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.
Our Associates
Dr Jyoti Pooni
Hi, I’m Jyoti, a warm, caring and highly skilled Clinical Psychologist specialising in working with children, young people, parents, and families. I am passionate about working with children and young people to help them understand themselves better, manage their emotional wellbeing and to empower them to communicate their needs to the key people in their lives. My focus is always to build on an individual’s strengths and skills for them to thrive and strive for their best potential as individuals and as a family unit. I value a strong therapeutic relationship to create a robust foundation for working together, which I believe will bring about the most change. I aim to provide a supportive, safe, and non-judgemental therapeutic space tailored to each child/young person and family’s needs to achieve this.
I am a Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) registered Clinical Psychologist with over 20 years’ experience of working across the NHS, charity sector and in private practice. For the last ten years, I have worked at the Anna Freud as Head of Service for a community team commissioned by an inner city of London Borough Council. I have a wealth of experience offering assessment and therapeutic intervention for children and young people aged 0-25 years alongside their families, school/college, and social care systems in the community, in outpatient clinics and in inpatient services. I specialize in work with emotion regulation such as anxiety, low mood and low self-esteem often in the context of developmental difficulties, parental separation and trauma. I also have many years’ experience offering clinical supervision to both clinical and non-clinical colleagues and consultation and reflective practice spaces for education and social care professionals.
I am skilled at delivering evidence-based interventions whilst also integrating other therapeutic models based on each child and family’s needs. The models I employ in my practice include Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Mentalization Based Therapy (MBT), Solution Focused, Narrative and Systemic approaches as well as Attachment based approaches.
When not working at the Trauma Recovery Space, I continue to work for the Anna Freud and have a small private practice in Barnet, North London.
Working in partnership
We invite clinicians who share our values to join us in growing and developing The Trauma Recovery Space.
We provide our associates with the opportunity to deliver a range of individual and group therapies for those who have experienced or been affected by trauma. As a member of The Trauma Recovery Space Team, you can work out of our London Colney base and will have access to monthly reflective practice groups, specialist supervision and CPD. Your work will be held within the organisations care pathway, with clear assessment, safeguarding and risk management protocol informed by Claire and Emma’s extensive clinical and leadership experience.
We prioritise a team approach, informed by the principles of trauma informed practice. We endeavour to develop a team that offers a place of safety, trust, collaboration, choice, empowerment and cultural humility where we learn from each other. Over time we hope to extend the range of interventions and support that we are able to offer. We welcome contributions and shared knowledge from colleagues and associates, both clinically and as co-trainers.
We also invite organisations who are interested in collaborating and working in partnership to improve provision for those impacted by trauma to get in touch.
