turner is course leader in humanistic psychotherapy at the University of Brighton, as well as a UKCP psychotherapist and supervisor. He is the author of three Routledge books and is an experienced conference speaker, specialising in intersectional practice. 

Geoff Hopping is a senior partner at The Link Centre and an experienced UKCP psychotherapist with qualifications in transactional analysis and psychoanalysis, having trained at the Society for Analytical Psychology. He has decades of experience across NHS, the social work sector, and psychotherapy settings including specialist work with complex trauma in high security prisons. He has a keen interest in bereavement, loss and the spiritual dimension of psychotherapy.

Jeremy Holmes MD FRCPsych is Honorary Professor at the University of Exeter and was for 35 years medical psychotherapist and consultant psychiatrist at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) and then in North Devon. He was chair of the medical psychotherapy faculty of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (1998-2002) and set up the Exeter Psychoanalytic Studies programme. Author of over 250 papers and book chapters, his books include The Oxford textbook of psychotherapy (2008) and The brain has a mind of its own (2020). He is recipient of the Bowlby-Ainsworth foundation award and the Canadian Clinical Psychology Goethe Prize. 

Julie Stone is the UKCP’s independent ethics lead and chair of its Ethics Committee. An academic healthcare lawyer and ethicist by background, Julie has directly influenced healthcare regulatory strategy, policy development and professional standards for over 30 years, advising regulators, professional associations and the government. She is an advocate of research-informed practice, and co-production with experts by experience. She is a former non-executive director of an NHS mental health/community provider and a commissioner trust, and has promoted trauma-informed practice, Freedom to Speak Up, and staff wellbeing initiatives. She has a particular expertise in professional boundaries and moral courage. 

Karen Rawden is a UKCP psychotherapist specialising in psychosynthesis and neuroaffirmative therapy. She is a certified ADHD clinical provider, a member of the UKCP DiverseMinds special interest group, and has served on the board of the European Psychosynthesis Association (EPA). She also tutors neurodivergent students and delivers programs to therapists on creating supportive and transformational therapeutic spaces for people who identify as neurodivergent. 

Dr Linda Finlay is a relational-centred, existentially oriented integrative UKCP psychotherapist, supervisor and academic. She teaches psychology/counselling at the Open University and mentors master's and doctoral students across the UK and Europe. Her research interests include the application of relational, reflexive, hermeneutic phenomenological approaches to exploring the lived experience of disability and trauma. She is also a widely published author. 

Mamood Ahmad is a UKCP psychotherapist, tutor, speaker and published author. He has close to two decades of experience in private practice with specialisms in trauma, multicultural competence and social change. His current primary focus is on driving professional standards change. 

Myira Khan is a UKCP counsellor, supervisor, coach, trainer and published author, with over 16 years of clinical experience. She is the founder of the Muslim Counsellor and Psychotherapist Network (MCAPN), which supports Muslim practitioners through CPD, community and visibility. A regular international keynote speaker, Myira is a visibly Muslim, neurodivergent practitioner committed to advancing anti-oppressive and culturally attuned practice. 

Paul Hoggett is emeritus professor of social policy at The University of the West of England, Bristol. He is a retired psychoanalytic psychotherapist who is active in the Climate Psychology Alliance (CPA), which he co-founded in 2012, and continues to edit its online magazine, Explorations in Climate Psychology. He also serves on the Steering Group of Psychoanalytic Voices for Palestine. 

Dr Paula Hall is a UKCP sexual and relationship psychotherapist specialising in compulsive sexual behaviours and problematic pornography use. She is the founder of The Laurel Centre, the UK’s largest therapy service supporting individuals in addressing unwanted sexual behaviours. She also established Pivotal Recovery, a not-for-profit organisation offering affordable, anonymous resources for those seeking change. 

Sheetal Amin is a UKCP psychotherapist with 25 years of experience working with children, young people, adults, families, organisations and communities. Sheetal has led NHS services that provide therapeutic care for looked after children (LAC) including adoption, fostering and unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC). She is a trainer, educator and supervisor and has worked in multi-agency rapid response services (MARRS). Sheetal is currently responsible for supporting partnerships between health, education and social care. 

Susie Orbach is a psychotherapist and the author of numerous influential books – her seminal work, Fat is a feminist issue was published in 1978 and has remained relevant throughout the decades. She has also held a long-running column in The Guardian. Susie has a visiting professorship at the London School of Economics, co-founded The Women's Therapy Centre in London (1976) and in New York (1981), and has spent fifty years linking psychotherapy, psychoanalysis and social structure through her writing and lectures.