About Psychotherapy for Healthcare
Sarah Simpson, PsychD, MBPS, HCPC Registered, is a Chartered Counselling Psychologist. Sarah trained in NHS, private and charity settings, providing psychotherapy for a range of client groups. Sarah is especially interested in the mental health care of people with physical illness and her doctoral research focused on how clients and patients are 'heard' by professionals.
We are psychotherapists with extensive NHS experience as clinicians and trainers
Shiri Spector, PhD, MSc, MBACP, is a psychotherapist and a university lecturer combining throughout her career clinical and academic interests. Shiri was the head of the Counselling and Psychotherapy Department at King’s College Hospital and is currently honorary Consultant Psychotherapist at King’s College London's School of Medicine, where she is the clinical lead for the Student Psychotherapy Scheme.
Shiri provides psychotherapy and clinical supervision in her private practice, specialising in psychotherapy for people with medical illness.
Jon Edge, MSc, MA, BEd Hons, UKCP, MBACP has across 25 years combined the professions of counselling and teaching in one person.
For twelve years he was a tutor in counselling at Birkbeck College and a visiting lecturer at City University, providing workshops and presentations to nurses and medical staff at St Bartholomews and the General London Hospitals. Principal psychotherapist at Kings’ College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust until recently, he runs a private psychotherapy practice in
Psychotherapy for Healthcare delivers high quality training and clinical services that have interpersonal issues at their heart. We combine our psychotherapy, research and teaching experience to promote effective, safe practice and staff well-being.
From its roots in working with healthcare professionals, Psychotherapy for Healthcare has evolved to support and train staff from a variety of sectors, including
Self-awareness, empathy, compassion, self-esteem - the greater or lesser presence of these can make or break teams and departments. Our training and clinical services aim to help staff to improve and use these qualities and skills of interpersonal behaviour.
