Dr Claire Tobin

Many of the difficulties we experience in adulthood can be shaped by early relationships and experiences. I am a Senior Clinical Psychologist with over 15 years’ experience helping people understand and work through the impact of difficult early life experiences and unmet emotional needs. I offer a thoughtful, collaborative space at my consulting rooms in SE5 where we can explore how earlier experiences may be influencing current difficulties, and identify ways forward that feel meaningful and manageable. Areas I work with include childhood trauma, relationship difficulties, low self-esteem, emotional regulation, complex trauma, anxiety and depression. I accept WPA health insurance customers.

BA (Hons); MSc; D.Clin.Psy. I have completed post-qualification training in a number of therapeutic models including Mentalisation-based Treatment (MBT), Schema-focused Therapy (ST) and EMDR. I am an accredited practitioner of MBT with the British Psychoanalytic Council. I am also registered with the HCPC.

I completed my Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at King’s College London and worked for over a decade in forensic, community and specialist adult mental health services within the NHS.

I now work part-time at the Institute of Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience (IoPPN), Kings College London. I also enjoy the ability to work clinically and respond to patients flexibly through my private practice. I provide effective psychological treatments, and also supervise other clinicians in delivering this work. I have published a number of scientific and academic articles.