For Professionals
Consultancy & Media
Psychological consultancy for organisations, and expert comment on behavioural addiction, gaming and digital wellbeing.
Alongside clinical practice, I take a small number of consultancy and media engagements each year where the subject is a genuine fit with my specialism.
The areas I can speak to with authority are behavioural addiction, gambling and gaming, digital habit design, screens and wellbeing, and the psychology of chronic health conditions including post-viral presentations and psychodermatology.
I decline requests that would require me to comment on individuals I have not assessed, to speculate about named people's mental health, or to endorse products. Those constraints are professional obligations rather than preferences.
Who this is for
- 01.Journalists and producers seeking accurate psychological comment on behavioural addiction or digital wellbeing.
- 02.Organisations in technology, games or gambling-adjacent sectors seeking psychological input on wellbeing and harm-reduction thinking.
- 03.Health, education and third-sector bodies developing psychoeducational material who need clinical review.
- 04.Policy and research groups seeking a practitioner perspective on behavioural addiction.
What is involved
- ✓Expert comment, background briefing and quotes for print, broadcast and online media.
- ✓Clinical review of psychoeducational content, campaign material or wellbeing resources before publication.
- ✓Advisory input on wellbeing, harm reduction and responsible design for organisations working with engagement-driven products.
- ✓Panel contributions and expert participation in professional or policy discussions.
Practicalities
- Media enquiries
- Please use the enquiry form with your outlet, angle, deadline and format.
- Turnaround
- I respond to media enquiries as promptly as clinical commitments allow; please state your deadline clearly.
- Scope
- Comment is limited to my areas of specialism and never concerns individuals I have not assessed.
- Consultancy fees
- Quoted per engagement. Brief media comment is usually provided without charge.
- Attribution
- Dr Richard Pomfret, DPsych, HCPC-registered counselling psychologist.
Frequently Asked Questions
What subjects can you comment on?
Behavioural addiction (gambling, gaming, problematic internet and pornography use, compulsive shopping), digital habit design and attention capture, screens and wellbeing, trauma and EMDR, psychodermatology, and the psychology of post-viral conditions such as Long Covid. If a request falls outside these areas, I will say so rather than comment loosely.
Will you comment on a specific person's mental health?
No. Commenting on the psychological state of someone I have not personally assessed is professionally inappropriate and I decline these requests without exception, however the question is framed. I am glad to explain the psychology of a presentation in general terms instead.
Do you work with gambling or games companies?
I consider organisational consultancy on wellbeing, harm reduction and responsible design case by case, and I am willing to have that conversation. I do not endorse products, and I will not take engagements where the effect of the work would be to increase engagement with a harmful behaviour rather than reduce harm.
Start with a conversation
Professional enquiries are welcome. Tell me briefly what you are looking for and we can arrange a short conversation to check the fit before anything is committed to.