Associates
All our clinical neuropsychologists are all experienced in the assessment and treatment of adults with an acquired brain injury. Additionally we each have specialist experience in specific areas of neuropsychology.
Lesley Murphy
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Dr Lesley Murphy is a Registered Clinical Psychologist working as a Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist. She has worked with people with neurological disorders for over 40 years. She has worked in both NHS and specialist services, including the Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability, a specialist hospital for very severely brain-injured patients. Dr Murphy has also worked in a Community Neurorehabilitation team, she was the clinical lead of a vocational brain injury rehabilitation programme and was a visiting Consultant for a Brain Injury Service in the West of Ireland. Dr Murphy is a Registered Clinical Psychologist and an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society and holds a current Clinical Psychology Practising Certificate. She is a member of the BPS Division of Neuropsychology. She is the author of a number of journal articles in the field of Neuropsychology and is actively involved in research in developing assessment methods for people with disorders of consciousness. She is the author of the Cognitive Assessment by Visual Election (CAVE), an assessment tool for those emerging from disorders of consciousness.
Lisa Travers
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Dr Katherine Pierce
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Dr Katherine Pierce is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist with twenty years’ experience in neuropsychological practice. She specialises predominantly in the field of acquired brain injury, combining NHS supervisory roles with independent practice. Within her independent practice, Dr Pierce undertakes neuropsychological assessment and rehabilitation work. She also works within the multi-disciplinary concussion clinic at Hobbs Neurological Rehabilitation Services. Dr Pierce previously worked for ten years as Lead Clinical Neuropsychologist for the central London Borough of Camden, managing a team of neuropsychologists employed across community and in-patient rehabilitation settings. She worked closely with families, health and social care professionals and a range of statutory and voluntary organisations. She has also worked at the Regional Rehabilitation Unit at Northwick Park Hospital with adults who had acquired moderate to profound brain injuries. Dr Pierce is a Clinical Psychologist registered with the Health Care and Professions Council and holds a current Clinical Psychology Practising Certificate. She is an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society (BPS) and is a member of both the BPS Divisions of Neuropsychology and Clinical Psychology. Dr Pierce is listed on the BPS Specialist Register of Clinical Neuropsychologists and the Register of Applied Psychology Practice Supervisors.
Dr Paul Venn
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Dr Paul Venn is a Clinical Psychologist and Neuropsychologist who has worked solely in neuropsychology since qualifying in 2011, across a wide range of services for stroke and brain injury survivors as well as those with degenerative neurological conditions. Whilst most of his experience has been gained in the NHS, Dr Venn also previously led both the clinical team and the neuropsychology service in a BIRT (now Brainkind) residential neurorehabilitation service (independent sector provider). More recently, Dr Venn has also worked privately. In total, Dr Venn’s experience working with brain injury survivors in various contexts spans over 20 years. Dr Venn is a Chartered Psychologist, Full Practitioner Member of the Division of Neuropsychology and a Practitioner Psychologist registered with the Health and Care Professions Council, After qualifying, he achieved further qualifications (Diploma in Clinical Neuropsychology, Certificate in Neuropsychology Practice) and is listed on the British Psychological Society’s Specialist Register of Clinical Neuropsychologists. Dr Venn has published journal articles in the field of neuropsychology/rehabilitation and has provided neuropsychology teaching to doctoral trainees in clinical psychology at the University of Sheffield. Prior to qualification in clinical psychology, Dr Venn worked for many years in a medico legal setting, drafting reports for care experts, acting for both claimant and defendant representatives, often in high value personal injury/clinical negligence claims. His work included analysing/summarising reports from medical and other experts and equipped him with knowledge and experience of the different aspects of expert witness work. Previously he part qualified as a Solicitor and has experience of acting for claimants in personal injury litigation claims.
Dr Kate Humphreys
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Dr Kate Humphreys trained in Clinical Psychology at the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College, London and in Clinical Neuropsychology with the British Psychological Society. She is on the Specialist Register of Clinical Neuropsychologists. She holds the British Psychological Society’s Qualification in Clinical Neuropsychology (QiCN). She is a member of the British Neuropsychological Society and the Divisions of Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology of the British Psychological Society. She is an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society. She has worked as a clinical psychologist at several specialist centres including the Royal Free Hospital, Chalfont Epilepsy Centre, and the Cleveland Clinic.
Dr Sally Duncombe
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Dr Sally Duncombe is a Registered Clinical Psychologist, with extensive experience of working with complex mental health and neuropsychological presentations in the NHS (and more recently, since 2020, in independent practice). She has specialist knowledge, skills and experience in the field of neuropsychological assessment, formulation and intervention, and has over 18 years’ experience of working across the full range of severity and complexity in this regard. Dr Duncombe has worked in both inpatient and community settings with a range of neurological conditions, from providing support to a vocational rehabilitation service, to supporting an Older Adults Dementia Clinic and also working within the Psychology team at the Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability, with very severely brain injured patients. Within her private practice, Dr Duncombe currently provides assessment and diagnostic service for neurological conditions across the lifespan (including neurodevelopmental conditions (e.g. Autism/ADHD) and Learning Disability. This includes working with case managers and rehabilitation teams, in considering and implementing appropriate evidence-based psychological intervention. Dr Duncombe has also published research in the area of Cognitive Neuropsychology and Executive Functioning and her research interests include the development of ecologically valid neuropsychological assessments.
Dr Joanne Mun Yean Chan
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Dr Joanne Chan is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist specialising in neuropsychology. She obtained a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the University College London in 2015. She completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Neuropsychology with distinction at the University of Bristol in 2019. She is also an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, a member of the Division of Neuropsychology, and is registered with HCPC. Currently she works as a senior clinical psychologist in a community neurorehabilitation team within the NHS in London. She also undertakes neuropsychological assessment and rehabilitation privately in both English and Mandarin. Since commencing her psychology career in 2007, she has worked in the field of mental health and neuropsychological settings including mental health services for adults and older people, memory clinic, inpatient brain injury rehabilitation, and community brain injury rehabilitation. Her clinical and research interests include assessment and rehabilitation of acquired brain injury, and psychosocial interventions in dementia care. She is the author of several journal articles in in the field of dementia care and cognitive impairment. She is also a journal peer reviewer.
Dr Masuma Rahim
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Dr Rahim is a clinical psychologist, neuropsychologist, systemic practitioner, and expert witness specialising in brain injury and mental capacity. She is a Special (Medical) Visitor to the Court of Protection and the Office of the Public Guardian, assessing mental capacity for the Court. She has prepared some 100 reports since 2019. She is frequently called upon to provide evidence to the Parole Board in respect of offenders whose brain injuries will impact on risk in the community. She also works as a treating clinician in medicolegal cases.