I am a Compassion-Focused Psychotherapist,  an accredited Schema Therapist and Cognitive Behavioural Therapist, and Voice Dialogue facilitator. I am the co-founder of Chairwork (chairwork.co.uk) with Matthew Pugh and a co-author of the book ‘Compassion Focused Therapy from the Inside Out’. I regularly provides national and international training on compassion and chairwork and am actively involved in ongoing research in these areas. I am an honorary lecturer at the University of Manchester and a senior fellow with Advance Higher Education.