Psychology Services
Psychological Assessment and Formulation
Psychological Assessment is a structured and collaborative process used to understand a person’s thoughts, emotions, behaviours, and overall psychological functioning. The goal is to gain a detailed, evidence-informed understanding of your challenges, strengths and needs.
Psychological Formulation takes the information gathered in assessment and integrates it into a coherent, psychological explanation of your difficulties. It goes beyond a diagnosis to consider how your challenges developed, what maintains them, and the most effective strategies for addressing them. Formulation provides a foundation for tailored therapy, guiding interventions that are specific to your situation and supporting meaningful, lasting change.
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) is a structured, evidence-based therapy that helps people manage their problems by understanding the connection between their thoughts, emotions, and behaviours. By identifying negative and unhelpful thinking patterns, clients can learn to manage difficult feelings, develop healthier responses and make positive changes in their lives.
CBT is collaborative and goal-focused, providing tools you can use both in and outside of therapy sessions to improve wellbeing and cope more effectively with life challenges.
Schema Therapy
Schema Therapy is an integrative, evidence-based approach that helps people identify and change long-standing, self-defeating patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving, often rooted in childhood experiences. It combines elements of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, attachment theory and psychodynamic therapy. The core idea is that these patterns, called "schemas," develop when core emotional needs are not met in childhood, and they can significantly impact relationships and overall well-being.
Through Schema Therapy, clients learn to identify unhelpful schemas, understand their origins, and develop healthier ways of thinking, feeling, and coping. The therapy is collaborative and supportive, aiming to create lasting change and greater emotional resilience.
High Pressure Professions
As a London-based Consultant Clinical Psychologist I specialise in working with professionals in demanding roles who carry high levels of responsibility, stress and expectation. Therapy offers a safe, confidential space to step back, reflect, and restore balance. It’s a place where you don’t have to perform — where you can think clearly, understand what’s driving you, and create sustainable change. My approach combines evidence-based psychological methods with an understanding of the realities of demanding work and high responsibility.
Book a consultation to explore how therapy can help you
Fees
Initial Consultation/Assessment - £250
Therapy - £190
Fees are payable by bank transfer
I accept self-funding and insurers who cover these fees which include WPA, Bupa Global, Cigna, Allianz and Healix Healthcare.
Please note that I no longer work with AXA or Vitality.
Qualifications & Credentials
Dr Howitt is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist with advanced post-doctoral qualifications in Schema Therapy and Cognitive Therapy. She is certified by the International Society of Schema Therapy (ISST). She is a Practitioner Psychologist, registered with the HCPC, a statutory regulator of healthcare professionals in the UK, and is a Chartered Member of the British Psychological Society (BPS), a registered body for Psychologists. As a Consultant, Dr Howitt brings significant experience, clinical expertise, and leadership in both NHS and private sectors.
