Our Team

Our co-directors

Dr Emma Morris

In my work I am always interested in relationships; the relationship a person has with themselves, with their family and friends, with me, with organisations and institutions, with their community, with society. I think that it is through exploring and understanding these relationships, sometimes directly, sometimes indirectly, that healing and growth can happen. I have a deep respect for evidence based practice, whilst recognising that one size doesn’t fit all and that there is sometimes a need to integrate approaches. I want people (including children) to feel that we are working in collaboration and that they have an active role in their recovery. I prioritise helping people to feel safe, respected and like they can bring any thought, feeling, experience or memory without fear of judgement or of being overwhelmed.

I am a HCPC and BPS registered Consultant Clinical Psychologist with 25 years of experience working both the NHS and the charity sector. I specialise in work with emotion regulation, trauma, parenting and relationship difficulties (including parental conflict). I worked for 10 years with the specialist Family Trauma team at the Anna Freud Centre (child and family mental health charity) and for 15 years prior to that in the NHS. I am skilled in different therapeutic models including mentalization-based therapy (MBT), systemic family therapy, multi-family therapy (MFT), attachment-based therapy, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Eye Movement Desensitisation & Reprocessing (EMDR). I also have 20 years of experience as an expert witness to the Family Court.

I have held senior leadership roles within the NHS and the charity sector and secured and led on grant-funded projects. I am interested in how we innovate therapies to improve health equity and help children and young people more effectively. I have been involved with research and the development of multi-family therapy, mentalisation based interventions and interventions for parental conflict. I have published multiple peer reviewed research articles, co-authored two books (High Conflict Parenting Post Separation: The making and breaking of family ties; Systemic Multi-Family Therapy) and co-edited another (Working with Developmental Trauma: A casebook of Mentalization-Based Treatment for children and their families)

I regularly provide teaching, training, consultation and supervision on a broad range of topics including multi-family therapy, mentalization-based therapy for children young people and families, reducing the impact of parental conflict on children, and the assessment of parenting, across clinical, organisational and academic settings, both in the UK and internationally. I am also founder of The Multi-Family Project

Dr Claire Arnold

I am a Consultant Clinical Psychologist, registered with the Health Care Professionals Council, the regulatory body for Clinical Psychologists working in the UK. 

As a clinician, I priorities working collaboratively, ensuring people feel safe and empowered within a positive and equitable therapeutic relationship. Although I am a clinical 'expert' within the field of trauma, clients are the 'experts' of their lives; their own experiences, beliefs, and values. Understanding both areas of expertise is important for any post-traumatic growth.

Since completing my doctorate in clinical psychology in 2005, it has been a privilege to work clinically as a trauma specialist within a range of different settings.  This primarily has been in the NHS, in both generic and specialist trauma services, as well as charitable organisations,  both in the UK and overseas.  Within leadership, training and strategic, policy development roles, I have worked in partnership with a range of multi-disciplinary professionals to develop NHS trauma response pathways and services, including the Grenfell Health and Wellbeing Service.  More recently, I have undertaken a clinical lead role at the UK Home Office Asylum Mental Health and Wellbeing team, supporting them to further develop and embed trauma informed practice at a national level.

When working clinically, I draw upon a range of therapeutic trainings including Trauma Focused Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT),  Eye Movement Desensitisation & Reprocessing (EMDR),  Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET), Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT), Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT) and Systemic approaches. I work with both children and adults, and have a specialist interest in supporting people from asylum seeking and refugee backgrounds.

I also offer Expert Witness assessments regarding trauma-related psychological issues.

I have many years of offering specialist clinical supervision to a range of professionals, as well as reflective practice to clinicians, people with lived experience and professionals working within trauma exposed organisations, including legal firms and physical health settings.

When not working at The Trauma Recovery Space, Claire has a small private practice in Highbury, North London and on line where she supports people with a range of difficulties including anxiety, depression, obsessive compulsive disorder and neurodevelopmental difficulties.