Meet the Team
Meet Dr Jo Coombs and her team and learn about the help offered at Join Psychology.
Associates
Meet Dr Jo Coombs & her team and learn about the help offered at Join Psychology
Join Psychology is a friendly, supportive and professional practice run by Dr Jo Coombs, a Consultant Clinical Psychologist with over 17 years of practical experience in mental health, psychological wellbeing, relationships and neurodevelopmental conditions. We have a number of Associates who support our bespoke, high-quality neurodevelopmental assessments. Some Associates offer in-person appointments and others work solely online.
Susan Maloney, Administrator and Business Support
Susan Maloney provides administrative and business support for Join Psychology. Susan is our ‘Support Star,’ helping to streamline all of our administrative duties and will most likely be your first point of contact when you get in touch with us.
Susan has many years’ experience in supporting private clinical psychology practices, doctors, psychiatrists and diagnostic assessment centres, providing a wide range of medical practice management and marketing services.
Dr Katy Stevens, Clinical Psychologist
Katy is a Clinical Psychologist with over 15 years’ experience working within the NHS and private sector. Katy has extensive specialist experience of working with people who have experienced recent and historic traumatic events and may be struggling with the effects of these traumas on their day to day lives.
Katy is also experienced in working with neurodivergence, providing autism and ADHD assessments for adolescents and adults, supporting individuals to explore their unique profile and build an understanding of their strengths, difficulties and future support needs.
Nassib Jawad, Assistant Psychologist
Holding a master's degree in Theory and Practice in Clinical Psychology and Graduate Membership status with The British Psychological Society, Nassib is dedicated to contributing to the development of evidence-based psychological therapies. As a researcher, Nassib has explored various higher-order cognitive functions as potential strategies for managing the psychological outcomes of chronic pain conditions.
Sophie Harrison, Assistant Psychologist
Sophie has experience of working with children, young people, and adults. Sophie began her career as an Assistant Psychologist in a forensic psychiatric unit, gaining a deeper understanding into the impact of adverse childhood experiences upon adults, before moving to Canada to work with children and youth as a Registered Clinical Counsellor. Here, she took on a clinician role focused on supporting people who experienced severe and enduring mental health difficulties and developmental conditions.
Charlie Giles, Board-Certified Behaviour Analyst
Charlie is a Board-Certified Behaviour Analyst (BCBA), working with both children, adolescents and adults. Charlie completed her Masters in Behaviour Analysis in 2008 and became a Board-Certified Behaviour Analyst (BCBA) in 2009. Charlie is registered with the Behaviour Analysis Certification Board (BACB) and the UK Society for Behaviour Analysts (UK SBA).
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