Founder - Dr Tara Gormley BSc (Hons), DClinPsychol, CPsychol

Dr Gormley is a Chartered and Registered Clinical Psychologist with 15 years of clinical experience. She has training and experience in supervision, training, management (in public and private sectors), conflict transformation and service development, and has been an External Assessor in the process of validating a Masters degree in Integrative Therapy. She is a fully certified advanced Schema Therapist, has received expert training in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, advanced training in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy and Part 1 EMDR training.

Dr Gormley has worked in a variety of settings in the UK and NZ. These include psychological therapy services, multi-disciplinary mental health settings, a depression research clinic and a personality disorders service. She is a member of The Schema Group, a London-based group of therapists trained in Schema Therapy by the originator of this therapeutic model, Dr Young.

Dr Gormley’s doctoral research investigated the experience of committed Christians who sought help for psychological difficulties.