Boyd, Jemma (Dr)
BSc., MSc, DClinPsychol, CPsychol
Company Name
Progression Psychology Practice
Qualifications
- Doctorate in Clinical Psychology DClinPsychol
- Masters in Systemic Psychotherapy MSc.
- EMDR Basic Training
Hours
Thursday 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
Therapies
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, CBT
Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing, EMDR
Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy MBCT
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Skills, DBT skills
About
Hello, I am Dr Jemma Boyd, Chartered Clinical Psychologist and qualified Systemic Family Therapist. I have worked for the National Health Service (NHS) in Bedfordshire for nearly 20 years, specialising in working with adults with complex mental health difficulties, work which has frequently involved helping people to deal with the effects of traumatic events or relationships, important losses or changes, or symptoms which have significantly restricted people’s lives.
In my work, I draw from a wide range of effective, evidence-based psychological therapy approaches to develop individually tailored treatments to help people achieve more fulfilling lives. These approaches, which are all recommended in NICE (National Institute for Clinical Excellence) government guidelines for the treatment of psychological difficulties, include Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR), Mindfulness, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy skills (DBT skills), and Systemic Family Therapy.
About Me
I have an unwavering passion and enthusiasm for assisting people to lead more satisfying lives by helping them make sense of their difficulties, understand why their difficulties have persisted, and develop their ways of managing. I approach all my work with compassion and with sensitivity to each person and their needs.
I completed my Clinical Psychology Doctorate level training at the University of Southampton in 1999. I emerged from this training with a keen interest in considering people and their difficulties within their couple, family and wider systems. I undertook a four year Masters course in Systemic Psychotherapy qualifying with Distinction as a Family Therapist from the Tavistock and Portman Clinic, University of East London in 2007.
I have accrued considerable experience using psychological treatments to work with individuals, couples, families and groups. Over my career, I have also built substantial experience teaching, supervising, training and offering consultation to others in psychological approaches to mental health care.
Much of my work as a Chartered Clinical Psychologist over the last decade has been with people who have survived single or multiple traumatic events or relationships and other significantly distressing life events. In order to increase my effectiveness as a therapist and the repertoire of therapy approaches I am able to offer to people, I have undertaken further training and development in EMDR, Mindfulness, and DBT skills. More recently, I have been developing my interest in the effect of psychological difficulties on our bodies and our physiology.
Much of my work as a Chartered Clinical Psychologist over the last decade has been with people who have survived single or multiple traumatic events or relationships and other significantly distressing life events. In order to increase my effectiveness as a therapist and the repertoire of therapy approaches I am able to offer to people, I have undertaken further training and development in EMDR, Mindfulness, and DBT skills. More recently, I have been developing my interest in the effect of psychological difficulties on our bodies and our physiology. Having completed foundation training in Trauma Sensitive yoga I have developed and am now running a Yoga for Trauma group for survivors of childhood abuse.
My other passion is in working with couples, families, teams and other networks or organisations. I am a qualified Systemic Family Therapist and have drawn on my training in my therapeutic work, in supervising, teaching and training others, and in working with teams.
My research interests have been varied over my career and have included the role of friendships in people’s lives, depression in older adults, and behavioural and psychiatric problems in people with learning disabilities. In my NHS role, I lead a Quality Improvement project aimed at increasing empowerment in recovery from mental health difficulties. I have a number of published research papers.
