Duncan is a member of the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) as a practicing qualified Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist (CBT), currently specialising in Child and Adolescent Mental Health. Duncan is a diligent and passionate mental health professional who places the client at the heart of what they require from a psychotherapists intervention. Delivering an inclusive and non-judgemental approach has enabled Duncan to successfully transition individuals in distress to embrace a more balanced and optimistic outlook. Experienced in the complexities of systemic presentations, Duncan understands the difficulties that mental illness entrenches within families and the negative impactful it has upon the child, adolescent and parent. With his wealth of diverse clinical skills and specialist experience Duncan values a trusted, compassionate and calm approach which has proven to forge positive outcomes, both for adult clients and young persons.

Professional background:

Duncan’s career within mental health spans over twenty five year’s which has covered a wide clinical spectrum both within the United Kingdom National Health Service and private clinical facilities. During the last fourteen years he has worked within more sessional and therapy based roles within both community adult and child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) in the Isle of Man’s Manx Care service.

Education and clinical experience:

Duncan initially pursued undergraduate BSc Psychology studies which led to a focus upon forensic treatment pathways, with clinical experience gained at HMP Holloway and psychiatric intensive care units (PICU). Duncan has driven service improvement, risk management and governance within managerial roles with both adult and child and adolescent services, along with initiating and over seeing the first gender specific female PICU in Marylebone, central London.

Advocating a keen focus of combining service development with professional clinical standards, Duncan attained a BSc (Hons) in Health and Social Care combining further level seven modules under the scope of professional practice. Duncan is also a qualified Non-Medical Prescriber where he can both deliver CBT and prescribe medication if assessment proves to be an appropriate duel treatment pathway, which the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) advocate if clinical symptoms are deemed to be more rooted in presentation.

Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy and further training:

Seeking a more protocol and holistically driven approach to therapy led Duncan to undertake stage one Family Therapy foundation studies and focus a direction towards training as an accredited Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist, completing a postgraduate diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. Duncan is also a qualified Dialectical Behavioural Therapist (DBT) with experience of running DBT therapy groups with both young persons and also combined with the client’s parents.

Shared understanding to reach your tailored goals:

Duncan aim’s too offer hope, promote problem solving techniques and modify distressing conditions while creating alternative perspectives that through collaborative working, facilitates the client to return to a life worth living. A shared direction ensures the client leaves the therapy environment equipped with tailored and accomplished goals while feeling empowered to reshape and model their future emotions and behaviours.

Duncan has clinical experience and positive outcomes from delivering CBT for the following disorders:

• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Attention-Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD)
• Anxiety
• Depression
• Body Dysmorphic Disorder
• Specific Phobia
• Obsessional Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
• Health Anxiety
• Chronic Pain Management
• Panic disorders
• Social Anxiety Disorder
• General Anxiety Disorder (GAD)