Biographies of the Trainers
Director: Nigel Mills :
Nigel is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist with over 25 years experience of working in Adult Mental Health settings. Nigel trained at the Institute of Psychiatry/Maudsley Hospitals. He has held Consultant level posts in West Sussex and Bro-Morgannwg and has been the senior tutor for the adult mental health training module on the University of Cardiff Clinical Psychology Doctorate. Nigel has had extensive post-qualification training in CBT and he is an accredited practitioner for EMDR with EMDR Europe. Nigel has published research into the use of Mindfulness for people with Multiple Sclerosis (1999/2000). He has also published clinical accounts of using Mindfulness for people with psychosis (2001/2002). He continues to specialise in the use of mindfulness in his current role as an Independent Consultant in the assessment and treatment of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. He has contributed to the CBT teaching on University Clinical Psychology courses in Surrey; Cambridge; Manchester and Cardiff. Nigel is recognised as an accredited BABCP trainer and practitioner. Nigel has published over 15 articles and 3 book chapters concerned with psychological interventions.
Louise Waddington :
Louise is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist who has specialised in cognitive behaviour therapy. She has a doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Leeds and a post-graduate diploma in Cognitive Therapy (with distinction) from the University of Durham. Louise has worked as a research therapist on large scale trials of CBT for depression (Profs. Shapiro and Barkham) and anxiety disorders (Profs Clark, Ehlers and Salkovskis). She has over 15 years experience working in the NHS and currently runs the Panic Treatment Project for Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust. She has a teaching diploma from the University of London and is a BABCP accredited therapist, supervisor and trainer. She teaches CBT on the Cardiff Clinical Psychology Doctorate and to groups of NHS staff in Cardiff.
Catherine Goodwin :
Catherine is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist and registered member of the British Psychological Society.� In addition to a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology�Catherine has�a post graduate diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Counselling, and advanced training in Solution Focused Therapy.Catherine has eight years experience of practising and teaching CBT.
Director of Training for Child and Family Work: Rachel Williams
Rachel is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist with over 15 years experience of working with children and families. Rachel has a doctorate from the University of Oxford and has carried out post-doctoral research at the University of Cambridge. She trained in Clinical Psychology at the Salomons centre in Kent. Rachel has undertaken post-qualification training in narrative therapy, systemic practice, and EMDR. Rachel has worked with children and families in the NHS since 1994. For the past 6 years she has been joint head of the Child and Family Psychology Service for Gwent Healthcare NHS Trust. Her overarching framework for working with families and children and in her management role is systemic. She strongly believes that children's difficulties can be best understood by a developmental, normative and contextual model.
Dr Clare Nott :
Clare is a Clinical Psychologist with over nine years' experience of working with Children and Families in the NHS. She has worked in a community setting for the last four years with the Aneurin Bevan Health Board (formerly Gwent Healthcare NHS Trust). Prior to that, she worked in the CAMHS Managed Clinical Network, where her role included delivering training on Behavioural Techniques. She provides supervision and contributes to teaching on the Cardiff University Doctorate in Clinical Psychology. Clare qualified with a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Cardiff University in 2001.
Dr Jacqui Boyle :
Jacqui is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist. She works with children, adolescents and families referred to the NHS, in both a community and day unit setting. Previously, she worked with adolescents referred to an inpatient unit, and their parents, focusing specifically on applying cognitive behavioural techniques with a range of presenting difficulties. Her doctoral dissertation explored the applicability of adult models of social phobia for young people. She provides supervision and contributes to the teaching on the University of Cardiff Clinical Psychology Doctorate course.
Sue Vivian-Byrne :
Consultant Forensic Clinical Psychologist and Systemic Psychotherapist. Mrs Vivian-Byrne has over 25 years experience of working in mental health services in medium security, low secure services and the community. She has been a member of the Parole Board for 6 years and has provided reports for court in criminal and childcare proceedings for over 20 years.