Claudia Chow

As a Clinical Psychologist, my range of clinical experiences have provided me with a strong foundation of transferable skills in working with different ages and types of mental and physical health issues, including specialist services involving complex presentations and systems. I am highly familiar with delivering psychological interventions remotely, utilizing secure video, phone, and text-based platforms to maintain therapeutic effectiveness and client engagement. My experience includes adapting evidence-based therapies for digital delivery, including cognitive behavioural therapy approaches and other NICE-recommended interventions, ensuring that treatment remains individualized and effective regardless of the medium. The diversity of clinical presentations I have worked with has enabled me to practice from a range of models and approaches. My training had a strong foundation in cognitive behavioural therapy, which I have often used as the basis for mood and anxiety assessment, formulation, and interventions. With the increasing complexity of cases, I have found it beneficial and often necessary to work in a more integrative way, drawing upon skills and knowledge from other approaches such as third wave (especially Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Compassion Focused Therapy) and systemic models. This has been especially relevant when working with physical health difficulties and clients with traumatic histories or additional/developmental needs, such as autism or age-related factors. This flexibility has allowed me to deliver more effective interventions by tailoring goals that are meaningful and motivating for clients, and help them to develop skills to tolerate uncertainty, manage difference, and longer-term adjustment.