Clinical Team
Dr Laura Barnes
Associate Clinical Psychologist
Qualifications: BSc. DClinPsy. CPsychol. HCPC Registered
Dr Barnes works across the age range and is passionate about supporting children and young people to recognise their strengths and fulfil their potential. She offers specialist psychological & neurodevelopmental assessment (e.g., autism and ADHD) and integrative therapeutic support.
Dr Victoria Barratt
Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Qualifications: BSc. DClinPsy. CPsychol. HCPC Registered
Vicki has been a Clinical Psychologist for twenty years, working in a variety of specialist children's settings, both in the NHS and in New Zealand. Her specialisms include children and young people with significant attachment difficulties, developmental trauma and neurodevelopmental differences. She has an interest in young people who become involved with the criminal justice system and those who demonstrate harmful sexual behaviours. Vicki has also been facilitating reflective practice to teams and providing clinical supervision to colleagues for many years.
Dr Lucy Broom
Principal Clinical Psychologist
Qualifications: BSc. MSc. AdvDip. DClinPsy. HCPC Registered
Lucy is a principal clinical psychologist bringing 18 years of experience working in community mental health settings and neurodevelopmental services for children and adults with neurodivergent conditions, including learning disability, autism and ADHD. Lucy specialises in working with neurodivergent young people and their families to reduce mental health difficulties and distressed behaviours and increase quality of life. She has spent many years providing reflective practice to teams in residential services for looked after children. Lucy uses an integrative approach, drawing on systemic and behavioural models, and her practice is trauma-informed and neuro affirmative. Lucy is also a sleep practitioner and has worked extensively with neurodivergent young people and their parents/carers, to reduce sleep difficulties and improve family functioning.
Dr Nermin Murat
Clinical Psychologist
Qualifications: BSc. MSc. DClinPsy. HCPC Registered
Dr Nermin Murat is a principal clinical psychologist bringing her 20 years’ experience working in mental health services to reduce distress and support clients and organisations to reach their personalised goals. She’s trained in several evidence-based models and works with the Cooley Practice to offer EMDR therapy.
Dr Courtney Poole
Clinical Psychologist
Qualifications: DClinPsy. BSc. HCPC registered
Dr Poole works with children, young people and adults to improve psychological wellbeing. She has particular expertise in physical health and trauma (or PTSD), and works with The Cooley Practice to offer online EMDR therapy.
Dr Penny Tunnicliffe
Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Qualifications: BSc. PhD. DClinPsy. HCPC Registered
Penny is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist with significant experience of working in children and young people’s mental health and neurodevelopmental services. Penny has worked in both community and mental health inpatient settings and specialises in working with individuals who have neurodivergent conditions such as autism, ADHD and learning disability. Penny has spent a lot of her career working to support neurodivergent people and their families to manage mental health, behavioural or emotional difficulties and works to ensure that they are empowered in making choices about their care.
Jenny Bazely
Lead Dietitian
Qualifications: BSc. MSc. RD. HCPC Registered DT17765
Jenny offers specialist support for general weight management and diets associated with various physical health conditions, such as gastrointestinal disease, diabetes, and cancer. Jenny understands the impact diet can have on our mental health and the deep emotional connection that often underpins our eating behaviour. Jenny has the skills to guide you through the myriad of information in the media, to ensure you are consuming food that best serves you, now and into the future.
Michael Skarlatos
Associate Dietitian
Qualifications: PGDip Nutrition and Dietetics. RD. HCPC registered DT27236
Michael is a registered dietitian with over 10 years of experience as a clinician and researcher in the NHS health service. Michael is passionate about supporting individuals in achieving their health goals through personalised and effective guidance in nutrition and behaviour change, with a focus on metabolic health such as diabetes, polycystic ovary syndrome and obesity management.
Habibah Patel
Associate CBT Therapist
Qualifications: BSc. PGPip. BABCP Registered
Habibah works with a variety of difficulties such as anxiety, depression, self-esteem, stress, anger, panic attacks, phobias, PTSD and social anxiety. Habibah has particular expertise in anxiety disorders, specifically Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Generalised Anxiety Disorder (also known as worry) and health anxiety.
Rebecca Donohoe
Associate Speech and Language Therapist
Qualifications: BA, MSc, CertMRCSLT. MASLTIP. HCPC Registered.
Becky is a Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist and Attention Autism Advanced Practitioner. She supports children with a range of communication difficulties and is particularly passionate about working with autism. Becky is trained in administering ADOS-informed autism assessments.
Shelley Natt
Associate Speech and Language Therapist
Qualifications: BSc. M Ed. CertMRCSLT. MASLTIP. HCPC Registered.
Shelley is a Speech and Language Therapist who has worked in both the private sector and NHS across a variety of settings since 2007. She specialises in working with autistic children and young people with associated difficulties with language and communication. As an associate of The Cooley Practice, Shelley supports our assessment pathway for autism in our Warwickshire Clinic. Shelley completed her Masters in Special Education: Autism (Children) in 2015 from the University of Birmingham.
Jaya Simpson
Associate Speech and Language Therapist
Qualifications: BSc. CertMRCSLT. HCPC registered.
Jaya is a speech and language therapist with over 10 years of experience working with individuals with speech, language, and communication needs. She specialises in neurodiversity, including conducting autism assessments. Jaya is passionate about finding strategies that work for each individual and family she supports.
Charley Gibbs
Senior Assistant Psychologist
Qualifications: BSc, MSc
Charley’s Master’s degree from the University of York specialised in neurodevelopmental disorders. She has a research interest in sex differences in autism, masking, and the biases within diagnostic tools used for autism diagnosis. At The Cooley Practice, Charley is involved in autism assessment, individual therapy, psychoeducational groups, research, and service development.
Emily Locker
Senior Assistant Psychologist
Qualifications: BSc, MSc
Emily is involved in autism assessments, research, and service development at The Cooley Practice. Her Master’s degree from the University of Warwick focused on supporting people across the age range who have neurodevelopmental differences and/or struggle with their mental health. Emily has a particular interest in masking, and differences in sensory processing in autism.
Megan Bird
Senior Assistant Psychologist
Qualifications: BSc, MSc
Megan has a Master’s degree from the University of Warwick that specialised in various aspects of Clinical Psychology, including a focus on mental health and neurodevelopmental conditions. She has a particular interest in anxiety presentations and masking in autism. At the Cooley Practice, Megan is involved in autism assessments, research, and service development.
Louis Hamilton
Associate Personal Trainer
Qualifications: Level 4 Personal Trainer & Level 3 GP exercise referral
Louis leads a team of highly qualified and experienced personal trainers at Hamilton’s Honour, Leicester’s first boutique health and fitness studio. Hamilton’s Honour offers specialist support for weight management, strength and muscle mass, and injury rehabilitation. Hamilton’s Honour has partnered with The Cooley Practice to provide integrated support for the mind and body, such as through our revolutionary Holistic health programme.