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Dr Isobel Robb

Chartered Clinical Psychologist & Director of Robb Psychology

Dr Isobel Robb is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist and completed her training at Royal Holloway, University of London. Her experience spans 22 years across a wide range of clinical settings. She worked in the NHS for many years and is the director of Robb Psychology Kent, which she has gradually built up since 2006. Isobel's expertise means that she has the knowledge and skills to identify, assess and treat a wide range of psychological needs. Isobel splits her time between providing 1-1 psychological therapy and offering autism assessments. She has a specialist interest in autism in adults and older teens, and provides autism diagnosis assessments using assessment tools that are regarded as "gold standard". She previously worked at the Behavioural Genetics Clinic, Institute of Psychiatry / South London & Maudsley NHS Trust, where she was responsible for carrying out in-depth neuropsychological assessment/reporting on adult patients diagnosed with Autism. Isobel has also worked as a Senior Psychologist in Community Mental Health Services in Kent.

Dr Robb provides therapy for people experiencing anxiety (such as social anxieties, generalised anxiety), low mood, relationship difficulties, trauma, post-natal depression/anxiety and phobias. She always strives to provide a safe, sensitive and containing space for people to explore their distress, and identify ways of alleviating difficult thoughts and feelings. She is trained in Compassion Focused Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, EMDR, CBT and mindfulness.

Dr April Ward

Clinical Psychologist

Dr April Ward is a Clinical Psychologist registered with the Health Care Professionals Council (HCPC) with 11+ years of clinical experience in both NHS and third sector organisations. April’s extensive experience means she is able to work with a range of psychological difficulties. Her area of specialist interest is working with individuals, couples and families during pregnancy and early parenthood. She is also interested in the impact of social media use on psychological wellbeing, particularly in adolescence after carrying out her doctoral research in this area.

Roger Newman

CBT Psychotherapist

Roger has extensive experience of working both in social care and mental health and has practiced within the private (inpatient and outpatient), the NHS, and the Charity Sector. In the past 5 years, Roger has incorporated experiential psychotherapy within his CBT practice which incorporates mindfulness, Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT), and more recently Schema Therapy. The CFT approach has been shown to be highly effective to ‘non-responders of CBT’ and particularly if they experience high levels of shame/self-criticism.

Stephanie Connolly

Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

Stephanie is a highly specialist Speech & Language Therapist (SaLT) registered with the Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists, The Association of Speech and Language Therapists in Independent Practice and governed by the Health & Care Professionals Council. She has experience working online, in clinics and schools for the NHS and independent practice. She has a wide range of experience working with children in Early years to adults assessing and providing intervention for Speech, Language and Communication Difficulties.