Qual­i­fi­cations:

Bach­e­lor of Sci­ence in Psy­chol­o­gy (2.1) Uni­ver­si­ty of Col­lege, Lon­don

Doc­tor­ate in Clin­i­cal Psy­chol­o­gy (award­ed) BPS/OU

Trainings/therapy qual­i­fi­ca­tions (select­ed):

Accred­it­ed in Dyadic Devel­op­men­tal Psy­chother­a­py 2016 Mem­ber­ship Num­ber 114

Con­sul­tant and Prac­ti­tion­er in Dyadic Devel­op­men­tal Psy­chother­a­py

Pre­sen­ta­tions:

Ben has pre­sent­ed nation­al­ly and inter­na­tion­al­ly on prac­tice and research con­cern­ing Dyadic Devel­op­men­tal Psy­chother­a­py.

Pro­fes­sion­al Mem­ber­ship:

2008-present: Reg­is­tered with HCPC as Clin­i­cal Psy­chol­o­gist: Mem­ber­ship no: PYL05452

Pro­fes­sion­al affil­i­a­tions:

DDP Insti­tute (DDPI) board mem­ber and Research Coor­di­na­tor for DDPI (see Ben Gur­ney-Smith.)

Hon­orary Senior Lec­tur­er, Uni­ver­si­ty of Glas­gow (see Uni­ver­si­ty of Glas­gow Staff List).

Pub­li­ca­tions (select­ed and avail­able on request):

Ben has pub­lished research, chap­ters and books on sev­er­al areas of psy­cho­log­i­cal prac­tice includ­ing: mind­ful­ness, cog­ni­tive behav­iour­al ther­a­py, needs assess­ment in secure set­tings, par­ent­ing stress, assess­ing qual­i­ties in prospec­tive fos­ter and adop­tive par­ents, DDP and the appli­ca­tion of DDP prin­ci­ples to the prac­tice of men­tal health.

Expe­ri­ence:

Ben has worked with looked after and adopt­ed chil­dren and their fam­i­lies since 1997.  He has worked in a num­ber of set­tings includ­ing res­i­den­tial, secure facil­i­ties, local author­i­ty, CAMHS and third sec­tor.

He estab­lished the ATTACH team in Oxford.  This is a recog­nised ser­vice of good prac­tice by the British Psy­cho­log­i­cal Soci­ety which works with looked after and adopt­ed chil­dren.

Cur­rent­ly he is the Clin­i­cal Lead at Adop­tion­plus Adop­tion Agency, Mil­ton Keynes (see http://www.adoptionplus.co.uk/) which is an Out­stand­ing Provider and is a part­ner of Prox­im­i­ty Part­ner­ship, an Inde­pen­dent Clin­i­cal Psy­chol­o­gy Prac­tice.