Head of Programme, DCPsych
Craig is a HCPC Registered and BPS Chartered Counselling Psychologist, UKCP Registered Integrative Psychotherapist, EMDR Therapist, and Clinical Supervisor. His Doctorate research explored the experience of Moral Injury among psychological therapists working in NHS Talking Therapies.
Craig has a wide range of clinical experience working across primary care, secondary care, and charity sectors. One of his proudest accomplishments was leading the development of a low-cost counselling service to support those with low incomes to access longer-term therapy. As part of this he supervised and managed a team of therapists over the course of three years before moving to his current role as a Counselling Psychologist and Psychotherapist in an Acute NHS Psychiatric Hospital. Craig also has an independent practice where he provides psychotherapy, supervision, and expert witness reports.
Clinically, Craig is passionate about working with complex trauma. Although he is integrative, he has a keen interest in EMDR, psychodynamic psychotherapy, and the art and science of formulation. He has gained much experience with managing risk and working with complex and enduring mental health difficulties such as psychosis, PTSD, bipolar, dissociative disorders, and personality disorders. With this, he maintains a great interest in research, and in particular the philosophical assumptions underpinning clinical practice and the social sciences. He would describe himself as a Critical Realist but maintains a great curiosity for other ways of conceptualising the nature of reality and how we come to know it.