Meet our team
Our team of highly qualified and skilled clinicians are all experienced in working across a wide spectrum of psychological difficulties. Each one of us has worked in the NHS as well as privately, with patients of all ages and across a wide spectrum of ethnicities.
However, we know that each person is different, and each patient an individual. Each psychologist in our team has additional skills and areas of expertise that we have studied, or developed over the years. With these, we aim to try and offer you sessions with the psychologist who is best equipped to deal with your particular difficulties.
Together with our policy of flexibility, where we are able to offer appointments during the day, in the evenings, or on weekends, we take pride in offering a personalised and patient-focused service.
Dr Ruth White
Ruth White is a compassionate and thoughtful Clinical Psychologist. She is considered a calm, gentle, and containing presence in the therapy room and her day-to-day life. She knows that engaging in therapy can feel daunting, and she does her best to create an environment wherein clients feel safe and supported.
Ruth completed her clinical training in Australia. She has a Bachelor of Science with first class Honours in Psychology from the University of Sydney (2016) and a Master of Clinical Psychology from the University of Technology Sydney (2018). Ruth has experience working with children, young people, families, adults, and older persons presenting due to a range of mental health difficulties and life challenges. She has experience working with individuals, the parenting team, families, and groups. She has worked in a variety of clinical settings in Australia, including private practice, university clinics, community outpatient, community inpatient, research clinics, and forensic inpatient.
Ruth has most experience working with children, young people, and families, having worked with these persons consistently throughout her clinical training and post-qualification. Examples of clinical presentations Ruth has worked with include anxiety and related disorders, stress, depression, self-harm, suicidal behaviour, emotion- and behaviour-dysregulation, challenging behaviour, trauma, tics, body-focused repetitive behaviours (e.g., skin-picking, hair-pulling), complex family dynamics, and others. Ruth has experience working with individuals who are Neurodiverse. Ruth takes a systemic lens, holding in mind the broader context in which symptoms develop and are maintained, and working with clients and those supporting clients to facilitate more helpful ways of understanding and responding to symptoms current-day.
Ruth has strong training in CBT, ACT, DBT, trauma-informed approaches, attachment-informed approaches, behaviour-management, risk assessment and crisis management, amongst others. She takes an integrative approach, drawing on a range of therapeutic modalities to provide intervention that is evidence-based and tailored to the client’s unique needs and goals. Ruth believes strongly in collaboration and partnering with clients to provide high quality care. Ruth is committed to ongoing professional development and learning.
