For Professionals
Training & Speaking
CPD for therapists working with behavioural addiction, and talks on digital wellbeing for organisations and universities.
Behavioural addiction is a growing part of many caseloads and many workplaces, and it is under-taught in both. These sessions are built to close that gap without overstating what the evidence currently supports.
My background is unusual for this subject: a professional doctorate in counselling psychology and NHS specialist experience, preceded by a career as a producer in the videogame and software industry. That means I can speak about how attention-capturing products are actually designed, not only about how they are experienced.
Sessions are psychoeducational and professional in scope. They are not therapy, and they are not crisis or clinical support for the individuals attending.
I have lectured on undergraduate and postgraduate courses at City St George's, Kingston University on behavioural addictions, Loughborough University and King's College. Please contact me about visiting lectures or other teaching enquiries.
Who this is for
- 01.Therapy services, counselling teams and training programmes commissioning CPD on behavioural addiction.
- 02.Employers and HR teams seeking evidence-informed talks on screens, focus and digital wellbeing at work.
- 03.Universities and undergraduate or postgraduate programmes looking for guest lectures on behavioural addiction or digital habit design.
- 04.Professional networks and conferences seeking a speaker who can bridge clinical practice and technology design.
What is involved
- ✓Working with behavioural addiction: a half-day CPD workshop for therapists covering assessment, formulation, shame and treatment planning across gambling, gaming and problematic internet use.
- ✓Designed to be habit-forming: a talk on how digital products are engineered to capture attention, and what that means for clinical work and for everyday use.
- ✓Digital wellbeing at work: an evidence-informed session for organisations on screens, focus, recovery and realistic boundaries — without productivity hype.
- ✓Visiting lectures for undergraduate and postgraduate psychology and psychotherapy programmes, tailored to the module and the cohort's stage of training.
Practicalities
- Format
- Online or in person. Half-day workshops, shorter talks, or single guest lectures.
- Audience
- Professional and organisational audiences. Sessions are psychoeducational, not clinical care.
- Tailoring
- Content is adapted to your setting and cohort following a short scoping conversation.
- Fees
- Quoted per engagement, depending on format, preparation and travel. Reduced rates for universities.
- Lead time
- Please allow reasonable notice for tailored material; short-notice enquiries are considered where diary space allows.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can a workshop be tailored to our service or team?
Yes, and it usually should be. Before confirming, we have a short scoping conversation about your setting, the presentations your team actually encounters, and the level of prior knowledge in the room. The published outlines are starting points rather than fixed packages.
Do CPD workshops carry accreditation?
Workshops are designed to count towards continuing professional development for HCPC and BPS registrants under their self-directed CPD requirements, and attendance certificates are provided. They are not formally accredited by a governing body, and I would encourage you to check your own regulator's requirements before booking.
What can a workplace talk realistically cover?
Talks cover the psychology and design of attention-capturing technology, what the evidence does and does not support about screen use, and practical, non-punitive approaches to focus and recovery. They deliberately stop short of individual clinical advice, and I always include clear signposting for anyone in the audience who wants support of their own.
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.