Psychological Therapeutic Solutions

Meet The Team

Dr Deborah Kingston
Clinical Director of Psychological Therapeutic Solutions

Deborah is a chartered clinical psychologist, and an accredited EMDR supervisor and consultant. She holds a specialist interest in neuro diversity and neuro biological factors associated with trauma. She frequently attends conferences with world leading experts in the field of trauma. She has over 10 years of experience of working within both the NHS and private sector. 
 
Deborah works with both single event trauma and complex trauma which may present in lots of mental health difficulties. These includes depression, anxiety, personality, and panic disorders. 
 
Deborah has a field of knowledge and experience of working with solicitors and case management providers to support their clients who have been through a traumatic experience. Over the last few years, she has supported numerous organisations with training courses such as Mental Health, Awareness Training, and Understanding Trauma Training. 

 

Dr Deborah Kingston
Clinical Psychologist

  • Doctorate in Clinical Psychology
    BSc (Hons)
  • Psychology Graduate
  • Certification in Couple Counselling (Relate)
  • Chartered Member of Health Professionals Council
  • Chartered Member of British Psychological Society (BPS)
  • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Europe
  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
  • EMDR
  • Integrative Approaches
  • Schema Focused Therapies

How do differential explanations of voice-hearing influence attributions and behavioural intentions towards voice-hearers? (Kingston, Moghaddam & Dawson, 2016)

Do they practice what we teach? Follow-up evaluation of a Schema Therapy training programme (Kingston, Moghaddam & Beckley, 2014)

Dr Zoe Young
Clinical Psychologist

Dr Zoe Young is a Clinical Psychologist who until recently worked in the NHS in adult mental health services.

Previous NHS roles include working in a dedicated therapy service and in community adult mental health teams. These varied roles cover individual work with clients who experience a broad range of psychological distress and supporting staff teams to understand and implement psychological ways of working with clients. With a focus on Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) and Compassion Focussed Therapy (CFT) as therapeutic modalities, Dr Young aims to tailor specific treatment plans to the individual’s needs

Dr Zoe Young
Clinical Psychologist

Dr Le-Sharn Parker
Clinical Psychologist

Le-Sharn is a Clinical Psychologist currently working in NHS community adult mental health and perinatal services. She has experience of working with a range of mental health difficulties in children and adults across their lifespan. Le-Sharn is particularly skilled in working therapeutically with people who have experienced both single-event and complex traumas and are struggling with their mental health as a result.
Life can present us with immense challenges that we did not ask for, but nonetheless find ourselves contending with. Le-Sharn works with people to create a safe and trusting therapeutic relationship, through which they can explore a shared understanding of these challenges and their impact, to find a way forward that is in line with the person’s values and hopes for the future.
Le-Sharn takes an integrative approach, using a range of evidence-based therapeutic models and tailoring the therapy to the person and their specific needs.

Dr Le-Sharn Parker
Clinical Psychologist

Dr Marta de Madariaga Lopez
Clinical Psychologist

As a highly motivated and dedicated professional, Marta has provided psychological services within the NHS and as an independent practitioner in the United Kingdom since 2001. Marta is experienced in using psychological therapies to help alleviate emotional distress across the lifespan. She is trained in a number of therapeutic modalities including CBT, EMDR, Psychodynamic, Schema, and Attachment. She employs trauma-informed integrative approaches to understand the complex and pervasive impact of trauma on a person’s worldview, and to suit your needs and experience within the foundations of our therapeutic alliance. 

She is particularly interested in understanding internal as well as external factors that might have convened at this time and that may play a fundamental role in the way you are currently feeling. Some of these internal factors might include cognition (e.g., memory, attention, planning and organisational skills) sleep, hormones, pain, nutrition, movement/exercise and your ability to self-sooth. External aspects include climate change, abuse, relationships, work and social life amongst others.

Dr Marta de Madariaga Lopez
Clinical Psychologist

Dr Lily Lewis
Clinical Psychologist

Dr Lily Lewis is a clinical psychologist working in the NHS and in private practice. She is passionate about creating a collaborative therapy experience and supporting others to understand and process distressing life experiences. Drawing on EMDR, compassion focused therapy and CBT, Lily offers personalised therapy based on the individual’s goals and needs. Lily works in an NHS perinatal mental health service and has a particular interest in working with birth trauma and reproductive trauma. 

amongst others.

Dr Lily Lewis
Clinical Psychologist

Dr Megan Bowes
Clinical Psychologist

Megan is a Senior Psychologist within the NHS specialising in the management of chronic conditions and trauma. She provides EMDR therapy to adults and adolescents struggling with trauma and Somatoform disorders. 

She has recently received a high commendation award for her work supporting care home staff following the Covid-19 pandemic, which involved delivering bespoke individual and group therapeutic support packages. She also has several years experience providing therapy for young people with social, emotional and mental health difficulties, many of whom had experienced significant trauma. 

Megan uses a combination of Acceptance and Commitment therapy, Compassion focused therapy and Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) to tailor therapy based on each individual’s goals.
 

Dr Megan Bowes
Senior Psychologist within the NHS

Dr Tammy Walker
Clinical Psychologist

Tammy is a clinical psychologist working with the MoD and in private practice. In her current role, she works within a rehabilitation service for serving military personnel. She has over 10 years of experience in the NHS and MoD.

Her experience includes working with trauma, physical health conditions and within forensic mental health. She has a special interest in working with individuals who have functional neurological symptoms (FND) and physiological reactions to trauma. She uses a range of evidence-based psychological approaches in her work, with a focus on Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). She takes an individualised approach in order to tailor treatment plans to the individual’s needs.

Dr Tammy Walker
Clinical Psychologist

Dr Hannah Webb
Clinical Psychologist

Hannah has more than 12 years’ experience of working in mental health, including working with children and young people across a range of settings in the public and private sectors.

She has extensive experience of helping young people overcome emotional, social and behavioural difficulties, including anxiety, depression, anger management, loss and bereavement, trauma, poor family relationships, divorce and separation and issues in adoption.

Hannah specialises in many different therapies including CBT, EMDR and Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy. She provides evidence-based therapy, keeping her knowledge up to date through continuing learning and professional development.

Dr Hannah Webb
Clinical Psychologist

Liz Bainbridge
Registered Mental Health Nurse

Liz is a Mental Health Nurse who works with people who have experienced domestic abuse, trauma and a wide range of mental health conditions. Liz is currently working with Psychological Therapeutic Solutions, supervised by Dr Kingston, as a registered nurse and eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR) Therapist.

Previous roles include working in the NHS and social care as a Consultant Nurse and within community mental health services for people with complex long term and short-term mental health needs, providing psychosocial interventions and nursing care. Liz currently works as an independent consultant, providing specialist safeguarding, health and social care, investigations and mental capacity advice to private and public organisations.

Liz Bainbridge
EMDR Therapist, Registered Nurse Mental Health

Mary-Jane
Practice Manager

Mary-Jane is our Practice Co-ordinator who manages all our business administration requirements. Her main role is to look after our associate team and clients. Mary-Jane has extensive history of working in healthcare and was nominated for a Leadership in Management award when she was a Registered Manager of a Domiciliary Healthcare Company. 
 
Mary-Jane has specialist skills in compliance and recruitment and will oversee the day to day running of the office, supporting the development of our associate team within our organisation and aims to provide an outstanding level of service to all those who are involved with Psychological Therapeutic Solutions.

Mary-Jane
Practice Co-ordinator

The pendulum of the mind oscillates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong.