Who are we?
We are psychologists who specialise in helping people manage difficulties related their physical health. We have worked together for over ten years and we all have extensive experience of working in Clinical Health Psychology across both NHS and University settings. The varied experience we bring together provides a unique opportunity to find the right specialist to support you.
We are all registered with the Health and Care Professions Council, meaning that we work to high ethical and professional standards guided by our professional bodies including The British Psychological Society (BPS).
Please go to our Meet the Team Page for more information.
What do we offer?
We work in collaboration with you to understand your health related difficulties, and explore different ways of coping, we provide a range of support including:
· A space to talk about your health
· Coping with changes in your life as a result of your health
· Coping with chronic conditions
· Managing the demands of treatment
· Coping with other people’s reactions to your health
· Active problem solving
· Anxiety management
· Help with making healthcare decisions
· Re-engaging with work and family roles
We can provide telephone and/or face-to-face specialist psychological support
Face-to-face appointments are available at several locations across Greater Manchester and Merseyside. Please see Meet the Team for further details of the type and location of support offered by each clinician.
How can you access CHPA’s services?
We offer an initial, free, 15 minute telephone conversation so that we can work out with you whether we are the most appropriate service for your needs.
Please see Meet the Team for contact details.
What will happen at your first appointment?
Your first appointment will be to discuss the nature of your difficulties, your expectations and goals for therapy. Following this the type of help, recommended number of appointments and how often you need them will be discussed and agreed. Appointments are usually about 50 minutes long.
What about confidentiality?
We will explain about confidentiality at the beginning of our work with you and if you have particular questions or concerns it’s really important that you ask so we can explain all you need to know.
There are some important limits to confidentiality:
If someone indicates a risk of harm to themselves or others, of if we hear of someone else at risk of harm, we have a duty to share this information with other agencies in order to protect whoever is at risk.
It is sometimes necessary to share limited information with others medical professionals or organisations involved in your care. This will be discussed and agreed with you at your first appointment
Good professional practice for Clinical and Health psychologists includes receiving supervision of their practice by another suitably qualified therapist. This means that individual work is discussed. However, supervising therapists are also bound by confidentiality.
